What card looks bigger than it actually is? It’s t he ASUS Radeon R7 360.
The ASUS Radeon R7 360 looks longer than most graphics card, this is simply because of the dual-fan cooling system.
Once viewed from the top you’ll realize that the card is like someone wearing longer pants or shirt than needed, not that it’s a bad thing though but the long cooler could make it a little difficult to install in tight spaces.
Here are the I/O ports on the card, being a low end card it still comes with DVI port.
More details at the official product page.
Test Setup
| Processor | Intel Core i7-5960X |
| RAM | Apacer Blade Fire 2x 8GB DDR4 2400Mhz @ 3000Mhz |
| Motherboard | ASRock X99 OC Formula |
| Power Supply | Cooler Master V850 |
| Operating System | Windows 10 64bit |
Here’s the GPU-Z of the card.
Benchmarks
Unigine Heaven 4.0
*NOTE : Details are set to maximum.
| Card | 1080p (avg) |
| ASUS R7 360 | 16.9 |
| MSI R7 360 | 17.2 |
Metro Last Light
| Card | 1080p (avg) |
| ASUS R7 360 | 27 |
| MSI R7 360 | 28 |
Bioshock Infinite
Settings are at
2 – UltraDX11_DDOF | 2 – Custom | 1 – 16:9 | 4 – FullHD / 4K
| Card | 1080p (avg) |
| ASUS R7 360 | 41 |
*I seem to be getting faster numbers than my previous benchmarks, I don’t know whether the boost is from the latest driver.
Shadow of Mordor
Settings : Set to ULTRA, V-sync OFF.
| Card | 1080p (avg) |
| ASUS R7 360 | 31 |
| MSI R7 360 | 33 |
*Strange but it seems like the R7 360 is faster, perhaps due to the newer drivers.
Grand Theft Auto V
Settings : Every option to the MAX setting available.
| Card | 1080p (avg) |
| ASUS R7 360 | 13 |
| MSI R7 360 | 14 |
| PowerColor R7 370 | 21 |
The Division
Settings : Set to ULTRA, V-sync OFF.
| Card | 1080p (avg) |
| ASUS R7 360 | 23 |
| MSI R7 360 | 24 |
The numbers here seemed awkward, considering that the R7 360 is faster in many test. I can only suspect it is due to the improvements on the driver side.
Temperature
Furmark Burn-in Test was used to stress the card. Fan settings are at Auto. Room set to ~25c.
| Card | Idle(°C) | Load (°C) |
| ASUS R7 360 | 30 | 79 |
| ASUS R7 360 (Full RPM) | 28 | 65 |
The fan hovers at around 44% on AUTO settings where the noise level is silent.
Power Consumption
The stress was done with Furmark Burn-in Test. Power consumption reading was taken from the watt-meter, actual power draw by the entire system from the wall point. I’m using an Cooler Master V850 with around 90% efficiency and the estimated system power draw (CPU, not including GPU) during Furmark test is 80w.
| Card | MSI RADEON R7 360 2GD5 OC Graphics Card Review |
| Furmark Burn-in | 166 |
| Estimated Actual System Draw | 149 |
| Estimated Card Power Draw | 69 |
The power draw is very close to 75W which is not surprising to see it requires a 6-pin power connector, just in case.
The Verdict
The ASUS Radeon R7 360 OC 2GD5 OC retails at RM 579, not cheap for an R7 370 card considering one from MSI retails for far less (at about RM 500) but what you get with this card is a bunch better cooler, meaning it runs more silent on load.
It’s pretty difficult to recommend this card because ASUS sells the GTX 750 Ti model at RM 599, it costs just a bit more but you do get more performance out of the GTX 750 Ti.