AMD RadeonR9 270

The AMD Radeon R9 270 is a mid-range graphics card launched on November 13, 2013, with a launch MSRP of $179 USD. It uses the Pitcairn XT GPU chip built on a 28 nm process and features 1280 shading units. The card operates at a base clock of 900 MHz with a boost clock of 925 MHz. It is equipped with 2 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus, providing a memory bandwidth of 179.2 GB/s. The Radeon R9 270 has a board power (TDP) of 150 W and connects via a PCIe 3.0 ×16 interface. It is compatible with other components such as motherboards with PCIe 3.0 slots and power supplies capable of delivering 150 W.