HIS R7 370 IceQ X2 OC 2GB Video Card Review

Videocards/VGA Reviews by stefan @ 2015-08-18

As we have mentioned before, the R7 370 GPU from AMD is basically one of the most refreshed components from the 300 series since we have seen it since Radeon HD 7850, then in the R7 265/270 cards and now again. While the speeds have been boosted, we have the same architecture involved which basically means that older game titles should work fine at Full-HD resolution but newer titles need to be dialed down at lower detail levels in order to reach playable FPS.

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Packaging, A Closer Look

By navigating between the low-end and mainstream segments we will find ourselves with another refreshed item of the R7 AMD series which is based on the old Pitcairn GPU architecture found with the Radeon HD 7800 cards. This GPU was also renamed with the R7 270 card as Curacao Pro and now it is baptized as Trinidad Pro; regarding the technical specifications, Trinidad Pro comes with 1024 shader cores, 64 TMUs but also 32 ROPs and its stock AMD OEM frequencies are 975MHz for the GPU and 1400MHz for the memory. Since HIS has released their offering as an OC component, the new clock for the GPU is 1000Mhz, while the memory has been left at the same value of 1.4GHz.

 

The card is shipped inside a medium-sized cardboard box, with a familiar box art, resembling the efficiency of the proprietary cooling system:

 

 

 

Also on the frontal side of the packaging we will get to see some small logos representing board features:

 

 

 

 

The system requirements are listed on one of the box sides;

 

 

 

If we check on the opposite, we will get to see the box contents:

 

 

 

A more in-depth explanation of the board features can be found on the back side of the packaging:

 

 

 

After removing the top layer, we will end up with a black box, which features the manufacturer logo on its top:

 

 

 

HIS has placed inside the box the documentation, along with the installation disk; we will also receive a small leaflet which instructs us on how to transport the system with the card installed:

 

 

 

 

In order to avoid damages during transit, HIS saw fit to include lots of foam material around the card; as an extra accessory, we will also receive a DVI-to-VGA adapter in order to use the product with older TVs and monitors:

 

 

 

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