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| 7.7 Out of 10 |  |
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!The 28 nm "Pitcairn" silicon, on which the Radeon R9 270X is based, features 1,280 stream processors based on the Graphics CoreNext micro-architecture, 80 texture memory units (TMUs), 32 raster operations units (ROPs), and a 256-bit wide GDDR5 memory interface, holding 2 GB of memory.
GPUBoss Review Our evaluation of the Radeon R9 270X
Gaming | |
Real world tests using the latest 3D games | |
| battlefield 3 (2013) | |
Benchmarks | |
Synthetic tests to measure overall performance | |
| Passmark, 3DMark 11 Graphics, 3DMark Vantage Graphics and 3DMark06 | |
Compute Performance | |
General computing tests executed on the GPU | |
| Civilization 5 Texture Decomposition (2013) and Passmark Direct Compute | |
Noise and Power | |
How loud and hot does the card run idle and under load | |
| TDP | |
| 7.7 | GPUBoss Score |
Gaming, Benchmarks, Compute Performance and Noise and Power | |
Benchmarks Real world tests of the Radeon R9 270X
Passmark Industry standard benchmark for overall graphics card performance
3DMark 11 Graphics Industry standard benchmark that tests DirectX 11 GPU performance
Battlefield 3 (2013) 1920x1080 - Ultra quality + FXAA-HIGH
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.
BioShock Infinite 1920 x 1080 - Ultra preset + DX11 (DDOF)
Civilization 5 Texture Decomp (2013) Using the newest graphics cards Civ V can speed screen transitions by reducing texture sizes
Passmark Direct Compute Measures performance of general-purpose computing using Microsoft DirectCompute
Reviews Word on the street for the Radeon R9 270X
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What People Are Saying Give it to me straight
Performance
by techPowerUp!But the difference is quite big, bigger than the extra performance delivered, which has the R9 270X HAWK fall behind the HD 7950 in performance per watt.
by techPowerUp!The card is overclocked out of the box, giving it a 3% performance advantage over the stock R9 270X, which matches the HD 7950 in performance and is 11% faster than the HD 7870.
by techPowerUp!In idle it's pretty quiet, but not as quiet as it should be, given what we've seen from other cards in its price and performance range.
Applications
by techPowerUp!We've seen excellent noise levels from previous MSI GAMING series cards and the R9 270X GAMING is no exception here.
by techPowerUp!The R9 270X reference design was actually significantly better than the HD 7950 in that test, yet I still think overall gaming power draw is reasonable for such a product as the HAWK.
by techPowerUp!Overall the card is a good choice if you are looking to play games at full HD, with good details and don't have a lot of money to spend.
Gaming
by techPowerUp!TES: Skyrim is a very large sandbox game that rejects the quality-quantity inverse proportionality.
by techPowerUp!Power draw is also a bit higher while gaming, which is as expected since the card is overclocked out of the box.
by techPowerUp!MSI's R9 270X GAMING is currently available online for $220, which is a $20 price increase over the reference design.
Price
by techPowerUp!With a price of $210, the card is just $10 more expensive than the cheapest R9 270X on the market.
by techPowerUp!In terms of pricing the card is very competitive, it is available online for $200, which means there is no price increase at all for higher clocks and cooler.
by techPowerUp!Currently, the MSI R7 270X HAWK is available online for $230, a $30 price increase over the Radeon R9 270X reference design.
Memory
by techPowerUp!The 28 nm "Pitcairn" silicon on which the Radeon R9 270X is based features 1,280 stream processors based on the Graphics CoreNext micro-architecture, 80 texture memory units (TMUs), 32 raster operations units (ROPs), and a 256-bit wide GDDR5 memory interface holding 2 GB of memory.
by techPowerUp!It would have been nice of ASUS to also include a memory overclock to help with performance, and while the memory chips are not amazing overclockers, they could certainly handle a few MHz extra.
by techPowerUp!You can also see a memory pad here; it cools some of the memory chips (not all).
Specifications Full list of technical specs
gpu
| GPU brand | AMD |
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| GPU name | Curacao |
| Market | Desktop |
| Clock speed | 1,030 MHz |
| Turbo clock speed | 1,080 MHz |
| Is dual GPU | No |
| Reference card | AMD Radeon R9 270X 1 GHz 2 GB |
raw performance
| Shading units | 1,280 |
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| Texture mapping units | 80 |
| Render output processors | 32 |
| Compute units | 20 |
| Pixel rate | 33 GPixel/s |
| Texture rate | 82.4 GTexel/s |
| Floating-point performance | 2,637 GFLOPS |
memory
| Memory clock speed | 1,400 MHz |
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| Effective memory clock speed | 5,600 MHz |
| Memory bus | 256 bit |
| Memory | 2,048 MB |
| Memory type | GDDR5 |
noise and power
| TDP | 180W |
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