Card Layout and Pictures

The overall style of the HD 7770 FleX edition is similar but still different than any of the other Sapphire cards we have had in our office. This time around they went with a single fan design and the fake carbon fiber weave look does actually fit with the style very well.

From a different angle we can get a peek at the cards heatpipes. Unlike some of the other cards we have seen from Sapphire recently, there isn’t anything on the top that shows what model you are sporting. This is a little disappointing considering that is really the only area you will see once this card is installed in a typical case.

Here is a better view of the top of the card; from here we can see the heatpipes completely as well as the cards heatsink. You will also notice that this card vents into the case completely as the fan shroud doesn’t reach the PCI slot or even the PCB.

The view from the bottom is much like the view from the top. Only this time around we see the ends of both of the cards heatpipes.

Around back you can see the four attachment points for the HD 7770 FleX’s heatsink meaning it should be easy to remove and change the thermal paste if you ever need to do that. Sapphire has stuck with their blue PCB, this seems a little weird to me considering that you can actually see the PCB more than the fan shroud once the card is installed.

Being a FleX card, the main feature is the cards ability to be hooked up to three monitors without the need to use the cards display port connection with active adapters. That means you have full use of the cards two DVI and one HDMI ports as well as the display port for a fourth monitor if you would like. The two display port connections do include one single link and one dual link meaning if you are like me and sporting 2560x1444 resolutions, you do have an option to go with. As I mentioned earlier the cooling design for this card vents into the case completely, even so their cooling vents on the back of the card are especially efficient.