Quick question, on this particular model why are there 2 different fans on the card?
755375
I am not sure why they did this but my card stays very cool during normal operations!
1495767
Nope its only the factory version (regular model w one fan) that can do that but sometimes you gotta sacrifice looks for performance. Even tho in my opinion i think the card is swagalicious.
1455643
Probably yes, I'm using one fan because the other one won't allow install the ram in the first slot for 1 or 2 mm, I'm using gigabyte motherboard.
1764497
There is a difference. You'll notice that the other card you mention trades out the extra fan for slightly higher clock speeds. Your choice is whether or not you want less fan noise, a cooler card and more overclocking headroom, or the slight advantage of a few MHz in clock speed.
1903055
The fan controller is independent of the motherboard. It gets power from the large 4 pin molex(or two for redundancy, if I recall), and from there splits power to 6 independent fans through the small pin headers(same size as motherboard).
1955667
The card in the "ultrabay" can be switched out for another HDD/SSD, DVD/Blu-ray drive, or another cooling fan. I'm not quite sure about what you mean by the first question though.
1695924
Hi, Michael. I can't tell, because my other 5 case fans hide it. I can tell you this: the overall noise of the whole system is pretty low. To illustrate this, I had to turn off the air conditioner to notice it. So, the card's fan contribution to noise must be next to nothing. I hope it's useful.
2133329
Dude, That's a representation of the size differences. One fan should be listed. lol
1250577
Because it is taking up one of your on-board USB ports to power it. The fan acts as a small USB hub so that you are gaining one instead if losing one on the computer.
575574
As people have already stated, this is ONE card. The double-dissipation has to do with the cooling technology that the card has. Here is a link to XFXs website that explains their double-dissipation.http://xfxforce.com/en-us/products/amd-radeon-r9-series/amd-radeon-r9-290x-double-dissipation-edition-r9-290x-edfdI hope that you purchase and enjoy this card as much as I have, it really is a great GPU.Edit: Whoops, my original link was to the lesser R9 290 card and not the R9 290x version.
1804191
Hi, i have 2 in my tower, the fans are really quiet but makes a little of noise.
405821
If you have integrated graphics then you have the option of using that as your graphics engine or buying and installing a separate one, which would normally cause the bios to switch integrated one off. You have the choice of how much memory you want to funnel to the integrated, as opposed to the card which has it's own memory. I always prefer installing a card for more power.
120231
It's the OC. I just received this video card on Friday. I thought I received the regular one, but there's a small white sticker on the side that indicates that is is the OC. Installed it and confirmed it is running at OC spec'ed speeds.
982406
Basically it's in reference to the dual-bios feature built into the card allowing you to have two settings on boot. One will be a standard or "safe" mode and the other will be your OC settings. The idea is that you can swap between the two for various reasons without having to pull out your "notes" on just how much you can push the card. I haven't used it yet but it requires turning off the computer and flipping a *very* tiny dip switch on the card itself.
1684517
Yes, it is normal. When temps go up you will see the color leds change to yellow and the other 2 fans turn on. Even if you increase the fan speed manually it will only effect the fans currently running. I believe there is a switch on the card to make all three run all the time. But its not necessary as my card LEDs are always blue unless a video is playing or anything more demanding.
1804079
It has fans in it and they are super quit. You can also set it up to have 1 fan underneath the card and 1 above for 2 sides of air flow.
1951745
We own a tower PC, but the fan slides into a slot in the tower n I can't see what's the difference between one unit from the other! The fan is just a fan! So why would it matter...it's only cooling the unit when on n I doubt the fan care whether it's connected to either systems. If I'm wrong, first check with the computer company if your so concerned. Ok