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Sapphire Radeon R9 270X
GPUBoss recommends the Sapphire Radeon R9 270X based on its .
See full details| | Radeon R9 270X vs GeForce GTX 660 |
by techPowerUp!With a core clock of 1100 MHz, the GPU overclock isn't as large as on other cards, but the 25 MHz memory OC will help with performance.
by techPowerUp! (Sep, 2012)The game graphics are, even today, top notch, yet the game still runs well on most computers.
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Real world tests using the latest 3D games | |
| Radeon R9 270X 7.4 GeForce GTX 660 7.4 | |
| battlefield 3 (2013) and Far Cry 3 | |
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Synthetic tests to measure overall performance | |
| Radeon R9 270X 7.3 GeForce GTX 660 7.1 | |
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General computing tests executed on the GPU | |
| Radeon R9 270X 7.8 GeForce GTX 660 7.5 | |
| Civilization 5 Texture Decomposition (2013) and Passmark Direct Compute | |
Noise and Power | |
How loud and hot does the card run idle and under load | |
| Radeon R9 270X 5.5 GeForce GTX 660 5.6 | |
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Gaming, Benchmarks, Compute Performance and Noise and Power | |
| Radeon R9 270X 7.4 GeForce GTX 660 7.2 | |
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| Higher clock speed | 1,100 MHz | vs | 980 MHz | More than 10% higher clock speed | |||
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| Better floating-point performance | 2,816 GFLOPS | vs | 1,882 GFLOPS | Around 50% better floating-point performance | |||
| Higher pixel rate | 35.2 GPixel/s | vs | 19.6 GPixel/s | Around 80% higher pixel rate | |||
| Higher turbo clock speed | 1,150 MHz | vs | 1,032 MHz | More than 10% higher turbo clock speed | |||
| More render output processors | 32 | vs | 24 | 8 more render output processors | |||
| More shading units | 1,280 | vs | 960 | 320 more shading units | |||
| Better civilization 5 texture decomposition (2013) score | 310.9 | vs | 288.9 | Around 10% better civilization 5 texture decomposition (2013) score | |||
| Wider memory bus | 256 bit | vs | 192 bit | Around 35% wider memory bus | |||
| Better passmark direct compute score | 2,370 | vs | 1,916 | Around 25% better passmark direct compute score | |||
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| Lower TDP | 140W | vs | 180W | More than 20% lower TDP | |||
GeForce GTX 660 | by techPowerUp! (Sep, 2012)3DMark 11, as the name might probably suggest, makes use of the Microsoft DirectX 11 API and puts every feature of it at its disposal to use, creating astonishingly realistic visuals.
Radeon R9 270X | by techPowerUp!We've seen excellent noise levels from previous MSI GAMING series cards and the R9 270X GAMING is no exception here.
Radeon R9 270X | by techPowerUp!Interestingly, it doesn't meet the recommended system requirements for "Battlefield 4," the season's most hotly anticipated game for the PC platform.
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