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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!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 among Desktop GPUs
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| Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 21 more | |
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| T-Rex, Manhattan, Cloud Gate Factor, Sky Diver Factor and 1 more | |
Computing | |
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| Face Detection, Ocean Surface Simulation and 3 more | |
Performance per Watt | |
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| Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more | |
Value | |
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| Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more | |
Noise and Power | |
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| TDP, Idle Power Consumption, Load Power Consumption and 2 more | |
| 6.8 | Overall Score |
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Benchmarks Real world tests of the Radeon R9 270X
Bitcoin mining Data courtesy CompuBench
Face detection Data courtesy CompuBench
T-Rex (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench
Manhattan (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench
Fire Strike Factor Data courtesy FutureMark
Sky Diver Factor Data courtesy FutureMark
Battlefield 3
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Reviews Word on the street for the Radeon R9 270X
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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.
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.
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.
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).
by techPowerUp!The HD 7950 with its 3 GB of memory, meets the recommended system requirements of "Battlefield 4," the 2 GB R9 270X doesn't.
Gaming
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.
by techPowerUp!9.4MSI's R9 270X GAMING is a truly impressive graphics card for gamers who not only want good performance, but are also looking to do so without much fan noise.
Specifications Full list of technical specs
gpu
| GPU brand | AMD |
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| GPU name | Curacao |
| Market | Desktop |
| Clock speed | 1,000 MHz |
| Turbo clock speed | 1,050 MHz |
| Is dual GPU | No |
| Reference card | None |
raw performance
| Shading units | 1,280 |
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| Texture mapping units | 80 |
| Render output processors | 32 |
| Compute units | 20 |
| Pixel rate | 33.6 GPixel/s |
| Texture rate | 84 GTexel/s |
| Floating-point performance | 2,688 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 |
| Memory bandwidth | 179.2 GB/s |
noise and power
| TDP | 180W |
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