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Asus are using similar box artwork to their high end Strix models. The word ‘Strix' is drawn out in a full spectrum of colours to draw significance to the RGB lighting.
Inside the box is some literature on the card, a software disc, free game code, cable ties and colour decals.
The Asus RX 470 Strix Gaming is finished in plain black, with black fans, and a – yes you guessed it, black shroud. The PCB is also black although there is no backplate fitted which surprised me. The higher end models in the Strix lineup have RGB style backplates as you can see over HERE.
The card measures 24.2 cm x 12.9 cm x 4.2 cm.
The AURA RGB lighting on this card is somewhat limited in regards to exposure – as can be seen in the ASUS slide above.
The RX 470 Strix Gaming card allows fans to be connected to a connector on the PCB. It supports both 3 pin (DC) and 4 pin (PWM) fans and will automatically detect the kind of fan connected. You can now control the chassis fans by using Professional mode within GPU Tweak II. The card takes power from a single 6 PIN PCIe power connector.
The I/O plate is fitted with two DVI connectors (dual link), a HDMI (2.0) connector and a DisplayPort (1.4) connector.
The Direct CU II cooler for this card has two thick heatpipes which run into two separate racks of aluminum fins on either side of the copper core. Asus are using SK Hynix GDDR5 memory on this particular card.
Like all other cards in the range, Asus are incorporating concrete alloy chokes to help reduce unpleasant buzzing during high load operation. They are also using SAP II Capacitors which are said to have a 90,000 hour longer life than traditional capacitors.
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