14 DAY TRIAL // I've written about quite a few Radeon R8 270 graphics cards these past two days, but there still seem to be some left, like the XFX R9 270 Double Dissipation.
As the name suggests, the new product from XFX is an AMD card with a different cooler.
The Double Dissipation has two fans and a heatsink that stretches over the whole surface of the board.
Other than that, the card is left mostly unchanged. Sure, the PCB is black, but the specifications are the same as AMD's reference: Curacao Pro GPU with 900 / 925 MHz clocks (1,280 stream processors, 80 TMUs, 32 ROPs), 256-bit memory interface, 2 GB of GDDR5 VRAM at 5.6 GHz clock, and four video outputs (dual-DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort).
XFX wants $179.99 / €179.99 from buyers, the same as everyone else that didn't overclock it (and even some who did).