Question 1

Ok I need a clear answer here.. Does this come with Battlefield or not?

Accepted Answer

Mine did NOT come with battlefield... I wouldn't expect a game with this card at this price... in my experience if there is $50 in games included, then you can find similar card sans games for $50 less.

Question 2

Does it come with BF4?

Accepted Answer

Yes, it does, in a separate package. It gives you the bf4 info so you get the game.  My card came first, the bf4 info the day after.

Question 3

I have a 8pin power connect on my mother board, i don't see a cable that comes with this. Can you purchase a 8pin/2 way 6pin cable, or will this card not fit my motherboard?

Accepted Answer

I'm not really sure what you mean. That sounds like a power source issue. If the mobo has a PCI slot that fits it then you're all gravy, but the power connector for this card comes from the power source. I have a 850W Corsair that has four six pin connectors for high end graphics cards. Look at the Corsair CX600 and notice under the details that it specifically states that it has 2 PCI 6+2 connectors, which is what you will need at a minimum. My personal recommendation on power sources is to go bigger than what you need though, that way you have room to expand. I.E. down the road you want to get a second one for CrossfireX, then you will need 4 PCI 6+2 connectors and at least 650W.

Question 4

I have read that this card is loud, when it is not under load, is it quiet, or are the fans noisy all the time? I know it is difficult to quantify, but how loud does it get?

Accepted Answer

It doesn't get that loud. I mean you hear the fans yes, and sometimes the noise picks up. Not quite as loud as a vortex fan on loud, but close. But it's not that type of noise that is just obnoxious. It's more like you're running a fan, and there is a background noise to that fan. But most of the time when it gets noisy, I don't really notice it. And it wouldn't keep me up at night.

Question 5

would this still be compatible with a pci express 2.0 ? would i lose a lot of the performance ?

Accepted Answer

I just recently bought this card and use pci express 2.0 and let me tell you, this card flies through Battlefield 4, Iracing, Everything Ive thrown at it flawlessly with the highest settings. This is definately a huge BANG for the buck.

Question 6

What cases WILL this fit in?

Accepted Answer

This is actually a tiny card compared to my iceq 7870 ghz's that it is the successor of.  It's only 10.5 inches long at max, so it extends about 1" past the edge of a 12"x9.6" ATX/mATX board.

It's exactly 2 slots thick (or thinner at some points) so you can feel free to stack them up in crossfire without sacrificing pci slots.

this is great news when compared to my iceq 7870 ghz's, that take up 2.5 slots each, and fully fill the slots of my 990FXA-UD5 board.

tl;dr  these 270x's will fit in any mATX or fullsize ATX tower you find.  Have no fear, and ignore everyone talking about how "big" these cards are.

Anyone saying these cards are big, must be comparing them to an old HD5770 or something.

Question 7

Will this work with my HP Pavilion p6-2133w? I have 8gb of DDR3 RAM, AMD A6-3620 Processor, And AMD Radeon HD 6530D graphics are built into the processor. Will this work with my PC, Will I need to make any changes to it, Or will it not work at all?

Accepted Answer

It will work as long as you have enough power. Pavilions usually have small power supplies so you would have to replace that before the card would work.

Question 8

Will this qualify for the BF4 Promotion?

Accepted Answer

No. I think there was a promo, but already ended.

Question 9

NZXT source 210 and MSI 970A-G46 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS any compatibility issues?

Accepted Answer

Can't see that you'd have any compatibility issues there.

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