THE RADEON R9 FURY STRIX

The Radeon R9 Fury STRIX by ASUS is one of the largest graphics cards around (also one of the best looking since black and red is my favorite color combo) measuring 300mm in length, 137mm in height and 40mm in thickness (requires two PCI slots to install).

ASUS is using their latest DirectCU III cooling system which consists out of three 90mm fans which according to them are "engineered with a patented, new wing-blade design that delivers maximum air flow and improved 105% static pressure over the heat sink, while operating at 3X quieter volumes than reference cards".

At the rear of the card ASUS has placed a thick backplate to prevent PCB bending over time (the red backplate is called the GPU-Fortifier and is supposed to relieve physical stress around the GPU in order to protect it).

The DirectCU III cooling system also uses a total of five rather thick nickel plated direct contact heatpipes (two 10mm, two 8mm and one 6mm).

You will need two 8pin PCI express power connectors to use the Radeon R9 Fury STRIX card so yes it should be quite power hungry.

In terms of available outputs the Radeon R9 Fury STRIX has one DVI-I port, one full size HDMI 1.4a port, and three DisplayPorts.