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Getting one of these Radeon R9 270 HIS iCooler 2GB 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. This card meets game requirements up to DirectX 11.

How many years will the Radeon R9 270 HIS iCooler 2GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon R9 270 HIS iCooler 2GB Edition in your PC? Its upgrade time for the Radeon R9 270 HIS iCooler 2GB Edition, assuming you are a modern day gamer.

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the Radeon R9 270 HIS iCooler 2GB Edition? A good upgrade choice for this graphics card today would be the 16 Series GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB. For comparison of the 1000 most demanding games around today this suggested upgrade is 171% better and can meet 771 of their recommended requirements. Alternatively a good upgrade choice for this graphics card today would be the R-500 Series Radeon RX 580 8GB. For comparison of the 1000 most demanding games around today this suggested upgrade is 121% better and can meet 673 of their recommended requirements.

FPS System Benchmark

0 FPS

High

Game

Red Dead Redemption 2

The Radeon R9 270 HIS iCooler 2GB Edition is released on 13 Nov 2013

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AMD PC game performance check Radeon R9 270 HIS iCooler 2GB Edition

GPU

Architecture

GCN 1.1 Curacao PRO

Process

28nm

TMUs

Texture Rate

76 GTexel/s

ROPs

Pixel Rate

30 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 270 HIS iCooler 2GB Edition graphics card can run in parallel to other GPUs using Nvidia SLI or AMD Crossfire technology

Dedicated

Integrated

Memory

2048 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

925 MHz

Boost Clock

950 MHz

Power

Max Power

150 Watts

PSU

500 Watt & 33 Amps

Power Connector

1x 6-pin

Recommended Hardware

Best CPU Match

Core i5-4430 3.0GHz

Best RAM Match

8 GB

Best Resolution

1920 x 1080

GPU Upgrade

Radeon R9 390

GD Official

GD Value

Game-Debate Value Rating A standardised value score that gives an indication of GPU price to performance. Each score will adjust over time as prices change and performance expectations shift in todays marketplace.

GD RATING

Game-Debate Hardware Rating A standardised score that can be used to compare game system requirements directly with individual hardware components. Each score will adjust over time as better tech is released.

Approved

Resolution Performance
1366x768	1600x900	1920x1080	2560x1440	3840x2160
-	9.2	7.2	5.4	3.7

Radeon R9 270 HIS iCooler 2GB Edition Game Requirement Analysis

Radeon R9 270 HIS iCooler 2GB Edition is a special edition of the fast-middle-class Radeon R9 270.
This edition comes with a custom cooling system which reduces the card's temperature under load significantly but does not come overclocked out of the box and thus the performance is identical to the reference Radeon R9 270.

Source [Pip]

CPU

Core i7-4790 4-Core 3.6GHz

Graphics Card

Radeon RX 480X 4GB

150%

RAM

13GB

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Radeon R9 270 HIS iCooler 2GB Edition Extras

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Variants

AMD R-200 Series

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