Radeon R9 270
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Release Period- Nov-2013
Radeon R9 270 Review
Radeon R9 270 is a fast-middle-class graphics card based on the Curacao PRO of the GCN architecture.
The Curacao PRO Core is a redesign of the Pitcairn XT Core used on Radeon HD 7870. It offers 1280 Shader Processing Units, 80 TMUs and 32 ROPs, on a 256-bit memory interface but has support for DirectX 11.2 and AMD's PowerTune technology.
Furthermore when compared to Radeon HD 7870, Radeon R9 270 comes with a central unit clocked at 900MHz and goes up to 925MHz while its operating memory clock is of 1400MHz. As a result, the card offers extra bandwidth but has a superior TDP.
Benchmarks indicate its performance is comparable to Radeon HD 7870.
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900 MHz
925 MHz
GCN 1.1 Curacao PRO
2048 MB
1400 MHz
256 Bit
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179.2GB/sec
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mohsinAlAk
13:10 Oct-19-2014
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hi,i want to upgrade my CPU to core 2 quad q9650 3.0GHz and to this GPU.
will it be ok…?and also my ram to 8 GB..

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thexawn
05:11 Oct-03-2014
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How much would a Phenom II x2 545 bottleneck this?

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icobg98
17:29 Oct-14-2014
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much …

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thexawn
22:19 Oct-14-2014
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would it still be better than a gt610?

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icobg98
17:45 Oct-16-2014
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yeah for sure. I suggest u take that video card if u have the 500 watt psu for it and then upgrade ur processor.
Good luck :)

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sonic2222
03:10 Sep-17-2014
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Will my Processor Bottleneck this card? if yes then which graphic card should i get?

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sahha50
05:42 Jul-27-2014
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Please help i have PSU 620W so, with this gpu would my psu handle it and will my cpu even bottlenock it ??!


Thanks in advance :)

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grimliver
15:50 Aug-10-2014
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1) your cpu will not bottleneck this GPU


2) you PSU has ample amounts of wattage spare and will handle this with ease just make sure you have a 6pin PCIe power supply from the psu to connect to the card

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Dennis831
12:38 Jul-20-2014
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if i upgrade my card at this,will my psu handle it or no?

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Zilincan
12:40 Jul-20-2014

Yes

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lorddarwid
13:30 Jun-20-2014
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With a 10€ difference, is it worth going for the 270x or should i choose this one?

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wolv3rineNL
16:22 May-18-2014
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would it work with a AMD fx-4130?

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owen746
11:56 Apr-08-2014
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Love this GPU, have been able to play games like Crysis 3 and BF4 on High settings and comfortably get average frame rates of between 50 and 60. There is also room to overclock here aswell to get some extra performance. For its price this an excellent GPU :)

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oliboyy
13:12 Mar-23-2014
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this or 750 ti ?

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JamzterS9
13:10 Mar-26-2014
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This is Better

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Heisenberg96
12:27 Apr-08-2014
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750 ti can be compared to r7 260x not to this card :) this card compares to hd 7870 :) and gtx 660 :)

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ProBook4430s
11:39 Apr-15-2014
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This card has same performance with GeForce GTX 660, :D

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majkel05198
18:32 Feb-24-2014
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Could I have this graphics card?
specs as shown on my PC,
asrock n68 vs3 fx mobo
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JamzterS9
13:11 Mar-26-2014
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