ASUS DirectCU II Radeon R9 270X 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support Video Card R9270X-DC2T-2GD5

Pros: -Good price/performance -Mantle and DX11.2 support -Great cooling and stock clock -Overclocks well -Good CF scaling and performance

Cons: -Essentially just an overclocked 7870 -Don't install drivers from the disc

Overall Review: Bought a pair of these to replace my aging pair of 5850's (also ASUS DC2T) and I'm quite happy with the boost to performance. I've gained around 50% performance over my old setup (Much better min FPS) and get great framerates in just about everything. (Rome 2 isn't great but that's not the GPU's fault) If you're in the market for a mid range card, you'd be hard-pressed to find a better option.

Pros: Runs amazingly cool and quiet Looks fantastic Non-reference, improved PCB Will spank games @ 1080p for quite a while and holds its own at 1440p (My resolution)

Cons: Elpida memory Lack of accessories

Overall Review: Giving my temps won't be of use due to the differences between systems and ambient environments, but know this: It will run cool and it will run quiet - regardless of your setup. I highly recommend this card. (It is also good for about 61K+ PPD in Folding@Home at factory clocks)

Pros: This card is an all around great buy! Great Performance and great price for a mid to high end gaming rig. easily overclock able coming with its own program to make it fast and easy to do. Great card and I love Asus so totally deserves a 5

Cons: When running demanding games the fans on the card can get a little loud but other then that nothing else was bad about the card

Pros: Fast. Real fast. Upgraded from a Pentium Dual Core + GMA4500 build to this and a G3258. I can actually play HL2 without lag now! All jokes aside, this is a solid card. Temps are very good, even when put in a tropical environment with no AC, just a fan. maxes out at around 76*C at load, and still pretty quiet while it does so. One more thing - the box is classy. Feels more expensive than it really is.

Cons: Not really a con, but with NFS Rivals, if i OC, it'll crash. Apparently it's DICE's fault. No more 1200MHz for me then...

Overall Review: current rig: G3258 @ 3.8GHZ w/ stock cooler + AS-5 ASRock H97M PRO4 2x4 GSKILL AEGIS 1600MHz Kingston V300 60GB + WD 1TB this Thermaltake Versa H25 FSP Hexa+ 550W

Pros: Although I am able to max it out in games (Skyrim on top of a mountain during a blizzard) this card is able to run all fairly recent games at 1080p and the highest resolution that they offer while the frame-rate never drops below 30 fps in the worst of times. This thing has never had any issue with heat (always has stayed under 70° even while staying on almost 24hrs of continuous gaming) and when needed; the GPU Tweak software that comes included makes it easy for you to boost up the clock and squeeze a wee bit of more performance out of it. Examples of the games I commonly play are: Civ 5, Far Cry 3, Team Fortress 2, Starcraft II, Surgeon Simulator, Dota 2, Car Mechanic Simulator, and Darksiders I and II.

Cons: None! The only hiccup I have ever had with it was because of user error.

Overall Review: Great buy for those first building a gaming rig!

Pros: Excellent Cooling -- even maxed out, gaming never goes above 66 C. Heat pipes also look good, and the black PCB looks tight. Good Software -- Allows fine tuning of overclocks, includes basic drivers This is definitely the sweet spot for 1080p gaming, and at the current price point, I'd jump at it.

Cons: Bought this card at $299. No Iron Egg guarantee, the price fell out not a week later. Boo hoo, I knew I was risking that when I picked AMD amid the cryptocurrency wave/fad/whatever. Also, the software includes an automatic firmware update app, but when I ran it, it failed to flash the card and said "failed." I don't like failed, and it didn't even say why, so I am probably going to have to consult ASUS tech support...

Overall Review: Overclocked this puppy for a couple of games, hit average of 80 FPS on "High" in Bioshock Infinite, 61 avg in Saints Row IV. GPU clock stable at 1220 MHz. ASUS annoyingly prompted me to register the card after a week. I dismissed the notice a few times, but eventually I did it. Cool, it auto-populated the serial number and specs into the registration window. Also if you have a big window on your case and a water cooler or otherwise no obstructions, you should be able to read the serial off the PCB without opening the computer case, as was the case with me. So cool.

Pros: Got a stable 479kh/s for litecoin mining at 73C. Use the latest bios to increase stability and kh/s.

Cons: Can become hot inside a case, to run two of these card you need good side fans. On the bottom card, one fan is partially blocked by the power supply, but that's more of a case problem.

Pros: It runs very quiet but its a beast. Moving from a laptop to desktop with R9 270x feels like a totally new level. lol Played BF4 & Crysis 2 on it and both run at high settings. For BF4 you can crank up the settings to high but avoid turning texture filtering on.... but even without it, the game looks stunning. This card gives you ~450KH/s speed for litecoin mining

Cons: i have a mid-tower computer case and the card couldn't fit in it. I had to twist and move some portion of hard drive tray away to make some space. If you intend to use this card go with the full tower case.