Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 270X WF OC (GV-R927XOC-2GD) Video Card Review

Videocards/VGA Reviews by stefan @ 2013-11-28

Gigabyte has made an adaptation of their award-winning Windforce 3X cooling system with the release of the R9 270X card, which features a 50MHz GPU clock increase from the factory for providing playable framerates up to Full HD resolutions while being fairly priced.

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Packaging, A Closer Look

The last VGA we have received from Gigabyte has arrived in full retail packaging and not as a bare card like the previous two. On the top side of the box we will get to see some of the product highlights along with the card name and total memory quantity:

 

 

 

More technical details can be discovered on the side:

 

 

 

Gigabyte explains with the details WindForce 3x Cooling Technology on the back side of the box:

 

 

 

After removing the top packaging layer, we will reveal the usual black box with the Gigabyte logo in the middle:

 

 

 

By lifting the top cover we will take a look at the card which sits in the middle and is surrounded by a sponge-like protective material:

 

 

 

Under the card we will find an extra layer which holds the bundle:

 

 

 

Talking of the bundle, we will get one disk with drivers and software utility, one Quick Installation Guide, a CrossFire bridge but also two MOLEX-to-PCI-Express power adapters:

 

 

 

The card is carefully built with a compact but efficient cooling system, which has a similar design with the one we have found on the GTX 780 WF OC and also on the GTX 770 WF OC; since we did say similar, there are some differences like a plastic shroud instead of aluminum, a different number of heatpipes and a redesigned layout for the card in question. Even if the shroud is made of plastic, it looks really good and some of us will have to look closely in order to spot the difference:

 

 

 

The triple fan solution comes with patented anti-turbulence inclined fans and combined with the three 8mm pure copper heatpipes helps reducing excessive heat and minimizes the turbulence flow between fans. The technology combines fin with clip module in a special triangle shape:

 

 

 

On top of the middle fan we will get to see a WindForce logo:

 

 

 

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