AMD Radeon R9 270X User Manual

Chapter 2
Hardware Installation
This chapter details how to install the AMD Radeon™ R9 270X/R9 270 graphics card in
your system.
2.1 Installation Overview
The installation of the card has slightly different procedures depending on whether
you are replacing an existing card or installing a graphics card in a PC for the first time.
This section briefly describes the high-level steps for both cases.
2.1.1 Replacing an Existing Card
If you are replacing an existing graphics card, you need to:
1. Start the computer and then uninstall the old graphics driver.
2. Turn off the computer and then remove the old card.
3. Install the new card and then connect the monitor.
4. Start the computer and then install the new drivers and software.
5. Restart the computer.
2.1.2 Installing the First Card for this PC
If this is the first graphics card for this PC, you need to:
1. With the computer off, install the new card and then connect the monitor.
2. Start the computer and then install the new drivers and software.
3. Restart the computer.
2.2 Installing the Graphics Card
1. Turn off the computer, monitor(s), and other peripheral devices.
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AMD Radeon R9 270X Specifications

General

Architecture	GCN 1.0
Stream Processors	1280
Core Clock	1000 MHz
Boost Clock	1050 MHz
Memory Type	GDDR5
Memory Bus	256-bit
TDP	180 W
GPU	Curacao XT
Process Size	28 nm
Transistors	2.8 Billion
Memory Clock	1400 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	179.2 GB/s
Compute Units	20
Texture Units	80
ROPs	32
DirectX	11.2
OpenCL	1.2
PCIe Version	3.0
Display Outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Memory Size	2 GB
Outputs	DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort