14 DAY TRIAL // Advanced Micro Devices has formally launched the Radeon R9 270 graphics card, so PowerColor went ahead and released its PowerColor R9 270 OC.
It has two main differences compared to the reference model: the different cooler (PowerColor's own design with central fan) and the overclocked GPU.
That's right, while the memory is left alone at 5.6 GHz, the Curacao Pro GPU (1,280 Stream Processors, 256-bit memory interface) is overclocked.
More specifically, it is 30 MHz faster than AMD's stock card.
Thus, since the reference GPU functions at 900 MHz / 920 MHz Base/Boost, this one works at 930 MHz / 955 MHz.
Powercolor ships the Radeon R9 270 OC with a DVI-VGA dongle. The price shouldn't be far above $180 / €180 (that's the standard tag of all “normal” Radeon R9 270).
