Getting one of these Radeon R9 270X Sapphire Dual-X 4GB OC Edition graphics cards allows the gamer to run indie system requirements and some less demanding AAA titles. In today’s PC hardware terms these are considered middle range for gaming performance.

All games with system requirements of DirectX 11 or lower are met by this card.

This low performing GPU is unable to play any of the most demanding games available today.

How many years will the Radeon R9 270X Sapphire Dual-X 4GB OC Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon R9 270X Sapphire Dual-X 4GB OC Edition in your PC? This Radeon R9 270X Sapphire Dual-X 4GB OC Edition graphics card has reached the end of its ability to run games released today. If you have it in your gaming PC then it’s time to upgrade your graphics solution.

FPS System Benchmark

66 FPS

High

Game

Grand Theft Auto V

The Radeon R9 270X Sapphire Dual-X 4GB OC Edition is released on the 08 Oct 2013

AMD PC game performance check Radeon R9 270X Sapphire Dual-X 4GB OC Edition

GPU

Architecture

GCN 1.1 Curacao XT

Process

28nm

TMUs

Texture Rate

86 GTexel/s

ROPs

Pixel Rate

34 GPixel/s

Shader
Processing Units

1280

Driver Support

Release Price

Compatibility

Direct X

DX 12.0

Shader

5.0

Open GL

4.4

Resolution (WxH)

4096x2160

Notebook GPU

SLI/Crossfire

Yes the Radeon R9 270X Sapphire Dual-X 4GB OC Edition graphics card can run in parallel to other GPUs using Nvidia SLI or AMD Crossfire technology

Dedicated

Integrated

Memory

4096 MB

Memory Speed

1400 MHz

Memory Bus

256 Bit

Memory Type

GDDR5

Memory Bandwidth

179.2GB/sec

L2 Cache

512KB

Display Connectors

VGA Connection

DVI Connection

HDMI Connection

DisplayPort Connection

Clock Speeds

Core Speed

1020 MHz

Boost Clock

1070 MHz

Power

Max Power

180 Watts

PSU

500 Watt

Power Connector

None

Recommended Hardware

Best CPU Match

Core i5-4430 3.0GHz

Best RAM Match

8 GB

Best Resolution

1920 x 1080

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Radeon R9 270X Sapphire Dual-X 4GB OC Edition Game Requirement Analysis

Radeon R9 270X Sapphire Dual-X 4GB OC Edition is a special edition of the high-end Radeon R9 270X.
This edition comes with a custom cooling system called "Vapor-X", which reduces the card's temperature under load, significantly and comes overclocked out of the box in the central unit that was increased from 1000MHz to 1020MHz, while the Boost clock is now of 1070MHz.
Furthermore, the card has twice as much memory when compared to the reference card. However, this card will not benefit from extra memory and thus such feature ends up being useless.
Expect little or no performance boost over the standard edition and exactly the same performance as "Radeon R9 270X Sapphire Dual-X 2GB OC Edition"

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Radeon R9 270X Sapphire Dual-X 4GB OC Edition vs Avg. AAA Game System Requirements

Avg. AAA Recommended Requirements

CPU

Core i3-9350KF 4-Core 4.0GHz

Graphics Card

Radeon R9 290

61%

RAM

11GB

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elisaronsson

elisaronsson's Rig
Saved at: Feb-13-2019

Compared to your Rig

CPU

Ryzen R5 1600

GFX

GeForce GTX 1080 Asus ROG Strix A8G Gaming 8GB

RAM

16GB DDR4 3000MHz

RES

4480 x 1080
width x height

Phone

OnePlus 5 64GB

elisaronsson's Game Library

22:24 May-26-2015

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So is my processor bottlenecking this card? planning on upgrade once i get some cash but i'm just wondering if my processor is really bad for this card. Thanks

jpchmura123

jpchmura123's Test Rig
Saved at: Aug-10-2018

Compared to your Rig

CPU

Ryzen R5 1600X oc: 10%

GFX

Radeon RX 480 Sapphire NITRO+ 4GB

RAM

8GB DDR4 2400MHz

RES

1920 x 1080
width x height

Phone

Moto X Pure Edition 16GB

jpchmura123's Game Library

04:21 Jul-26-2015

I don't think it is but, i could be wrong. :)

simeon

simeon's Rig
Saved at: Feb-09-2017

Compared to your Rig

CPU

Core i7-4510U 2-Core 2.0GHz

GFX

GeForce 840M 2GB

RAM

8GB DDR3 1600MHz

RES

1366 x 768
width x height

simeon's Game Library

21:10 May-04-2015

Hi I was looking to get this card but wasn't sure what it would go better with a i5-4440 or FX-8350 which one would be better keep in mind amds one is £20 les

Denys11

Denys11's Rig
Saved at: Jan-18-2019

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CPU

Ryzen 7 2700X

GFX

GeForce GTX 1060 KFA2 EX OC White 6GB

RAM

16GB DDR4 3000MHz

RES

4000 x 900
width x height

Phone

Samsung Galaxy S8

Denys11's Game Library

07:37 Jul-02-2015

I'd say that the i5-4440 is a better choice.

jpchmura123

jpchmura123's Test Rig
Saved at: Aug-10-2018

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CPU

Ryzen R5 1600X oc: 10%

GFX

Radeon RX 480 Sapphire NITRO+ 4GB

RAM

8GB DDR4 2400MHz

RES

1920 x 1080
width x height

Phone

Moto X Pure Edition 16GB

jpchmura123's Game Library

04:23 Jul-26-2015

according to this site the FX-8350 is 11% better.
http://www.game-debate.com/cpu/index.php?pid=1873&pid2=1140&compare=core-i5-4440-3-1ghz-vs-fx-8350

aditrex

aditrex's Rig
Saved at: Apr-22-2019

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CPU

Ryzen 7 2700X oc: 10%

GFX

GeForce GTX 980 Ti Palit 6GB Edition oc: 30%

RAM

16GB DDR4 2800MHz

RES

1920 x 1080
width x height

Phone

Huawei P9 Lite

aditrex's Game Library

00:08 Feb-04-2015

355

funny thing this card seems to performs slighty wors then 2gb version on higher res then 1080p for 0.1% hmm ?? :)

alexandre33

alexandre33's Rig
Saved at: Jul-09-2017

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CPU

Core i5-2320 3.0GHz

GFX

GeForce GTX 295 EVGA CO-OP Hydro Copper 1792MB Edition

RAM

6GB DDR3 1333MHz

RES

1440 x 900
width x height

Phone

Nokia Lumia 530

alexandre33's Game Library

19:47 Jan-23-2015

Will my processor bottleneck this gpu?

AirLive

AirLive's Rig
Saved at: Oct-18-2018

Compared to your Rig

CPU

FX-8300 oc: 15%

GFX

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Asus Dual 4GB

RAM

12GB DDR3 1333MHz

RES

1680 x 1050
width x height

Phone

Lenovo Vibe K5 Plus

AirLive's Game Library

21:25 Jan-23-2015

no :)

Kryptoh

Kryptoh's Rig
Saved at: Jan-19-2015

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CPU

Athlon X4 760K

GFX

Radeon R7 260X Sapphire 2GB OC Edition

RAM

8GB DDR3 1600MHz

RES

1920 x 1080
width x height

Kryptoh's Game Library

00:08 Jan-19-2015

Will my processor bottleneck this gpu?

Watrevir

Watrevir's Rig
Saved at: Apr-16-2019

Compared to your Rig

CPU

FX-8350

GFX

Radeon RX 580 PowerColor Red Dragon 8GB

RAM

14GB DDR3 1333MHz

RES

1920 x 1080
width x height

Watrevir's Game Library

21:31 Jan-19-2015

A bit, in processor-heavy games or benchmarks. It's not a huge step up from what you've got now though.

thanksyoumuchZX

thanksyoumuchZX's Rig
Saved at: Apr-17-2019

Compared to your Rig

CPU

FX-6300

GFX

Radeon R9 270X Sapphire Dual-X 4GB OC Edition

RAM

12GB DDR3 1600MHz

RES

1920 x 1080
width x height

thanksyoumuchZX's Game Library

20:39 Nov-19-2014

i was wondering what the max temp of the r9 270x would be at. i see mine hit up to 67 degrees Celsius just playing World of Warcraft. should i be worried!

AirLive

AirLive's Rig
Saved at: Oct-18-2018

Compared to your Rig

CPU

FX-8300 oc: 15%

GFX

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Asus Dual 4GB

RAM

12GB DDR3 1333MHz

RES

1680 x 1050
width x height

Phone

Lenovo Vibe K5 Plus

AirLive's Game Library

15:54 Jan-23-2015

no, it's ok :)

Watrevir

Watrevir's Rig
Saved at: Apr-16-2019

Compared to your Rig

CPU

FX-8350

GFX

Radeon RX 580 PowerColor Red Dragon 8GB

RAM

14GB DDR3 1333MHz

RES

1920 x 1080
width x height

Watrevir's Game Library

19:34 Jan-24-2015

Generally anything under 70 C is OK for this card. Anything over that will reduce its lifespan considerably. You should be worrying at 90 plus.

rico6971

rico6971's Rig
Saved at: Sep-02-2015

Compared to your Rig

CPU

FX-6300 oc: 10%

GFX

Radeon R9 270X Sapphire Dual-X 4GB OC Edition oc: 5%

RAM

8GB DDR3 1066MHz

RES

1920 x 1080
width x height

Phone

HTC Desire X

rico6971's Game Library

23:34 Sep-26-2014

Hi there! Do you guys think I should crossfire this card or wait for AMD's response to the cheap 970/980? Upgrading to either will require a new mobo and PSU.

icobg98

icobg98's Rig
Saved at: Apr-17-2019

Compared to your Rig

CPU

Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz oc: 40%

GFX

GeForce GTX 970 EVGA FTW ACX 2.0 4GB Edition oc: 10%

RAM

16GB DDR3 1333MHz

RES

1280 x 1024
width x height

Phone

Sony Xperia Z2

icobg98's Game Library

13:37 Nov-07-2014

better wait sly is not well optimised with every game :) best wishes

Nameless1988

Nameless1988's Rig
Saved at: Jul-01-2015

Compared to your Rig

CPU

Core i7-3770K 4-Core 3.5GHz oc: 5%

GFX

GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II 2GB OC Edition oc: 5%

RAM

8GB DDR3 2400MHz

RES

1920 x 1080
width x height

Nameless1988's Game Library

12:04 Jun-20-2014

hi guys! would my intel core i5-3340 bottleneck with this gpu??? thanks guys

Bugattiboy01

Bugattiboy01's Rig
Saved at: Sep-03-2018

Compared to your Rig

CPU

Core i7-4790K 4-Core 4.0GHz oc: 10%

GFX

GeForce GTX 980 Ti MSI Gaming 6GB Edition oc: 15%

RAM

12GB DDR3 1333MHz

RES

1920 x 1080
width x height

Bugattiboy01's Game Library

17:10 Jul-10-2014

It shouldnt sorry for the long reply time

superjele1

superjele1's Rig
Saved at: Mar-05-2019

Compared to your Rig

CPU

Ryzen R5 1600

GFX

GeForce GTX 970 MSI Gaming 4GB Edition oc: 10%

RAM

16GB DDR4 3000MHz

RES

2944 x 1080
width x height

Phone

Samsung Galaxy S8

superjele1's Game Library

17:27 May-16-2014

This card is so awesome ;c

Paavandeep

Paavandeep's Rig
Saved at: Apr-09-2018

Compared to your Rig

CPU

Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz oc: 20%

GFX

GeForce GTX 1060 Gigabyte Xtreme Gaming 6GB oc: 20%

RAM

8GB DDR4 2400MHz

RES

3200 x 1024
width x height

Phone

Sony Xperia SP

Paavandeep's Game Library

17:16 Mar-27-2014

-1

whats a same temp to over clock on this

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