The card was very quiet, even under heavy loading. Sure it's a three slot solution with three fans, but the results were still very impressive. The cooler certainly did a fine job here. The accessories package also has to be noted. The inclusion of an active DisplayPort adaptor brings Eyefinity within the reach of anyone who has three monitors. Performance is staggering and there's no game yet that really makes overclocking it worthwhile.

Overclocking:

The reviewers managed to reach 999MHz, just 1 MHz short for the 1000MHz barrier. When the reviewers were overclocking the Toxic they ran Furmark to ensure stability and the card never got above 71 degrees Celsius at any point.

Air Cooling:

Although it isn't labelled as such the reviewers think the 'cooler solution' is an Arctic Cooling Accelero Xtreme, well known for its excellent performance.

Test Setup:

• CPU Cooler : Noctua NH-D14
• Memory : 1600MHz DDR3 Corsair Dominator GT
• Motherboard : ASUS Rampage III Extreme
• OS : Windows 7 Ultimate x64
• Processor : Intel Core i7 980X
• PSU : Corsair AX1200w

Benchmarks:

3D Mark Vantage, Unigine Heaven, Dirt 2, S.T.A.L.K.E.R Call of Pripyat, Crysis Warhead.