DIfference between r9 270 and 270x

[AlexSerbanoiu]

In a few weeks I'm going to buy a gpu for my pc ( i5 4440, 8gb RAM) . I have a budget for a r9 270. my question : it is any difference ( fps, temp, noise) between the 270 and 270x, both overclocked ( without tweaking the voltage) and what manufacture ( msi, gigabye, asus and maybe sapphire, which have only 2 years warranty)?

 

[Quinnsten]

Differences are about 30w extra psu consumption for the 270x and about 10% more extra performance so not a great deal really the main difference is the money 😀.

 

[swifty_morgan]

R9 270 (previously the R7870 / Pitcairn)

Stream Processors 1280
Clock Frequency up-to 925 MHz
2.37 TFLOPS compute performance
2 memory at 5.6 Gbps / 256-bit
150W TDP
PCI-E 3.0
API - DirectX 11.2 / OpenGl 4.3 / Mantle

R9 270X (previously the R7870 Ghz / Pitcairn)

Stream Processors 1280
Clock Frequency up-to 1.05 GHz
2.69 TFLOPS compute performance
2 or 4 GB memory at 5.6 Gbps
180W TDP
PCI-E 3.0
API - DirectX 11.2 / OpenGl 4.3 / Mantle

 

[AlexSerbanoiu]

i know this thing, i want to know if is a difference when BOTH are OVERCLOCKED. and which manufacture?

 

[Quinnsten]

Mostly with that car you be better off picking one on looks there really gonna be almost identical when it comes to using them its a matter of luck on whether yours is faster than another one I would honestly just pick it on looks at this point or maybe noise if that bothers you

 

[AlexSerbanoiu]

Mostly with that car you be better off picking one on looks there really gonna be almost identical when it comes to using them its a matter of luck on whether yours is faster than another one I would honestly just pick it on looks at this point or maybe noise if that bothers you

WHAT?

 

[Embra]

Sapphire is my preferred brand for AMD, but ASUS MSI and Gigabyte are all good too.

If you are wanting to OC, get a good brand 270. It can be OCed to 270x levels quite easily. The 270x will OC as well, maybe not as much headroom as the 270. What resolution are you using?

 

[AlexSerbanoiu]

i have a 1080p monitor. I saw that the msi r9 270 can be OCed to 1100 quite easly, and the 270x to 1200. i know that at some points, if you increase the freq, the perf decrease

 

[Embra]

i have a 1080p monitor. I saw that the msi r9 270 can be OCed to 1100 quite easly, and the 270x to 1200. i know that at some points, if you increase the freq, the perf decrease

Consider the price difference. You stated you have a budget in the 270 range.

270x: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202059

270: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202090