Question 1

I already have a 500w power supply. Will i need more for this?

Accepted Answer

You have to look at the total system. Load from cpu, hard drive(s), fans, lights, aux cards and anything else that draws power. Add at least 20% headroom over demand. There are tech websites that can furnish info on component power requirements.

Question 2

does this card have 2 or 4 GDDR5 memory as both newegg and xfx list conflicting info as to this model nr?

Accepted Answer

I bought this card in September of 2015. Mines got 4GDDR5. I would obviously double check with new egg before you confirm your order. It's s great card, I've been extremely satisfied thus far.

Question 3

does this product support freesync?

Accepted Answer

I looked it up out of curiosity and it only mentions R9 fury cards as supporting it.

Question 4

Does this card require a UEFI BIOS?

Accepted Answer

No. The BIOS type has nothing to do with the card's performance or usability. The ease of UEFI BIOS is simply the ability to use a mouse rather than a keyboard for motherboard tweaking but has no effect on your video card.

Question 5

How do i know if it will fit in my PC?

Accepted Answer

The R7 series is still smaller in size than the R9's. Check the stats on the card for overall size but this card should still fit a mid-tower case with little problems. Mine is mounted in a full tower and there is still LOTS of room...in fact I could have gone with an R9 with ease. I bought this because the price was right.

Question 6

Will this fit in a micro atx motherboard?

Accepted Answer

CORRECTION:  It will fit in a PCI-16 slot if the Micro ATX board is equipped with a PCI-16 slot - but it definitely won't fit in a Micro ATX case.  Purchase a large case that accommodates your Micro ATX board.

Question 7

Has anyone used this card with a AMD A- 7600 and will it work? If so how is your performance for gaming? Will this card run with and or without the APU in the AMD A-7600?

Accepted Answer

I have an A-10 5700 as my processor with this card.  The card runs fine, and is an excellent improvement over the built in graphics card.  I run most games on high at 1080p.  Running dual graphics requires a specific card, for my model at least, and you are better off with a beefier single card like this.

If you happened to get your processor in a prebuilt computer from an OEM (mine was an HP) you may run into a problem I had:  My motherboard firmware was not allowed to automatically update itself to allow a larger graphics card, over 2g I think.  The motherboard would not recognize this card, but worked with my brother's smaller card.  I just had to manually update the motherboards firmware.

No other problems though.

Question 8

I bought this card for my son's computer, and have since tried to manage his temps while he is playing games. The only thing is there is no way to do any kind of fan control for the graphics card. Am I just not seeing it or can you not control the fan speed with this card?

Accepted Answer

Try using AMD's upgraded Crimson software. But to be honest I always thought this card automatically decreased and increased fan speed depending on the temperature. I hope I've helped.

Question 9

Is the secondary power line required for the specs?

Accepted Answer

Yes, the secondary connection must be used because the power supplied by the PIC Express slot is not enough to power large cards like this.

Question 10

is it backward compatible to the pcie 2.0 motherboard?

Accepted Answer

Yes...my rig is mainly 2.0 as well.

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