It’s crazy that it was all the way back in 2014 when Sapphire first introduced their R9 285 ITX Compact. That that time we were excited because Ed from Sapphire had been taking a lot of notes at our LANs on builds like our LunchBox 3 and we finally saw why. The 285 ITX Compact blew me away by standing above all of the other ITX cards on the market both in gaming performance but also in cooling performance. In fact, I know a few of the LanOC staff swapped to the card in their LAN rigs. Well I still have it in the LunchBox 3 but I’ve been itching to build a new LAN rig and the first thing I need is a compact ITX card to put in it. As luck would have it Sapphire just refreshed their R9 380 ITX Compact with 4 gigs of ram so today I’m going to put it through the ringer and find out how it performs.
Product Name: Sapphire R9 380 ITX Compact 4GB
Review Sample Provided by: Sapphire
Written by: Wes
Pictures by: Wes
Amazon Link: HERE
| Specifications | |
| GPU |
1792 Stream Processors 28 nm Graphics Core Next (GCN) 1000 MHz Engine Clock |
| Interface | PCI-Express 3.0 |
| Memory |
256 bit Memory Bus GDDR5 Memory Type 4096 MB Size |
| Displays | Maximum 4 Outputs |
| Output |
1 x DVI-D 1 x HDMI 2 x Mini DisplayPort |
| Resolution |
4096X2160 Pixel DisplayPort Resolution 2560x1600 Pixel Dual Link DVI Resolution 1920x1200 Pixel Single Link DVI Resolution 2160P HDMI Resolution |
| API |
OpenGL® 4.5 OpenCL 2.0 DirectX® 12 Shader Model 5.0 |
| Feature |
AMD CrossFire AMD PowerTune AMD ZeroCore Power Technology FreeSync Technology AMD Eyefinity Quad HD Display (4K*2K Support) Video Codec Engine (VCE) AMD HD3D Technology Black diamond choke Dual BIOS AMD Liquid VR technology AMD Virtual Super Resolution(VSR) AMD TrueAudio technology |
| Cooling |
Single fan Two ball bearing |
| Form Factor |
2 Part Slot Occupied 6.7 x 4.57 x 1.46 Dimension /Inch 170 x 116.15 x 37 Dimension /mm |
| Power Consumption | 225W |
| OS |
Windows 10 Windows 8/8.1 Windows 7 |
| System Requirement |
500 Watt Power Supply (Suggestion) 1 x 8-pin AUX Power Connector 2 x 8-pin AUX Power Connector is required for CrossFireX™ system. CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive for installing software PCI Express® 2.0 or higher version based PC is required with one X16 lane graphics slot available on the motherboard in order for the card to be compatible with. |
