Question 1

Can these be put in crossfire if i buy 2? I keep hearing that they are compatible with 7970 crossfire but can they be crossfired with each other?

Accepted Answer

Mine came with a crossfire bridge, I don't see why they wouldn't be crossfire-able. One important note, these cards are three (3) slots wide.  Not many motherboards with only two pci slots will accommodate 2 triple wide cards.

Question 2

Will this fit in a NZXT Phantom 410? I'm assuming it will, but I just want to make sure before I order it

Accepted Answer

I am using the graphics card in a full tower case, no problem on fit.  The only item to be aware of is the length of the card on the mobo, on my asus sabertooth it covers the tops of the sata connectors so all are not visible.  It does NOT touch the connectors just obscures from view, therefore attach the cables to the sata first.

Question 3

Does the card come with adapters? My monitor is only HDMI and RGB so is there a DVI - HDMI or DP - HDMI?

Accepted Answer

Yes it comes with 1 DVI to HDMI adapter

Question 4

It seems like a lot of people are having issues with this card, which is surprising since it is really just a re-branded Matrix 7970. Any owners that have had it since launch that have had no problems with it?  I'm really wanting to order this card once it is back in stock, but I'm concerned about the apparent quality issues and I'm hoping that is just a disproportionate number of people reviewing that got bad ones.

Accepted Answer

I have not seen what I think is the artificat issue since I upgraded to the Beta Drivers that were released back in the middle of November (of 2013).

With that said this card offers a lot of features that simply are not present on the other cards such as VGA Hot Wire and ability to press a button to have the fans run at 100%. Still pretty impressed with this card for the money.

Question 5

With 4 Display Ports, does that mean it will drive 4 high def monitors simultaneously?  I currently have 3 high def monitors with Display Port, HDMI and DVI inputs.  I use them for X-Plane flight simulation. as well as Microsoft Flight Sim X.

Will this card work well driving three monitors where the screens are configured as 1 virtual wide screen?

Accepted Answer

Correct, you can run up to 6 displays with the Matrix card. You can make an Eyefinity 4x1 span if you get a 4th display. Just plug them all into the DP ports.

Question 6

What is the wattage draw of this card?

Accepted Answer

This is a bit of a hard question to answer unless you are going to break out an Amp Meter and measure the current though each +12Vdc wire going to the card (or use a Power Watt Meter).

With that said I have a new DPS 750 Watt ThermalTake Power Supply which allows me to read the amps of each voltage (plus a host of other power supply based values). Here is what I found:

1) overall wattage used by system running Windows 7 is 160 Watts after logging into Windows. I have a Asus Crosshair with a AMD FX-8350 which is a bit of a power hog anyways.

2) less than 10 amps of current is being used by the 12.0Vdc which is 120 Watts (Watts=Amps*Voltage). I estimate that around 60 watts is being used by this card (the rest is wattage is used by the CPU and other devices).

So if you are using a good quality power supply (Corsair, Thermaltake, etc) I have found my 750 Watt Power Supply to be fine. Sorry I can't be more specific about the wattage used by the card but honestly too many people over-rate the wattage requirements of their systems.

Question 7

Will this graphics card bottle neck with an AMD FX-4350 Vishera 4.2GHz Socket AM3+ 125W Quad-Core Desktop Processor in a ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Gaming Motherboard?

Accepted Answer

Im running the FX 4300 and Im not really noticing bottlenecking plan to upgrade to the 8350 in a week but 102 avg FPS on Bioshock Inf running the benchmarking utility on ultra Ive seen some benchmarks go up higher than 102 but not much higher and I would say that is the most minor bottleneck ever. Most games cant utilize more than a Quad Core and I dont know of a single game that can actually kick in hyperthreading from intel unless you are letting the processor do your physics.

Question 8

Will this card fit into a rosewill challenger U-3 case? listed here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147060 I have no other cards in my pci slots. Will it leave room to install side panel fans? Thank you

Accepted Answer

I actually just read the reviews and some guy said it BARELY fit and he had to rustle with it. Make some measurements inside the case to see if this card can fit.

Question 9

how to get all 6 monitors working on the card - Extended display? Currently I can only get 4 working.

Accepted Answer

If you are using DP to DVI adapters to enable 4 of the 6 displays, you MUST use ACTIVE adapters, not passive. When you search Newegg look for DisplayPort to Single-Link DVI Active adapter.

Question 10

Will this card be compatible with the corsair AX 760? I really wanna buy this card cuz of the features it provides (mouse pad, future-proofing), and i keep on seeing customer support telling unsatisfied customers to check PSU compatibility. Also, I can't get the HD 7970 Matrix cuz i live in Indonesia and they dont follow price drops in here :(

Accepted Answer

No worries about 7970 Maxtrix vs R9 280X Matrix. They're the same exact card. I have 1 7970 Matrix and 1 R9 280X Matrix in my system Crossfired. Out of boredom I even force flashed my 7970 Matrix to R9 280X Matrix bios.

7970 Matrix = R9 280X Matrix.

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