AMD Radeon R7 260X 2GB

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AMD Radeon R7 260X 2GB
GCN 1.1 (Bonaire XTX)
Architecture
Entry-level
Product Tier
896
Shader Cores
16
ROPs
56
TMUs
No RT
Ray Tracing
2 GB
Memory
GDDR5
Memory Type
104 GB/s
Bandwidth
115 W
TDP
GPU Snapshot
Release date:Oct 8, 2013Price at Launch:$139
Type:DesktopArchitecture:GCN 1.1 (Bonaire XTX)
Generation:Radeon R7 200 seriesProduct Tier:Entry-level
VRAM Capacity:2 GBTotal Board Power:115 W
Core Configuration
Shader Cores:896TMUs:56
ROPs:16L2 Cache:512 KB
Memory
VRAM Capacity:2 GBMemory Type:GDDR5
Memory Speed:6.5 GbpsMemory Bus:128-bit
Bandwidth:104 GB/s
Graphics Processing
Base Clock:1.1 GHzFP32 Throughput:1.97 TFLOPs
Ray Tracing:NoProcess Size:28nm
Process Name:TSMC 28nmDie Size:160 mm²
Power & Connectivity
Total Board Power:115 WPower Connectors:1x 6-pin
Bus Interface:PCIe 3.0 x16HDMI Support:HDMI 1.4a
DisplayPort Support:DP 1.2DSC:No
Max Displays:3
Media & Software Support
DirectX Support:12Shader Model:6.5
Vulkan Version:1.2OpenGL Version:4.6

Reviews and Ratings

64

Average Score

Based on 5 reviews

Reviewers Liked

  • Compact
  • Quiet-running
  • Uses less power than Nvidia's comparable card
  • TrueAudio feature for future games
  • Requires just one six-pin power connector

Reviewers Didn't Like

  • Performance lags behind Nvidia's comparably priced GTX 650 Ti Boost
  • Based on the same silicon as Radeon HD 7790
60

The AMD Radeon R7 260X is a good—not great—graphics card for users on a budget, but there are better bargains on the...

By PC Mag on
60

AMD’s latest mainstream video card handles 1080p gaming well and provides some future-looking audio tech, but for about the same price, Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost delivers slightly better performance....

By Computer Shopper on
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 Bit-tech.net on

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

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

While powerful flagship graphics cards may garner most of the buzz in the press, it's often the lower-end affordable cards that can rake in the profits, not to mention being far more attainable to the average person who's on a really tight budget yet...

By Pureoverclock on

The title says it all – this article explores the potential of CrossfireX setup using a mid / low range graphic card like the R7 260X.To make the comparison more complete, I not only pit the R7 260X CFX setup against a HD 7970 (which is essentially an R9...

By GoldFries on

As I'm sure most of you are aware by now, NVIDIA lowered some of their pricing to better compete with these new AMD R9 and R7 offerings. It's hard to tell how this “price war” is going to shake out over the next few weeks, but what I see right now...

By overclockers.com on

Last week AMD unveiled its new series of graphics cards. We tested the first batch of new cards, consisting of the R7 260X, R9 270X and R9 280X. In this review you'll find all benchmark results, frametimes and – for the faster cards - EyeFinity...

By uk.hardware.info on

A ton of AMD related news hit over the last couple of weeks, thanks in no small part to a multi-day event AMD held in Honolulu, Hawaii the company held to showcase all of its upcoming GPU technology. GPU14 Tech Day, as AMD called it, began with a...

By HotHardware on

We'll once again wrap things up with a couple of value scatter plots. In both plots, the performance numbers are geometric means of data points from all the games we tested. The first plot shows 99th-percentile frame times converted into FPS for easier...

By The Tech Report on

On the day that AMD releases the NDA for their new R7 and R9 series of graphics card reviews, Nvidia has also committed to GPU price cuts in order to compete. Since we were in Hawaii to cover the launch of the GPUs with most of the details being...

By vrworld.com on
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