The AMD Radeon R9 270X & R9 270 Review: Feat. Asus & HIS
by Ryan Smith on November 13, 2013 12:01 AM ESTCompany of Heroes 2
Our second benchmark in our benchmark suite is Relic Games’ Company of Heroes 2, the developer’s World War II Eastern Front themed RTS. For Company of Heroes 2 Relic was kind enough to put together a very strenuous built-in benchmark that was captured from one of the most demanding, snow-bound maps in the game, giving us a great look at CoH2’s performance at its worst. Consequently if a card can do well here then it should have no trouble throughout the rest of the game.
Company of Heroes 2 is a game that has regularly been favoring AMD cards as of late, so this game is an open and shut scenario for the 270X and 270. All of the 270 cards can do better than 30fps here even at maximum quality with medium AA (which uses a degree of SSAA), with even the 270 beating the GTX 760 in the process by over 10%. Never mind the GTX 660, where the margin of victory is 35%.
Meanwhile among our duo of 270 cards, the Asus card holds the usual edge of 5%. Though it doesn’t quite split the gap between the 270X and 270 in this case.
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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.