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To test today we initially tried Catalyst Control Center.
Catalyst Control Center limited the overclocking of this card as the slider maxes out at 1,050mhz. It was rock stable, so we tested with the Asus GPU TWEAK software, supplied on the software disc with the card.
The Asus GPU Tweak software was limited to 1,100mhz and yet again the card was completely stable at this speed. There is therefore a possibility that the hardware could overclock higher, but we had no means of going past 1,100mhz.
That said, it is worth pointing out again that the Asus R9 270 Direct CU II OC is supplied overclocked out of the box. We managed to get another 13% out of the core before the software limited us.
This is an incredible result. The final score of 8,559 points is very close to the more expensive R9 270x DCUII TOP.
Its a nice card and I love the DC II cooler, but I think the price is a little high, even with battlefield 4.
ERAN – asus are always more expensive, but they build their cards better
They dont really need the 270 and 270x, just drop the price of the 270x and they could clean up in the market. too many cards right now and its too complicated.
Good performance and at least the shaders are up to 1280 over 1024 on the 7850. Only thing I feel is that AMD partners will sell the 270x at very close to 270 pricing, so not much point in having both. $20 difference? who will buy a 270 – feels like the 6830 and 6850 all over again. the cheaper part never sold as retail prices were so close.