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AMD Launches The Radeon R9 270 ‘Curacao Pro’ Graphics Card

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AMD has announced their latest Radeon R9 270 graphics card aimed towards the sub-$200 market. The Radeon R9 270 is infact the second card in the R9 270 series, the faster Radeon R9 270X was released last month with the bulk of the AMD Volcanic Islands cards.

AMD Launches The Radeon R9 270 ‘Curacao Pro’ Graphics Card
With the launch finally taking place, its time to get down and talk about the specifications of the latest Curacao graphic card briefly. You can see the reviews from various tech sites in the following links provided:
AMD Radeon R9 270 Review @ Anandtech
AMD Radeon R9 270 Review @ HardwareCanucks
AMD Radeon R9 270 Review @ KitGuru
AMD Radeon R9 270 Review @ HotHardware
AMD Radeon R9 270 Review @ Computerbase
AMD Radeon R9 270 Review @ TechReport
AMD Radeon R9 270 Review @ Eteknix
The Radeon R9 270 comes with 1280 Stream processors which means that it uses the same configuration of 20 CUs as the faster Radeon R9 270X, additionally it comes with 80 TMUs and 32 ROPs. As for clock speeds, we are looking at 925 MHz max frequency with Boost technology and 900 MHz configured as reference clock speeds. It should be noted that AMD has released several non-reference and factory overclocked variants through their AIC partners at launch which offer faster frequencies for just around the same price. For memory, we have 2 GB GDDR5 VRAM running across a 256-bit interface that will pump out 179 GB/s bandwidth at a clock speed of 5.6 GHz.
The Radeon R9 270 will be powered with a single 6 Pin power configuration which represents a TDP of just 150W. This makes the R9 270 a much more power efficient card than its bigger 270X sibling which consumes 180W TDP. The display outputs include Dual-DVI, HDMI and Display port with Eyefinity compatibility and just like its bigger brother, it is supposed to run games at 4K resolution with ease. The Radeon R9 270 is available in the market as of now for a price of around $179.


Read more: http://wccftech.com/amd-radeon-r9-270-launched/#ixzz2kVXUWCYO
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So...AMD has now officially launched "new gen" cards with 7850/7870 performance back into last gen 7850/7870 price brackets? :p

Also the stupid graph not starting the frame rate from 0 and upward...that's the oldest trick in the book to make the bar cart results looks bigger in difference than it really is :P
 
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I would imagine it will take a good 2-5 years before 4k becomes mainstream by which time do you belive we will be using even the current top of the crop cards let alone 270
 
I'm actually pretty pleased with this MSI R9-270X Hawk card I've tested. It positions itself among HD7950 and GTX 660Ti.
It can't really get much faster without going into R9-280X territory.
 
just had a look i think they are rebadged 7870s? they look decent but i dunno if i want the hassle of 2 cards, single gpu would suit me better i reckon, just a pain waiting for the non ref 290's.. hopefully hear something soon, that 270 series does look incredible for the price though.
 
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