AMD Radeon R9 270X 2GB GDDR5 PCIe

Overview

The Radeon R9 270X is a mainstream priced GPU supporting DirectX 11.2 along with AMD’s Mantle. It uses the 28nm design, packs 1280 SPU’s, 80 TAU’s and 32 ROP’s. Last but not least, the R9 270X comes with 2GB of RAM, though 4GB will be an option on some cards despite being pointless for this GPU.

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Last revision on September 21, 2015

Editors Liked

Solid performance increase
Power efficient
Good price/performance
Never Settle game bundle included
Software voltage control possible
Native full-size HDMI and DisplayPort
Up to four active outputs

Editors Didn't Like

Worse price/performance than HD 7870 and HD 7850
Noisy cooler
High temperatures

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By TechSpot on October 08, 2013

Getting to the results we find that on average the Radeon R9 270X was 6% faster than the Radeon HD 7870, since its core is overclocked by 5% with 17% faster memory this makes sense. Compared to Nvidia’s offerings, the Radeon R9 270X faces the GeForce GTX 660 ($200), the R9 270X will be around $20 more than most GTX 660 cards.

By itreviews.com on February 12, 2014 80

The AMD Radeon R9 270X is a great GPU for those who can't afford luxury models but want strong 1080p...

By PCAdvisor on December 16, 2013 80

AMD's policy of retooling old hardware as new chips is paying dividends. The 280X is a hard card to beat at its price-point. The 270X, too, is a rather good card for the money, and not that far behind the 280X. Having said that, the latter does have a superior memory configuration...

By TweakTown on October 11, 2013 94

If you're looking to spend around the $200 mark, it's fairly safe to say that this is more than likely what you are going to be looking at. The only other question we have now is what happens if you want to spend more? Well, keep an eye out for a review on the new Radeon R9 280X 3GB soon.

By Bit-tech.net on October 08, 2013 72

ex Tax)After what feels like a very long wait, AMD's new Volcanic Islands graphics cards are finally here... sort of. Although AMD unveiled a full lineup of 10 days ago, the top of the range Radeon R9 290X and R9 290 are sadly yet to arrive, and...

By TechPowerUp on October 07, 2013 89

Then there is the 12% faster GTX 760, but with its $250 price point, it's clearly out of reach of the R9 270X. Still, I think a more reasonable price for R9 270X would be around $180 or so—maybe we'll see that in the near future. The higher MSRP could also give board partners more room to release their custom designs without any large price increases.

By uk.hardware.info on July 08, 2015

We previously published a performance review of Grand Theft Auto V , in which we tested the game using 23 graphics cards, ranging from an entry-level Radeon R7 240 to an ultra high-end GeForce GTX Titan X. We ran the tests on our standard test system...

By uk.hardware.info on July 07, 2015

Around two months ago, the PC version of GTA V was released at long last. Where owners of a PlayStation 3 or an Xbox 360 have been able to play this game since September 2013, PC gamers had to wait no less than nineteen months for their turn....

By uk.hardware.info on June 23, 2015

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By uk.hardware.info on May 22, 2015

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By uk.hardware.info on May 16, 2015

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By Ocaholic on August 05, 2014

Today we are going to compare the two Mid-range nVidia cards: the GTX 750 Ti with Maxwell GPU and the Radeon R9 270 Curaçao PRO GPU. The GTX 750 Ti is basically the first glimpse at NVIDIAs upcoming Maxwell GPUs and it will be quite interesting to see...

By Ocaholic on February 19, 2014

A gamer simply can't get enough graphics power in their rig, which makes the upgrade question omnipresent. To show you whether it makes sense to upgrade from one generation to another we created this series of articles, where we will compare graphics...

By Ocaholic on January 30, 2014

In this article we made a list of all Radeon R9 270X around sorted by manufacturers with pics, specs and prices. At the end of the article you also find an interactive overview with filtering and sorting functions to compare all cards. If you think or...

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