Radeon R7 360 Video Card Review

The Radeon R7 360

In Figure 3, you can see the video connectors of the Radeon R7 360. It has one DVI-D, one DVI-I, one HDMI and one DisplayPort connectors. The card supports up to six simultaneous monitors (using a DisplayPort hub).

Figure 3: video connectors

In Figure 5 you see the rear of the card. It uses a six-pin PCI Express power connector.

Figure 4: rear view

Figure 5 shows the solder side of the R7 360. There are no memory chips on this side.

Figure 5: solder side

Figure 7 unveils the Radeon R7 360 with the main cooler removed. It is a simple aluminum cooler with a 90 mm fan. Besides the main cooler, there is also a small heatsink over the voltage regulator transistors.

Figure 6: the Radeon R7 360 with the cooler removed

In Figure 8 you see the Radeon R7 360 with the voltage regulator circuit heatsink removed, showing up the transistors. This circuit has three phases for the GPU plus one phase for the memory chips. You can also see the four memory chips.

Figure 7: Radeon R7 360 without the heatsinks

In Figure 9 you see the “Tobago” chip, which is manufactured under 28 nm technology.

Figure 8: Tobago chip

Figure 9 shows one of the memory chips present at the Radeon R7 360. It is a SKhynix H5GC4H24AJR-R0C chip, with 4 Gib (512 MiB) capacity and 3.0 GHz maximum clock (6.0 GHz effective clock), which means the video memory is running above its nominal clock rate.

Figure 9: memory chip