The Test

As the 270X and 270 are based on the existing Pitcairn GPU, AMD won’t be doing anything special as far as drivers are concerned. The drivers for today’s 270 launch will be Catalyst 13.11 Beta9.2, first released last week to incorporate some 290 series fan speed adjustments.

CPU: Intel Core i7-4960X @ 4.2GHz
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty X79 Professional
Power Supply: Corsair AX1200i
Hard Disk: Samsung SSD 840 EVO (750GB)
Memory: G.Skill RipjawZ DDR3-1866 4 x 8GB (9-10-9-26)
Case: NZXT Phantom 630 Windowed Edition
Monitor: Asus PQ321
Video Cards: XFX Radeon R9 280X Double Dissipation
AMD Radeon HD 7950 Boost
AMD Radeon HD 7870
AMD Radeon HD 7850
AMD Radeon HD 7770
AMD Radeon R9 270X
HIS Radeon R9 270 IceQ X2
Asus Radeon R9 270 DirectCU II OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
Video Drivers: NVIDIA Release 331.58 WHQL
AMD Catalyst 13.11 Beta v5
AMD Catalyst 13.11 Beta v9.2
OS: Windows 8.1 Pro

 

Meet The HIS Radeon R9 270 IceQ X2 & Asus Radeon R9 270 DirectCU II OC Metro: Last Light
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  • Quidam67 - Wednesday, November 13, 2013 - link

    you make a valid point in some respects, but keep in mind for some people (including me) that is a different class of card, in terms of it's power requirements and the physical form factor. At this level of card, I'm looking for a small card and preferably a single 6 pin power adapter. I'm working with a small sized rig here that can still offer solid 1080p gaming.
  • jnad32 - Thursday, November 14, 2013 - link

    What he said, and there are going to be hard as hell to find here very soon.
  • dwade123 - Thursday, November 14, 2013 - link

    It's struggling with current-gen games, and will become obsolete with next-gen console ports.
  • creed3020 - Thursday, November 14, 2013 - link

    "Finally for our look at noise, the results are fairly typical for every card except the Asus. Asus’s 270 by comparison to everything else now holds the new record for quietest card on our current testbed, coming in at just 36C"

    @ Ryan: I believe you meant to say 36 dB
  • Ryan Smith - Thursday, November 14, 2013 - link

    Indeed I did. Thank you.
  • Hrel - Thursday, November 14, 2013 - link

    I don't under the 270X. Isn't that just an overclocked 270? Overclocking your GPU isn't hard, at all. Why would anyone pay extra for an overclock? Also, since when do GPU manufacturers release overclocked cards as if they're different cards?

    I'd like to see an overclocking comparison between the GTX660 and the 270. Find the highest stable OC on both then compare them.

    I just really don't see the point of the 270X.
  • Da W - Friday, November 15, 2013 - link

    It got an extra 6 pin connector.
  • Tujan - Saturday, November 16, 2013 - link

    Is there going to be any advantages to using 8.1 Windows over Windows 7 where the newer cards advances are concerned ? That is will any of the advatages implemented to the new AMD cards 'not' be an advatage to Windows 7 users ?
  • hapkiman - Monday, November 18, 2013 - link

    "it shipped at lower clockspeeds then 7870," "Then" should be written as "than," and a "the" is necessary. e.g.:

    "it shipped at lower clockspeeds than the 7870,"
  • P39Airacobra - Sunday, May 11, 2014 - link

    I bought a HIS Radeon R9 270 IceQ X2, I originally was going to get the MSI gaming model, But right before I got the money Newegg raised it from $179 to $189, So I instead got the HIS for $179. (10 bucks is 10 bucks man!) And I am very happy with the HIS 270 it performs very very well. Best fastest GPU I ever owned. And it will match the 270x just by simply going into AMD overdrive and moving the clock from 925 to 1050. It is a amazing card, I highly recommend it.

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