Club3D R9 270 royal Queen Review
Category : AMD
Published by Hiwa Pouri on 03.06.14
With their R9 270 royalQueen Club3D have another entry-level discrete GPU in their portfolio. The card boasts a custom cooler mounted on a GPU that sits on a reference design PCB. This combination is good for a 30 MHz factory overclock, which should put this card a little bit ahead of reference clocked competition.
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Presentation
Today,
we are taking a look at one of Club3D's recently release R9 Poker Series
graphics cards, the Radeon R9 270
royalQueen.
With the Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen you get a reference card which features a custom cooler. The ASIC quality measured on our sample was 69.8 % which is on the average.
About ASIC quality:
Specifications
| Radeon R9 270X | Club3D R9 270 royalQueen | Radeon R9 270 | Radeon HD 7870 | |
| Chip | Pitcairn XTL Curacao XT |
Pitcairn Curacao |
Pitcairn Curacao |
Pitcairn XT |
| Process | 28 nm | 28 nm | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Transistors | 2.80 billion | 2.80 billion | 2.80 billion | 2.80 billion |
| GPU clock | 1'050 MHz | 955 MHz | 925 MHz | 1'000 MHz |
| Memory GDDR5 | 2'048 MB | 2'048 MB | 2'048 MB | 2'048 MB |
| Memory clock | 1'400 (5'600) MHz | 1'400 (5'600) MHz | 1'400 (5'600) MHz | 1'200 (4'800) MHz |
| Memory interface | 256 Bit | 256 Bit | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory bandwidth | 179.2 GB/s | 179.2 GB/s | 179.2 GB/s | 153.6 GB/s |
| Shader Cores | 1'280 | 1'280 | 1'280 | 1'280 |
| TMUs | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| TDP | 180 Watt | 146 Watt | 150 Watt | 190 Watt |
| PCB Type | Reference Design | Custom Design | Reference Design | Reference Design |
| Lenght (PCB - Total) | xx.x - xx.x cm | 20.8 - 22.9 cm | xx.x - xx.x cm | xx.x - xx.x cm |
| Height (PCB - Total) | 11.1 - 11.1 cm | 11.1 - 12.2 cm | 11.1 - 11.1 cm | 11.1 - 11.1 cm |
| Slots | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Cooler | AMD Reference | CoolStream | AMD Reference | AMD Reference |
| Launch Price | $145 | $143 | $125 | $350 |
The card
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Club3D decided to equip its Radeon R9 270 royalQueen with their CoolStream cooler. As the R9 270 is more of a mid-range graphics card now, the cooler is not that really impressive, and Club3D kept things simple in that department. In this case you get two eight millimeter copper heatpipe in direct contact with the GPU, the usual aluminium fin stack and a single 85mm PWM DC brushless ball bearing fan. This one is manufactured by Power Logic and carry the model number PLA09215D12H.
The manufacturing quality is not excellent but still good for this graphics card range, as you can see that Club3D has done everything to optimize the price. When we take a better look at the temperatures we have 32 degrees in idle and 69 degrees in full load using Furmark.
The Club3D R9 270 royalQueen graphics card, or to be precise our sample of
it, allowed a maximum stable overclock of 1275 MHz for the GPU and 1600 MHz on the memory side. We used Furmark V1.11.0 Geeks3D benchmark with 15 minutes duration. With these clocks we had to feed the GPU with 1.21 Volts and the
memory ran at stock voltages.
A closer look at the PCB shows that Club3D used a reference design PCB on the R9 270 royalQueen. The power design is left untouched, all components are the same as on the reference card. In this case you get a so called 4+1+1-phase power design where four phases are for the GPU, one for the memory and the last one for the PLL.
Checking the voltage regulation chips we find the four-phase analog controller NCP5395T from ON (ON Semiconductor) for the GPU and two single-phase controllers ANPEC APW7165C for both memory and PLL.
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The memory chips used are made by SKhynix and carry the model number H5GC2H24BFR. These are specified to run at 1'400 MHz (5'600 MHz effective).
Photo Gallery
Delivery
The card ships well bolstered in bubble wrap. Bundled with the graphics card are the installation guide, a driver CD, a door knob hanger and a flexible CrossFire bridge.
Test Setup
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3DMark - Fire Strike Performance
| Graphics Cards | Score | Graphics Score |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti GHz | 11'024 | 13'020 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum | 10'455 | 12'225 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum | 9'690 | 11'452 |
| PowerColor LCS R9 290X | 9'400 | 10'988 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 9'115 | 10'399 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti | 8'970 | 10'185 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 OC Edition | 8'639 | 10'883 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 8'396 | 9'420 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 7'877 | 8'734 |
| MSI Gaming R9 280X OC Edition | 7'294 | 8'146 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 7'091 | 7'922 |
| AMD Radeon R9 280X | 7'093 | 7'837 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 6'679 | 7'408 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 6'578 | 7'215 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 6'350 | 7'207 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 6'402 | 7'102 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum | 5'915 | 6'473 |
| MSI GTX 760 Gaming MINI-ITX | 5'801 | 6'338 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 5'624 | 6'099 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270X | 5'318 | 5'784 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 5'243 | 5'645 |
| Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen | 5'188 | 5'642 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270 | 5'059 | 5'483 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 5'009 | 5'436 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 4'885 | 5'270 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 4'545 | 4'975 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 4'415 | 4'707 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270 | 4'176 | 4'460 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 3'762 | 3'962 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 3'742 | 3'880 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7790 | 3'546 | 3'823 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 3'338 | 3'446 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5870 | 3'232 | 3'299 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 3'031 | 3'182 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 2'991 | 3'096 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5850 | 2'710 | 2'751 |
| More is better | ||
3DMark - Fire Strike Extreme
| Graphics Cards | Score | Graphics Score |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti GHz | 5'668 | 6'028 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum | 5'340 | 5'641 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum | 5'011 | 5'336 |
| PowerColor LCS R9 290X | 4'823 | 5'101 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 4'658 | 4'854 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti | 4'550 | 4'747 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 OC Edition | 4'406 | 4'562 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 4'271 | 4'420 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 4'007 | 4'121 |
| MSI Gaming R9 280X OC Edition | 3'634 | 3'757 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 3'568 | 3'720 |
| AMD Radeon R9 280X | 3'564 | 3'668 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 3'319 | 3'448 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 3'185 | 3'274 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 3'291 | 3'383 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum | 2'961 | 3'037 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 3'176 | 3'286 |
| MSI GTX 760 Gaming MINI-ITX | 2'904 | 2'970 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 2'805 | 2'872 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270X | 2'657 | 2'739 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 2'610 | 2'655 |
| Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen | 2'570 | 2'636 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270 | 2'503 | 2'562 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 2'484 | 2'560 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 2'378 | 2'440 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 2'213 | 2'350 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 2'178 | 2'202 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270 | 2'044 | 2'073 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 1'842 | 1'848 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 1'784 | 1'760 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 1'585 | 1'555 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7790 | 1'456 | 1'437 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 1'101 | 1'025 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5870 | 1'005 | 1'005 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 942 | 983 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5850 | 959 | 878 |
| More is better | ||
Unigine Heaven 4.0 Extreme Preset
| Graphics Cards | Score | fps |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti GHz | 2'181 | 86.6 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum | 2'040 | 81.0 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum | 2'046 | 81.2 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 1'805 | 71.6 |
| PowerColor LCS R9 290X | 1'754 | 68.9 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti | 1'744 | 69.2 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 OC Edition | 1'603 | 63.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 1'594 | 63.3 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 1'537 | 61.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 1'261 | 50.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 1'204 | 47.8 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 1'156 | 45.9 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 1'137 | 45.1 |
| MSI Gaming R9 280X OC Edition | 1'135 | 45.0 |
| AMD Radeon R9 280X | 1'113 | 44.2 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum | 1'058 | 42.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 1'034 | 41.1 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 1'028 | 40.8 |
| MSI GTX 760 Gaming MINI-ITX | 1'004 | 39.9 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 951 | 37.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 915 | 36.3 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270X | 886 | 35.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 866 | 34.4 |
| Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen | 853 | 33.9 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270 | 832 | 33.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 826 | 32.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 801 | 31.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 705 | 28.0 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270 | 684 | 27.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 620 | 24.6 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7790 | 568 | 22.5 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 556 | 22.1 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 510 | 20.3 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 498 | 19.8 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5870 | 478 | 19.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5850 | 403 | 16.0 |
| More is better | ||
BattleField 3
| High Preset, 1920x1080, 4xMSAA, Ultra, SSAO | Average FPS |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti GHz | 120.4 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum | 118.9 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti | 101.0 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum | 100.9 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 99.4 |
| PowerColor LCS R9 290X | 99.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 96.4 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 OC Edition | 94.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 90.4 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 78.4 |
| MSI Gaming R9 280X OC Edition | 77.0 |
| AMD Radeon R9 280X | 76.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 76.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 72.8 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 71.2 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum | 70.0 |
| MSI GTX 760 Gaming MINI-ITX | 67.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 66.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 65.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 62.0 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270X | 58.2 |
| Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen | 56.1 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 55.8 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270 | 55.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 54.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 50.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 48.6 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270 | 44.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 44.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7790 | 36.6 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 35.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 33.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5870 | 32.6 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 32.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 29.8 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5850 | 26.6 |
| More is better |
Bioshock Infinite - Benchmark
| Ultra Preset, 1920x1080, AA, no DDOF | Average FPS |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti GHz | 122.41 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum | 122.16 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 OC Edition | 103.53 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti | 103.24 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 102.86 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum | 102.20 |
| PowerColor LCS R9 290X | 100.03 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 95.55 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 90.78 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum | 79.25 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 78.98 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 78.01 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 76.80 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 75.68 |
| AMD Radeon R9 280X | 75.44 |
| MSI Gaming R9 280X OC Edition | 73.48 |
| MSI GTX 760 Gaming MINI-ITX | 71.54 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 70.13 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 67.87 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 62.41 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 60.36 |
| Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen | 58.74 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270X | 54.79 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 52.91 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270 | 51.11 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 51.04 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 50.55 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 45.77 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 43.20 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270 | 43.13 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5870 | 39.28 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 38.13 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 34.89 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7790 | 34.65 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 33.69 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5850 | 32.42 |
| More is better |
Crysis 3
| High Preset, 1920x1080, 8xMSAA, Very High | Average FPS |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti GHz | 41.4 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum | 41.2 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 34.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti | 33.8 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 OC Edition | 33.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 31.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 30.2 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum | 28.0 |
| PowerColor LCS R9 290X | 27.3 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 26.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 25.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 24.4 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum | 24.0 |
| MSI GTX 760 Gaming MINI-ITX | 23.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 22.2 |
| MSI Gaming R9 280X OC Edition | 20.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 20.4 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 19.8 |
| AMD Radeon R9 280X | 19.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 18.8 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 18.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 17.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 16.8 |
| Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen | 15.1 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 15.0 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270X | 15.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 14.6 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 14.2 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270 | 14.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 12.2 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270 | 11.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 10.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 8.4 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7790 | 8.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5870 | 8.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5850 | 7.6 |
| More is better |
Call of Duty Black Ops 2
| High Preset, 1920x1080, 8xMSAA, High | Average FPS |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti GHz | 176.2 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum | 172.1 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum | 146.3 |
| PowerColor LCS R9 290X | 146.0 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 141.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti | 137.2 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 OC Edition | 134.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 130.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 127.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 121.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 109.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 105.4 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 103.6 |
| MSI Gaming R9 280X OC Edition | 103.0 |
| AMD Radeon R9 280X | 102.8 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum | 101.0 |
| MSI GTX 760 Gaming MINI-ITX | 99.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 95.8 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 93.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 86.0 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270X | 84.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 81.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 81.4 |
| Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen | 80.1 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 79.2 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270 | 79.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 72.0 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270 | 69.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 68.6 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5870 | 64.6 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 62.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 62.4 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 58.4 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5850 | 54.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 48.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7790 | 46.4 |
| More is better |
DIRT Showdown - Benchmark
| High Preset, 1920x1080, 8xMSAA, Ultra | Average FPS |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti GHz | 119.36 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum | 119.29 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum | 108.86 |
| PowerColor LCS R9 290X | 107.93 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti | 98.04 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 94.90 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 OC Edition | 89.13 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 87.97 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 82.36 |
| MSI Gaming R9 280X OC Edition | 81.65 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 80.30 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 79.22 |
| AMD Radeon R9 280X | 76.46 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 71.63 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 68.79 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 67.04 |
| Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen | 66.32 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270X | 64.63 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270 | 62.99 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 62.53 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum | 60.25 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 58.98 |
| MSI GTX 760 Gaming MINI-ITX | 58.50 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 54.27 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 52.48 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270 | 50.61 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 48.92 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 45.35 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 44.19 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7790 | 43.28 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 38.94 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 38.02 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5870 | 36.48 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 30.35 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 30.05 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5850 | 29.13 |
| More is better |
Far Cry 3
| High Preset, 1920x1080, 8xMSAA, Ultra | Average FPS |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti GHz | 65.4 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum | 62.8 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum | 54.9 |
| PowerColor LCS R9 290X | 53.3 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti | 53.2 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 52.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 50.2 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 OC Edition | 49.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 47.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 39.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 38.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 35.6 |
| MSI Gaming R9 280X OC Edition | 34.8 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum | 33.3 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 32.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 31.0 |
| MSI GTX 760 Gaming MINI-ITX | 30.9 |
| AMD Radeon R9 280X | 30.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 29.4 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 27.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 27.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 24.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 24.6 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270X | 23.8 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 22.4 |
| Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen | 22.3 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270 | 22.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 21.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 20.6 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 18.0 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270 | 17.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 15.4 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5870 | 15.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 13.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5850 | 13.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7790 | 10.6 |
| More is better |
Sleeping Dogs - Benchmark
| High Preset, 1920x1080, Extreme, High-Res Textures | Average FPS |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti GHz | 80.9 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum | 76.0 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum | 72.4 |
| PowerColor LCS R9 290X | 69.9 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti | 69.8 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 66.3 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 OC Edition | 63.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 62.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 58.7 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 56.6 |
| MSI Gaming R9 280X OC Edition | 52.1 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 51.7 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 51.7 |
| AMD Radeon R9 280X | 50.7 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 48.7 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 47.0 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum | 44.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 42.7 |
| MSI GTX 760 Gaming MINI-ITX | 42.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 38.7 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 38.7 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270X | 36.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 35.1 |
| Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen | 35.0 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270 | 34.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 33.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 32.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 30.0 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270 | 27.6 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5870 | 27.3 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 26.3 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 26.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 22.9 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7790 | 22.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5850 | 22.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 19.9 |
| More is better |
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
| High Preset, 1920x1080, 8xAA, Ultra55.3 | Average FPS |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum | 136.5 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti GHz | 136.4 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 135.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti | 135.0 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum | 133.3 |
| PowerColor LCS R9 290X | 133.2 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 OC Edition | 132.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 127.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 126.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 110.4 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 109.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 109.0 |
| MSI Gaming R9 280X OC Edition | 107.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 106.4 |
| AMD Radeon R9 280X | 106.0 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum | 99.5 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 98.6 |
| MSI GTX 760 Gaming MINI-ITX | 96.7 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 96.4 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270X | 90.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 87.6 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 85.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 84.8 |
| Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen | 84.2 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270 | 82.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 81.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 73.0 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270 | 71.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 64.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 63.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 58.4 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5870 | 56.6 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7790 | 56.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 52.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5850 | 48.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 47.2 |
| More is better |
Metro: Last Light - Benchmark
| Very High, 1920x1080, SSAA, DX11 | Average FPS |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti GHz | 55.19 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum | 54.83 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum | 48.14 |
| PowerColor LCS R9 290X | 46.58 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti | 45.19 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 44.49 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 OC Edition | 42.94 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 39.94 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 38.18 |
| MSI Gaming R9 280X OC Edition | 33.97 |
| AMD Radeon R9 280X | 33.78 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 33.41 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 32.53 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 30.98 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 30.56 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum | 28.30 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 27.65 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 27.30 |
| MSI GTX 760 Gaming MINI-ITX | 27.28 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 25.09 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 23.97 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270X | 23.46 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 23.25 |
| Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen | 22.80 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270 | 21.93 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 21.58 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 20.84 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270 | 18.09 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 17.83 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 17.05 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 15.22 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7790 | 14.94 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 13.83 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5870 | 13.33 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 12.37 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5850 | 11.11 |
| More is better |
Grand Theft Auto V
Power Consumption
| Power Consumption Idle* | Watts |
| PowerColor LCS R9 290X | 92 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 (Ref) | 80 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 (Ref) | 69 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum | 67 |
| MSI Gaming R9 280X OC Edition | 65 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition (ASUS P.) | 60 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 OC Edition | 59 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 (Ref) | 57 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 (Ref) | 57 |
| MSI GTX 760 Gaming MINI-ITX | 57 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5850 (Ref) | 56 |
| Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQuenn | 55 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 (Ref) | 54 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 (ASUS DC2OC) | 54 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti (ASUS DC2T) | 54 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5870 (Ref) | 53 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270 (ASUS DC2OC) | 53 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 (ASUS DC2OC) | 53 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 (ASUS DC2T) | 52 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 (Ref) | 51 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 (ASUS DC2T) | 50 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum | 49 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum | 48 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti GHz | 48 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti (GBT GHz) | 48 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 (ASUS DC2T V2) | 48 |
| AMD Radeon R9 280X (ASUS DC2T) | 48 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270X (ASUS DC2T) | 48 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 (XFX DD - Ref PCB) | 47 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN (Ref) | 47 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti (ASUS DC2T) | 45 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270 (ASUS DC2T) | 45 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7790 (ASUS DC2OC - Ref PCB) | 45 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 (ASUS DC2OC) | 45 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost (Ref) | 43 |
| *Entire system | Less is better |
| Power Consumption Load (FurMark)* | Watts |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 (Ref) | 481 |
| PowerColor LCS R9 290X | 425 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum | 401 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti GHz | 383 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum | 380 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition (ASUS P.) | 360 |
| MSI Gaming R9 280X OC Edition | 358 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti (GBT GHz) | 333 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 (XFX DD - Ref PCB) | 323 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 OC Edition | 321 |
| AMD Radeon R9 280X (ASUS DC2T) | 320 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN (Ref) | 306 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 (ASUS DC2OC) | 302 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 (Ref) | 258 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 (ASUS DC2OC) | 257 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum | 255 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 (Ref) | 254 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 (Ref) | 244 |
| MSI GTX 760 Gaming MINI-ITX | 241 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5870 (Ref) | 232 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 (ASUS DC2T) | 227 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270X (ASUS DC2T) | 223 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 (ASUS DC2T V2) | 220 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 (ASUS DC2OC) | 218 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 (Ref) | 208 |
| Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQuenn | 204 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 (Ref) | 200 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270 (ASUS DC2T) | 195 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270 (ASUS DC2OC) | 194 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5850 (Ref) | 193 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti (ASUS DC2T) | 178 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 (ASUS DC2T) | 177 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost (Ref) | 169 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7790 (ASUS DC2OC - Ref PCB) | 152 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti (ASUS DC2T) | 151 |
| *Entire system | Less is better |
Temperatures / Noise levels
Fan Speed
| Auto | Auto | 50% | 70% | 100% |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum | 1'050 | 1'500 | 2'100 | 2'970 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC | 1'129 | 1'493 | 2'078 | 3'023 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 1'040 | 1'910 | 2'650 | 3'770 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum | 980 | 1'490 | 2'080 | 3'000 |
| ASUS Radeon HD 7970 Platinum | 1'100 | 2'180 | 2'780 | 3'000 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II Top | 1'020 | 1'860 | 2'620 | 3'000 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X Platinum | 1'050 | 2'090 | 2'900 | 3'200 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II | 1'050 | 1'930 | 2'680 | 3'040 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum | 1'035 | 1'875 | 2'630 | 3'000 |
| Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen | 1'118 | 2'400 | 3'100 | 3'750 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 GHz Edition | 780 | 2'180 | 3'100 | 4'380 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2 | 780 | 2'180 | 3'100 | 4'380 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 | 1'040 | 1'450 | 2'000 | 2'900 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming R9 280X OC Edition | 1'035 | 2'045 | 2'470 | 3'040 |
| PowerColor Radeon R9 280X TurboDuo OC | 995 | 2'000 | 2'740 | 3'520 |
| PowerColor Radeon R9 290X LCS |
Watercooled |
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| NVIDIA Reference | 1'250 | 2'060 | n/A | 4'240 |
| More is better | ||||
Noise Level
| Auto | Auto | 50% | 70% | 100% |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum | 32.7 | 37.0 | 42.8 | 53.2 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC | 33.2 | 37.1 | 43.0 | 51.4 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 32.0 | 36.6 | 42.7 | 51.2 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum | 32.8 | 37.2 | 43.0 | 53.4 |
| ASUS Radeon HD 7970 Platinum | 34.1 | 40.7 | 49.4 | 51.9 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II Top | 33.4 | 36.3 | 50.5 | 54.0 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X Platinum | 33.5 | 37.1 | 43.3 | 49.5 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II | 33.0 | 41.8 | 49.5 | 52.5 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum | 33.0 | 41.2 | 49.6 | 52.7 |
| Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen | 32.8 | 44.9 | 47.4 | 53.1 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 GHz Edition | 32.0 | 37.1 | 44.4 | 52.3 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2 | 32.0 | 37.1 | 44.4 | 52.3 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 | 32.0 | 34.3 | 40.2 | 50.0 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming R9 280X OC Edition | 32.0 | 36.6 | 44.0 | 49.0 |
| PowerColor Radeon R9 280X TurboDuo OC | 32.3 | 34.0 | 43.3 | 49.5 |
| PowerColor Radeon R9 290X LCS |
Watercooled |
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| NVIDIA Reference | 33.2 | 39.8 | n/A | 56.2 |
| More is better | ||||
For the noise level results, we measured the noise level using a decibel meter (Voltcraft SL-200) located at 1 meter away from the graphics card.
Idle Temperature
| Temperature | Auto | 50% | 70% | 100% |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum | 34 | 34 | 33 | 29 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC | 30 | 29 | 28 | 28 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 32 | 31 | 30 | 29 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum | 37 | 37 | 36 | 34 |
| ASUS Radeon HD 7970 Platinum | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II Top | 30 | 30 | 29 | 29 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X Platinum | 30 | 30 | 29 | 29 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II | 36 | 35 | 34 | 34 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum | 37 | 36 | 35 | 34 |
| Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen | 32 | 31 | 30 | 28 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 GHz Edition | 29 | 27 | 26 | 26 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 28 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 27 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming R9 280X OC Edition | 32 | 31 | 30 | 29 |
| PowerColor Radeon R9 280X TurboDuo OC | 32 | 32 | 31 | 30 |
| PowerColor Radeon R9 290X LCS |
29 |
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| NVIDIA Reference | 32 | 30 | 29 | 29 |
| More is better | ||||
Idle, temperature is taken after 15 minutes @ lowest, 40 %, 50 %, 70 % and 100 % fan speed.
Room Temperature: 25°C
Temperature under Furmark
| Temperature | Auto | 50% | 70% | 100% |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum | 73 | 73 | 73 | 72 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC | 83 | 71 | 63 | 56 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum | 77 | 77 | 72 | 68 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 90 | 81 | 72 | 62 |
| ASUS Radeon HD 7970 Platinum | 76 | 70 | 69 | 69 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II Top | 90 | 71 | 64 | 63 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X Platinum | 77 | 73 | 71 | 70 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II | 89 | 90 | 85 | 81 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum | 88 | 85 | 82 | 78 |
| Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen | 69 | 63 | 64 | 57 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 GHz Edition | 90 | 80 | 73 | 58 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2 | 90 | 83 | 75 | 63 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 56 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming R9 280X OC Edition | 80 | 77 | 72 | 69 |
| PowerColor R9 290X LCS |
46 |
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| PowerColor R9 280X TurboDuo OC | n/A | n/A | 74 | 68 |
| NVIDIA Reference | 90 | 83 | 76 | 68 |
| More is better | ||||
For FurMark, temperature is taken after 15 minutes of GPU Burn test at lowest, 40 %, 50 %, 70 % and 100 % fan speed.
We stopped the test when the GPU temperature hit 90°C.
Room Temperature: 25°C
Temperature and fan speed under BattleField 3
| Auto | Temperature |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum | 66 |
| PowerColor R9 290X LCS (watercooled) | 39 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming R9 280X OC Edition | 60 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum | 62 |
| ASUS Radeon HD 7970 Platinum | 66 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 | 66 |
| Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen | 66 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 GHz Edition | 67 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X Platinum | 68 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC | 69 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II Top | 69 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2 | 70 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 71 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum | 72 |
| PowerColor R9 280X TurboDuo OC | 73 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II | 79 |
| NVIDIA Reference | 79 |
| More is better |
For BattleField 3, temperature and fan speed values taken are the highest achieved after 1 hour gaming @ auto fan speed.
Performance/Watt
| Graphics Cards | Performance Index | Power C. (Watts)* | Performance/Watt*10 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti (PowerColor DC2T) | 53.55 | 178 | 3.01 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN (Ref) | 85.05 | 306 | 2.78 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 (PowerColor DC2OC) | 70.92 | 257 | 2.76 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti GHz | 104.63 | 383 | 2.73 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 (PowerColor DC2T) | 62.00 | 227 | 2.73 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti (GBT GHz) | 90.53 | 333 | 2.72 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 (PowerColor DC2OC) | 81.66 | 302 | 2.70 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 (PowerColor DC2T) | 47.37 | 177 | 2.68 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 (Ref) | 68.36 | 258 | 2.65 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 (PowerColor DC2OC) | 56.63 | 218 | 2.60 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270 (PowerColor DC2OC) | 50.00 | 195 | 2.56 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum | 100.42 | 380 | 2.51 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum | 59.92 | 255 | 2.49 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost (Ref) | 40.87 | 169 | 2.42 |
| Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen | 48.96 | 204 | 2.40 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270X (PowerColor DC2T) | 53.85 | 230 | 2.34 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 (PowerColor DC2T V2) | 50.53 | 219 | 2.31 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270 (PowerColor DC2T) | 42.39 | 190 | 2.23 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7790 (PowerColor DC2OC - Ref PCB) | 33.44 | 151 | 2.21 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum | 88.15 | 401 | 2.20 |
| PowerColor Radeon R9 290X LCS | 91.19 | 420 | 2.17 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition (PowerColor P.) | 70.75 | 325 | 2.18 |
| AMD Radeon R9 280X (PowerColor DC2T) | 68.85 | 321 | 2.14 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti (PowerColor DC2T) | 30.80 | 151 | 2.04 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 (Ref) | 50.49 | 254 | 1.99 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 (XFX DD - Ref PCB) | 64.27 | 329 | 1.95 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 (Ref) | 36.83 | 208 | 1.77 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 (Ref) | 41.19 | 252 | 1.63 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 (Ref) | 31.88 | 200 | 1.59 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5850 (Ref) | 30.05 | 193 | 1.56 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5870 (Ref) | 35.98 | 232 | 1.55 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 (Ref) | 73.44 | 500 | 1.47 |
| *Entire system | More is better | Less is better | More is better |
The "Performance Index" value is calculated as the sum of all benchmarks results divided by the amount of games (3DMark and Unigine are not included into the calculation).
Performance/Price
| Graphics Cards | Performance Index | Price (€)* | Performance/€*10 |
| ASUS Radeon R9290X Platinum | n/A | n/A | n/A |
| ASUSGeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum | n/A | n/A | n/A |
| AMD Radeon HD 7790 | 33.44 | 91 | 3.67 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 50.53 | 143 | 3.53 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270 | 42.39 | 124 | 3.42 |
| Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen | 48.96 | 143 | 3.42 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270X | 53.85 | 159 | 3.39 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 40.87 | 121 | 3.38 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 47.37 | 144 | 3.29 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 30.80 | 100 | 3.08 |
| AMD Radeon R9 280X | 68.85 | 241 | 2.86 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 56.63 | 199 | 2.85 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 53.55 | 193 | 2.77 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 64.27 | 232 | 2.77 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 62.00 | 228 | 2.72 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 70.75 | 260 | 2.72 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 70.92 | 266 | 2.67 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 50.49 | 190 | 2.66 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 31.88 | 126 | 2.53 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 68.36 | 291 | 2.35 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum | 59.92 | 288 | 2.08 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 81.66 | 415 | 1.97 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 36.83 | 205 | 1.80 |
| PowerColor Radeon R9 290X LCS | 91.19 | 577 | 1.58 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti | 90.53 | 582 | 1.56 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 41.19 | 310 | 1.33 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5850 | 30.05 | 260 | 1.16 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5870 | 35.98 | 335 | 1.07 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 73.44 | 708 | 1.04 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 85.05 | 832 | 1.02 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti GHz | 104.63 | 613 | N/A |
| * 06/01/2014 | More is better | Less is better | More is better |
For the price we took the lowest price available on geizhals.eu.
Conclusion
| General | + | - | |
| Club3D’s version of the AMD Radeon R9 270 leaves us with mixed feelings. With this card you get a 30MHz factory overclock and a reference PCB. Other than that there is a very decent cooling solution, which is both silent and effective. A closer look at power consumption shows that this really isn't a strength, whereas idle as well as load values are rather high. Furthermore when checking the price we notice this card isn't actually one of the cheapest, which is making this conclusion quite tough. Last but not least there is the bundle, which is adequate considering this is an entry-level gaming graphics card. |
- Performance - Factory Overclocking - Cooling |
- Price | |
| Cooling / Noise Level | + | - | |
| Despite that the cooler looks really simple, it left a good impression, and can be described as wolf in sheep's clothing. The GPU temperatures were reasonably good in idle and very good under load where it even managed to defeat other, more expensive custom design coolers. The GPU hit only 69°C under heavy FurMark load with the fans on auto. After playing Battlefield 3 for an hour the maximum temperature hit by the GPU was at 66°C. In this case the maximum fan speed was as low as 33% and this translates to a noise level of a mere 32.8 dBA, which we consider to be noiseless. | - inaudible in 2D | ||
| Performance | + | - | |
The performance is not a big surprise as there is a 30 MHz overclock when compared to the reference design so it performs very close to the AMD reference card. A closer look at power consumption shows, that our test system, equipped with the R9 270 royalQueen, burns 55 Watts under idle conditions and 204 Watts under load which is what you get with a reference design and 30 MHz more on the GPU. |
- Performance/Watt | - Power consumption in idle - Power consumption under load | |
| Recommendation / Price | + | - | |
| We have looked up the prices of several Radeon R9 270 graphics cards on Geizhals and we saw that the cheapest offer starts at 126 Euros excluding shipping costs accross the EU. The price search engine also shows us, that the royalQueen is listed for 143 Euros, which is certainly a lot considering that the royalQueen only has its cooler to make it stand out and some cheaper cards might even end up with a better cooler paired up with a higher factory overclock. After all, recommending this card is quite tough. In our opinion the price should be quite a bit closer to reference card, which in the end would make the card more interesting. | |||
| We gave the Radeon R9 270 royalQueen from Club3D 3.5 out of 5 stars. | |||
