Asus Radeon R9 270X DirectCU 2 Top 2GB GDDR5 PCIe

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 8 expert reviews

Excellent:

4
Good:

4
Average:

0
Bad:

0

Pros:

Factory overclock.
DirectCU II cooler.
Power indication LEDs on the PCIe power connections.

Cons:

Accessory package could be better.

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Last revision on October 7, 2015

Reviewers Liked

Factory overclock
DirectCU II cooler
Power indication LEDs on the PCIe power connections

Expert reviews and ratings

100

great version of the excellent Radeon R9 270X that’ll play challenging games at the highest...

By Expert Reviews on April 12, 2014

Just like we said with ASUS's 280X version there are many different 270X cards out there so is this a good choice? We sure think so! The ASUS R9 270X DirectCU II TOP features a nice factory overclock up to 1120 MHz from the reference 1050 MHz. Beyond...

By ThinkComputers on January 16, 2014

AMD's new Radeon R9 270X draws its lineage more from the Radeon HD 7800 series than any other. The R9 270X is, for all intents and purposes, identical to the Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition which launched at $350, but settled down to around $250, holding on...

By techPowerUp! on November 30, 2013

Meanwhile the AMD Radeon R9 270X is more interesting than the R280X because its clocks are different than the Radeon HD 7870 that shares the same silicon. Yet AMD's partners are launching custom designs only right from the beginning and in some cases...

By Ocaholic on October 10, 2013

The Asus R9 270X DirectCU II Top is a pretty good graphics card, with some pretty nice performance figures. The overclocking is also a pretty good, though the cooler needs some improvement if it wants to match the voltage increase.What else is there to...

By reviewstudio.net on October 10, 2013

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By HardOCP on August 11, 2014

Refreshes are bad, right? I guess that depends on who you talk to. In the case of AMD, it is not a bad thing. For people who live for cutting edge technology in the 3D graphics world, it is not pretty. Unfortunately for those people, reality...

By PCPer on January 16, 2014

Anyone remotely interested in computer hardware will know that AMD recently released a very large number of video cards in a very short amount of time. The new series includes the flagship Radeon R9 290 and 290X cards but also more affordable versions...

By uk.hardware.info on November 26, 2013

There is little doubt AMD succeeded when it singled out the GTX 660 as the R9 270X target point. Our test results show a resounding win for the Red Team in that regard. Now that the price war between the GTX 660 and R9 270X has settled a bit, they both...

By overclockers.com on November 07, 2013

In our coverage of the R9 series so far we have been fairly disappointed by AMDs decision to rebrand existing parts when they really didn't need to… and their over complex naming scheme which is now in place. Add to that the lack of TrueAudio in the...

By HardwareHeaven on October 10, 2013

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