Core Clock: 1050MHz
Memory Clock: 1000 MHz
Memory Size: 4GB HBM
Fury X is available exclusively as a water-cooled reference model and is astonishingly compact thanks to Fiji GPU+Memory package being so small. The PCB is just 7.5 in length which is significantly smaller than both the R9 290X and R9 390X reference design, and still only occupies two PCI-E slots thanks to a dual-slot cooler design. However it still needs to dissipate an immense amount of heat - the card is rated at a typical TDP of 275W, which would be extremely difficult with a standard air cooler. Enter the Fury X's party piece, a reference closed loop liquid cooler.
The Fury X's heat shroud doesn't escape a distinctly premium feel. Black soft-touch side-plates complement a black mirror-gloss aluminium supporting skeleton, making it the best-looking AMD reference card in, well, ever. Fan and cooler cables are braided for greater durability too; always a nice touch.
This is not the first time AMD have dabbled with a liquid cooler on their reference models; the R9 295X2 also included a hybrid liquid and air model, a necessity due to the cards two toasty Hawaii GPUs and the difficulty in dealing with this much heat solely through an air cooler. Moving to a liquid cooler on Fury X keeps the design compact - a major selling point of the card, as well as avoiding some of the pitfalls AMD encountered last time they released a reference air cooler.
Since the cooling solution relies upon liquid there is a 120mm radiator which also uses a 120mm cooling fan. This radiator/fan combo will populate the rear exhaust within the computer chassis. Also, due to its wider than normal diameter, the lower pitch of the fan noise compared to typical 72/80/92mm GPU fans will be more pleasant to most ears, even at the same RPM.
Taking a leaf out of the R9 295X2 is the inclusion of customisable LEDs. Not limited to simply a red LED 'Radeon' logo on the side, the card also adds eight configurable Red/Blue LEDs for the GPU Tach, and a single green LED to indicate when the card is in the low power 'AMD Zero Core' mode. Overclockers will welcome news that, as well as the immense potential power supplied the Fury X utilises 6-phase power and AMD's own SVI2 voltage regulators with full telemetry read back for core control.
If you're in the market for two R9 Fury X GPUs you'll be pleased to know that the card also supports XDMA (i.e. Crossfire over PCI-Express). That said, we should suggest waiting on stability information regarding this configuration before investing; multi-GPU setups are troublesome at the best of times, and jumping on it with brand new silicon feels like too much of a gamble.
Focusing our attention on the IO area there are an assortment of ports available, they are as follows:
1x HDMI 1.4a (Up to 4K @ 24Hz)
3x DisplayPort 1.2 (Up to 4K @ 60Hz)
Fury X features three DisplayPorts supporting FreeSync and MST hubs for up to 6 simultaneous displays. In practise this means that Fury X is compatible with an immense range of modern and legacy high resolution displays, including 4K@60Hz where necessary.
To get the most out of this card, if youre using a 4K monitor its better to use a DP cable as 60Hz is an option unlike HDMI which only supports lower refresh rates.
On the back edge of the card we have 8+8-pin PCI Express ports. To ensure proper stability, AMD recommend 750W power supply with 50A on the +12v rail.
This side of Fury X also features a dual-BIOS switch as a fail-safe technique should anything go pear-shaped.
