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R9 270

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Release date: Q4 2013.

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Average Bench: 32.4% (97th of 611)

Based on 27,174 user benchmarks.  Device: 1002 6811 Models: AMD Radeon R9 200, ASUS R9 270, AMD Radeon R9 270, AMD Radeon (TM) R9 200, AMD Radeon(TM) R9 270
Poor: 26%Average: 32.4% Great: 35%

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Poor average bench

The AMD R9 270 averaged 67.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 96.2fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 86fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD R9 270 is just 9.38%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the AMD R9 270 performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 77.8fps
Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere) 56.9fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 27,174 samples)
Rank 9732.4%
Min Avg Max
49.7 Lighting 96.2 106
72.3 Reflection 77.8 84.7
112 Parallax 129 145
33.5% 101 fps
Min Avg Max
54.3 MRender 56.9 61.7
79 Gravity 86 92.8
77.5 Splatting 81.4 87.8
31.6% 74.8 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Gigabyte(1458 226C)
CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.12.2
34.6% Below average
Lighting 104
Reflection 81.3
Parallax 146
37% 110 fps
MRender 59.2
Gravity 91.6
Splatting 83
33% 77.9 fps
Gigabyte(1458 226C)
CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7
33.7% Below average
Lighting 105
Reflection 81.8
Parallax 135
36% 107 fps
MRender 59.3
Gravity 86.8
Splatting 82.3
32% 76.1 fps
Gigabyte(1458 226C)
CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7
33.6% Below average
Lighting 104
Reflection 81.4
Parallax 135
36% 107 fps
MRender 58.8
Gravity 87.1
Splatting 81.7
32% 75.9 fps
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 Game FPS Estimates

Average fps @ 1080p with maximum detail settings for 6 popular games:

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive: 113 fps Grand Theft Auto V: 40 fps League of Legends: 116 fps Overwatch: 67 fps DOTA 2: 57 fps World of Tanks: 59 fps

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 15,541,099 GPUs tested.

 Popular Cards

Based on statistics from 27,174 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (Approx. $155 @ launch in Nov '13)
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Sapphire(174B E271) 23% 32% ± 3%
Sapphire R9 270 2GB Dual-X Boost OC
11220-00-20G
AmazonUS $20015 months
Asus(1043 048D) 17% 34% ± 2%
ASUS R9 270 2GB Direct CU II OC
R9270-DC2OC-2GD5
MSI(1462 3050) 15% 33% ± 3%
Gigabyte(1458 226C) 11% 33% ± 4%
Gigabyte R9 270 2GB OC
GV-R927OC-2GD
AmazonUS $2897 mins
AMD(1002 0B04) 9% 30% ± 6%
PowerColor(148C 2337) 7% 33% ± 1%
XFX(1682 9270) 6% 30% ± 6%
Asus(1043 86A4) 3% 31% ± 4%
PwrHis(1787 2337) 2% 32% ± 2%
PwrHis(1787 201C) 2% 31% ± 4%
Asus(1043 0493) 2% 32% ± 1%
Device(1B0A 90D2) 2% 30% ± 2%
Sapphire(174B E270) 0% 36% ± 2%
Device(1B0A 90F3) 0% 31% ± 0%
MSI(1462 3051) 0% 31% ± 0%
Asus(1043 2015) 0% 29% ± 0%
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Typical R9 270 Builds (Compare 7,301 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 37%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 51%
Yacht

System: Dell XPS 8700

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel  $308Bench 76%, 90,529 samples3,822x
Core i7-4770Intel  $305Bench 74%, 53,902 samples2,604x
Core i5-4460Intel  $190Bench 65%, 109,175 samples376x
GPU
R9 270AMD  $200Bench 32%, 27,174 samples1x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $105Bench 112%, 348,851 samples278x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $49Bench 105%, 411,158 samples204x
PM851 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 67%, 2,146 samples136x
RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 58%, 1,737 samples627x
HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 56%, 764 samples353x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 60%, 992 samples295x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 83% - Excellent Total price: $613

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 Comments

GPUPro
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Official site www.amd.com/...

Added 4 years ago.
USA-User
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Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

12 days ago.

Got it for a great price a few months after launch ($130 with free shipping) and it's been fantastic this entire time. I finally have CPU (Intel 8700) that can really push it and it's been fantastic at 1080p gaming.

GBR-User
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Poor

6 months ago.

Good performance, let down by terrible drivers + software

TUR-User
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Poor

1 day ago.

SEFCWEFAF

CAN-User
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2,718

Good

17 days ago.

I has and still is serving me well :)

gvrax
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360

Terrible

18 months ago.

low perfomance for that price

mark121m
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14

Good

2 days ago.

Picked up this card for 34Dollars - 500rand not bad for a low spec budget gamer build

LyGhT
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Very good

2 years ago.

This Card is very good for gaming, with a little tweak you can even get it faster than the R9 270x as shown in my Userbenchmark http://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/2772284

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