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Radeon 270X 2GB/4GB Graphics card: Midrange best bang for buck GPU?

Boomstick777

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Been taking a look at the latest midrange GPU's for a new build in someones PC. Came across the 270/270X reviews. This 270X card seems to have amazing performance VS Price, performance is slightly ahead of the GTX 580 / HD 7870 @ 1080P, and the gap gets bigger @ 1440P. Obviously supports Mantle etc.. The 2GB version is £139 and the 4GB version can be picked up for £169. An extra 2GB (Double the vram) for an extra £30. Very low idle/load power consumption.. Anyways a heads up for this card, a lil beast for not much money.

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almighty15 said:
£169 for the 4Gb version is bordering on 7950 money, to that end the 7950 is the better card.
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Yeah the 4GB version not as good price VS performance. The £139 2GB version is the sweet spot, cheap and fairly powerful, performance not far off 7950, 1-3 fps difference. If these are launch prices, will be dirt cheap later on lol.
 
270x, Trueaudio(?), Mantle and unified memory support(?).

Winner!!

Trueaudio is in PS4, it will be used heavily, great audio(which is done pre sound card and will work regardless of audio card or speaker setup/headphones used) helps immersion and is a big improvement. Unified memory compatibility(hsa/GCN 2.0 feature) should help with performance as well.

It definitely seems the I dunno, upper midrange card to get at the moment.
 
Can't imagine the 270X having enough grunt and bandwidth to push the settings which would use in excess of 2GB tbh so don't see much point in the 4GB version.
 
The 270X is just the 7870 GHz Edition (I think it has higher speed reference memory clocks). It'll be higher in benchmarks than the 7870 has tended to be because they'll finally be testing it on current drivers. A 7950 would be much better than the 4GB version, as it has higher bandwidth and more grunt to use the GPU power.

But at £139 it's very good value.
 
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Silly question I'm sure, but I read that the 270x is based on 7870 architecture . . does that mean it could be crossfired with a 7850?
 
Orch said:
Silly question I'm sure, but I read that the 270x is based on 7870 architecture . . does that mean it could be crossfired with a 7850?
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anyone?

I'm sure it will be a no, but would be nice to know for definite :)
 
teppic said:
There's no reason they shouldn't work together.
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Interesting.

My thoughts are getting a 270x to crossfire with my 7850, then upgrade to a second 270x later down the line. Some good bang for buck there I reckon?
 
Boomstick777 said:
270X comes with BF4 atm

270X with BF4 for £139, awesome value tbh.
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There is only one 270 (non X) on OcUK with the BF4 Edition bundle advertised for £139.

I've seen a handful of 270/270X elsewhere advertised with BF4. This is the problem, AMD only want to give retailers the BF4 codes if they order new stock, so until the old stock is sold you could buy a 270X right now and unless it states otherwise no BF4 for you.

There is an exception from XFX who have a promotion where you can get the BF4 code whenever you bought the 270X but this offer is at another retailer.

Let's hope we see this BF4 offer kick in properly soon because I really fancy a MSI 270X Hawk with BF4 :D
 
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