Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Vapor-X OC 2GB GDDR5 PCIe

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 6 expert reviews

Excellent:

4
Good:

2
Average:

0
Bad:

0

Pros:

Great performance.
Cheap price.
Amazing temperature with overclocked settings.

Cons:

When it does heat up, the fans get rather loud, but to get it hot is the hard part.
Driver Disc did not contain drivers that would detect the 270x.

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Last revision on November 5, 2015

Reviewers Liked

Great performance
Cheap price
Amazing temperature with overclocked settings
Easy to use software
Outstanding on all tests
Quiet and looks
Outperforms GeForce GTX 660 Ti
DirectX 11.2 ready
Supports CrossFireX and DisplayPort output
Tripledisplay and AMD HD3D support

Reviewers Didn't Like

When it does heat up, the fans get rather loud, but to get it hot is the hard part
Driver Disc did not contain drivers that would detect the 270x
Some heated exhaust is circulated back into enclosure
Shorter warranty period than others offer

Expert reviews and ratings

Sapphire R9 270X Vapor-X is a powerful and dead silent graphics card. Its aspect is simple but elegant, while the cooling system is excellent.Its big brother, the R9 270X Toxic has some better performance in overclocking, but also a higher...

By reviewstudio.net on November 04, 2013

100

When it comes to Price, Performance, Features, Style and Value, all of these are in place with the Vapor-X R9 270x, proving Sapphire has the follow-through. This is an excellent product and worth your...

By Pureoverclock on October 15, 2013

My ratings begin with performance, where (according to AMD) the $219 Sapphire R9 270X Vapor-X 2G graphics card competes against NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 660 series that costs around $179. Although the GeForce GTX 660 Ti and GTX 660 TI Boost share a similar...

By Benchmark Reviews on October 14, 2013

We're not particularly fond of AMD's reference Radeon R9 270-series cooling solution. Fortunately, most of the company's board partners have their own heat sinks and fans. We take 10 cards and measure their clock rates, thermals, and acoustics. Because...

By Tom's Hardware UK on March 31, 2014

SAPPHIRE VAPOR-X R9 270X 2GB GDDR5 OC WITH BOOST is quite successful, balanced and having virtually no drawbacks decision. It has a unique cooling system Vapor-X based on the vaporization chamber, which has an elaborate structure, whereby contact not...

By extremespec.net on January 26, 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

Thanks to Sapphire Technologies we have been able to get our hands on the all new R9 Series 270X graphics card with Vapor – X cooling technology allowing for quieter and cooler system than previous. Sapphire Technologies is based out of Hong Kong founded...

By TechwareLabs on October 30, 2013

Ciao a tutti da Xtremehardware.com, oggi vi proponiamo la recensione della Sapphire Vapor-X R9 270X, scheda di fascia media dotata dell'ormai noto dissipatore Vapor-X, installato per la prima volta sulla 3870 Atomic e che ha reso Sapphire famosa nel...

By xtremehardware.com on June 17, 2014

Alla luce di quanto considerato, non sono pochi gli spunti di riflessione a cui ci ha portato questo prodotto. Questa versione prodotta da Sapphire, offre non poche garanzie in termini di qualità costruttiva, e viene fornita con un packaging che sarà la...

By insidehardware.it on March 19, 2014

Die Sapphire Vapor-X R9 270X kann mit einer guten Leistung punkten, die allerdings nur geringfügig über einer Standard Radeon R9 270X liegt. Im Test konnten wir den Chiptakt um weitere 100 MHz erhöhen und so die Leistung um weitere 6 Prozent steigern....

By hartware.de on October 30, 2013

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