Question 1

How many watts do you need for one of these? I wanted to run two of them on crossfire and am having trouble picking out a power supply.

Accepted Answer

Gigabyte recommends about 500W for a single card setup, and the base reference specification is for 180W for the 270X series. That being said, you are probably looking at at LEAST a 650W power supply, and maybe a little more if you are doing anything else power hungry like running a ton of platter drives.

Also, they have 2 6-pin PCIe power connectors, so make sure you have 4 of those on whatever supply you get. Good luck!

Question 2

Is this a good gaming card?

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Short answer: yes.

Long answer: the only way you can really answer this question is testing the card yourself, or by looking at the gaming benchmarks of other people who have tested this card. I suggest finding a benchmarking website (there are many), and looking at their benchmarks for this card using the games that you would most like to play.

Hope this helps.

Question 3

Can anyone confirm whether or not this card has a crossfire connector at the top? I am thinking about getting two of these for a crossfire setup, but the product specs don't make any mention of Crossfire, nor can I see the connector in any of the pictures.

Accepted Answer

Yes, I believe it does have a crossfire connector on the top and it comes with the adapter to link them. Just be fore warned this is a big card and needs a large case. Make sure you have plenty of cooling. When I put the cards close enough where the crossfire adapter board would fit the temperature went up a lot. Other than that I have tested 7 of these cards and really like them.

Hope this helps.

Question 4

Since this has a dvi, dvi-d and a hdmi port does that mean that it can tri screen? What does it mean by 1 display port?

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First off let me say this. This card is huge! And very quiet.
And not only will it run three monitors it will run 4 with no issues.  All  you need are the correct cables. You need 2 dvi to dvi cables and one monitor port cable to run a three monitor set-up.  Just make sure the monitors you get have the same resolutions and same ports. Then use the software to set up the tri screen mode.

I use this configuration, plus the hdmi (for a forth) monitor for just video editing playback. Not so much for gaming, although I do play them as well.  The card is a beast really and id  ththink you'd enjoy it, I certainly do. Fyi get two for an 8 monitor set-up and frag like crazy!!!!

Question 5

Will this card fir in a Rosewill Challenger? just wondering..

Accepted Answer

Yes I have the roswell challenger black gaming atx mid tower i don't know if there is a different one. Although I use a micro atx motherboard. For me it goes right behind where the floppy bay is. I'm not sure if you have an atx board double check where the pci slot is. If it lines up where the floppy bay is then yes if it is behind the hard drive bay at the bottom then no. I have less then 1/4 of an inch space left. Had to work the cords around it. It is an amazing card I love it. Upgraded from msi twin frozer 2 gb. To truly figure it out get a tap measure that's what I did think the card is like a little less than 12 inches. Hope this helps.

Question 6

Is the 4GB version of this card compatible with Eyefinity/CrossFireX? All explicit mentions of these technologies found on the 2GB model of this card are removed when selecting the 4GB memory size.

Accepted Answer

It works for me

Question 7

is this card crossfire or sli ready? i couldn't find any info, the 2gb version is crossfire ready...but it doesn't say anything about the 4gb model

Accepted Answer

Oh YES!  This card is everything ready.  Awesome card!!!

Question 8

hey, just how long is this card?( cant seem to find an exact number on dimensions)

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I just found this card on the gigabyte website, L=297mm, W=132mm, H=43mm. For those of us that don't use the metric system L=11 11?16 inch, W=5 13?64 inch, H= 1 11/16 in. Hope this helps

Question 9

I just got one of these for a new gaming rig.  After installing Vista Ultimate 64 bit, I noticed that my device manager does not load generic drivers for this card ... :(  Error Code 10 .....

Anyone using this card with Vista Ultimate 64bit ?  If so, is there a trick to getting it recognized ?

Accepted Answer

I use it on windows 8.1 but i think vista is know to have issues with drivers. You probably need to go the the manurfacturer website they should have a detection tool or something to should get the drivers. Also if it came with a CD try that otherwise you may want to get a better OS i never liked Vista, prefer 7 or 8. Hope i could help you a little not much info though.

Question 10

Is this graphics card really worth the money? Just looking to use it for some gaming with the best specs and a little video editing here and there and want a fps from 50-150

Accepted Answer

Yes and no. This card is probably capable of what you want to do (depending on the games in question) and can certainly do video editing and rendering decently....

HOWEVER

The price of the AMD series cards has been skyrocketing, thanks in large part to Litecoin mining, as these cards are VERY good at that. For a point of reference, I purchased this card for $250 about 2 months ago, and it's $330 now. If you are not interested in mining, and simply want it for a gaming platform, I would definately give careful consideration to the NVIDIA lineup (which is hard for me to say, since I like AMD's cards, and have used them for a long time) because they will likely be at a better price point for equivalent value. If you are interested in Litecoin mining (or other coins too), then give consideration to AMD, but you probably don't need the 4 GB model for it.

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