The MERC line includes exclusively AMD/Radeon video accelerators at an above-average level, which makes it related to competitors in the face of the Red Devil series from PowerColor and Nitro+ from Sapphire. All three series practice a similar approach to design, engineering and positioning, releasing old-school video cards with an ascetic design, impressive factory overclocking and a fanatical approach to the development of cooling systems.

In fact, only the details and nuances of the work differ. So, MERC cards are equipped with a button to switch between two BIOS modes (in Rage mode, the memory chip receives an additional boost of frequencies) and support AMD Smart Access Memory technology, which allows the processor to use the entire memory array of the graphics card, greatly accelerating the interaction of components in the PC.


Also, the MERC series cards are famous for their gigantic dimensions. And although Nvidia with Ampere models has already accustomed us to huge machines that occupy 3 slots and do not fit into every computer, MERC models leave everyone behind ― the Radeon RX 6900 XT is 34 centimeters long, which is several centimeters more than the giant GeForce RTX 3090, which is the most powerful model in its generation.

A huge double radiator with seven heat pipes and three fans is responsible for cooling this structure. At the back, it is complemented by a metal backplate, which gives strength to the massive structure and cools the memory chips with thermal pads.

The design of the MERC line is as simple as possible. The plastic casing is simply painted black, the only identification mark is the deliberately sloppy MERC logo on the back panel. Because of this, the MERC series cards are easily confused with their counterparts in the QICK line. They can be distinguished by the perforation of the casing — the MERC models do not have it, the overclocked QICKS do.