AMD Radeon R9 270X

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AMD Radeon R9 270X
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.
GCN 1.0 (Pitcairn XT)
Architecture
Midrange
Product Tier
1280
Shader Cores
32
ROPs
80
TMUs
No RT
Ray Tracing
2 GB
Memory
GDDR5
Memory Type
179.2 GB/s
Bandwidth
180 W
TDP
GPU Snapshot
Release date:Oct 8, 2013Price at Launch:$199
Type:DesktopArchitecture:GCN 1.0 (Pitcairn XT)
Generation:Radeon R9 200 seriesProduct Tier:Midrange
VRAM Capacity:2 GBTotal Board Power:180 W
Core Configuration
Shader Cores:1280TMUs:80
ROPs:32L2 Cache:512 KB
Memory
VRAM Capacity:2 GBMemory Type:GDDR5
Memory Speed:5.6 GbpsMemory Bus:256-bit
Bandwidth:179.2 GB/s
Graphics Processing
Base Clock:1 GHzBoost Clock:1.05 GHz
FP32 Throughput:2.69 TFLOPsRay Tracing:No
Process Size:28nmProcess Name:TSMC 28nm
Die Size:212 mm²
Power & Connectivity
Total Board Power:180 WPower Connectors:2x 6-pin
Bus Interface:PCIe 3.0 x16HDMI Support:HDMI 1.4a
DisplayPort Support:DP 1.2DSC:No
Max Displays:4
Media & Software Support
DirectX Support:12Shader Model:6.5
Vulkan Version:1.2OpenGL Version:4.6

Reviews and Ratings

81

Average Score

Based on 7 reviews

Reviewers 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

Reviewers Didn't Like

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

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 TechSpot on
80

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

By itreviews.com on
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 PCAdvisor on
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 TweakTown on
72

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By Bit-tech.net on
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 TechPowerUp on

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