AMD Radeon R9 270X User Manual

Chapter 1
Getting Started
Before you begin installing your new AMD Radeon™ R9 270X/R9 270 graphics card,
please make sure you have the proper system requirements and have completed the
required preinstallation tasks as outlined in this chapter.
1.1 System Requirements
1.1.1 Requirements for Single-card Installations
Minimum requirements for installing a single AMD Radeon™ R9 270X/R9 270 graphics
card:
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PCI Express® based PC with one ×16 lane graphics slot available on the
motherboard.
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AMD Athlon™ or Intel Pentium® 4 CPU.
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Power supply requirements:
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AMD Radeon™ R9 270X—500 watt or better power supply with one 6-pin
PCIe® power connector.
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AMD Radeon R9 270—500 watt or better power supply with two 6-pin
PCIe power connectors.
Certified power supplies are strongly recommended; for a list of certified power
supplies, see ati.amd.com/certifiedpsu.
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4 GB RAM (6 GB RAM or greater is recommended for AMD CrossFire™
technology).
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CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive for installing software.
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Use of three or more displays with AMD Eyefinity technology requires
DisplayPort-capable displays or AMD Eyefinity validated dongles. For more
information, see Chapter 4 Display Configuration (p. 11).
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64-bit operating system (highly recommended).
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Windows Vista® or Windows® 7 for full feature functionality.
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2014 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. AMD Radeon™ R9 270X/R9 270 Graphics

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