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The R9 270 is DirectX 11.2 ready, and packs all the latest game enhancements. It has 1280 stream processors and 2GB of GDDR5 memory, delivering excellent performance in all but the most extreme settings, and is considerably faster than competing solutions in this price range. The Sapphire Dual-X cooler offers a cool environment for stable GPU performance.
SAPPHIRE Dual-X Cooling TechnologyThe Sapphire Dual-X cooler keeps your GPU temperature in check, even in extreme settings. It is highly efficient with multiple heat pipes and dual fans.
DirectX 11.2The R9 270 offers support for the new DirectX 11.2. The tessellation performance is two times faster than the previous generation, and DirectCompute performance is also faster to accelerate advanced post-processing, filtering, and anti-aliasing techniques.
Revolutionary Mantle makes the most of GCNAMD’s Mantle is a groundbreaking graphics API. It revolutionizes the PC gaming experience by speaking the language of Graphics Core Next architecture and freeing up some extra CPU capacity. The massive processing power of 28 nm GCN (Graphic Core Next) Architecture now will be efficiently presented in your Mantle-enabled PC games.
AMD Eyefinity 2.0 TechnologyEnjoy the ultimate panoramic computing and gaming experience. AMD Eyefinity 2.0 Technology enables “wrap around” multidisplay configuration. And with ultra resolution support, you can combine multiple HD monitors.
AMD PowerTune Technology and AMD ZeroCore TechnologyAMD PowerTune Technology offers intelligent power monitoring. It enables higher clock speeds and better performance, which can be applied on the broad set of applications that have thermal headroom. To save power, AMD ZeroCore Technology allows your AMD Radeon GPU to consume virtually no power when in the idle state.
AMD HD3D TechnologyThere are more and more 3D games, photos, and movies today. AMD HD3D Technology makes them look extraordinary on 3D-capable monitors.
Pros: Excellent performance/price ratio. Performs as advertised and beyond in a full AMD system (motherboard, CPU, GPU) utilizing the AMD Experience software. I purchased this card at retail because I didn't want to wait on shipping.
Cons: None.
Overall Review: If you're having issues with drivers: A) Make sure you're uninstalling your old drivers first (you wouldn't believe the amount of people NOT doing this part) *and rebooting the system* before installing the new ones. B) Make sure you're installing them as an Administrator account. If you try to do this without being Admin, it *will not* install all of the files it needs in the proper places, and *will not tell you so* during or after driver setup. You'll just get random BSODs and other crashes. C) Open Windows Task Manager (or Process Explorer) and make sure that all of the AMD services are indeed installed and running correctly under the Services tab. For those more technically inclined, go into services.msc and double-check they are set to Automatic Start and are actually running, and that the dependencies are all present. Personally, I tend to install/uninstall drivers in Windows Safe Mode w/Networking. This tends to allow unhitched installations due to minimal interference by OS processes or other software, while still allowing you to look up help, etc online.