Q: my computer has a 200w power supply will that do or do i have to upgrade my power supply?

I would suggest you get another PSU. A PSU with at least 400 or 450 watt. Due to the fact that you have other hardware on your PC that's using wattage as well. Me myself, I went with a 750 because my CPU by itself pulls 125 watts alone. Hope this helps.

Q: What types of games do you play using this card? What level of graphics and frame rates are you able to get out of it?

I am able to play the following at highest in-game settings at consistent 60 fps: Mass Effect 2 & 3, Mirror's Edge, Borderlands 1 & 2, Skyrim, and Dawn of War. Crysis 1 had inconsistent performance on highest settings, but played at high detail, high settings with smooth 60 fps. Alien Isolation looked really nice on high. Grid 2 looked great on high, but performance dropped here and there. I have an AMD FX6300 with 8GB RAM. I am pleased with this card. Plays most recent games on highest settings with smooth performance.

Q: Is this PCI 3.0 x16 ??

Yes it is, per the MSI web page specifications for this card: us dot msi dot com slash product slash vga slash R9_270_GAMING_2G.html#specification Graphics Engine AMD Radeon™ R9 270 Bus Standard PCI Express x16 3.0 Memory Type GDDR5 Memory Size(MB) 2048 Memory Interface 256 bits Core Clock Speed(MHz) 900MHz Core (Boost Clock:975MHz) Memory Clock Speed(MHz) 5600 DVI Output 2(Dual-link DVI-Ix1, Dual-link DVI-Dx1) HDMI-Output 1 (version 1.4a) DisplayPort 1 (version 1.2) HDCP Support Y Dual-link DVI Y Display Output (Max Resolution) 2560x1600 RAMDACs 400 DirectX Version Support 11.2 OpenGL Version Support 4.3 CrossFire Support Y Card Dimension(mm) 256x127x34mm Weight 550g

Q: Would this Video Card and this Processor[ AMD FX-4300 Vishera 3.8GHz (4.0GHz) Socket AM3+ 95W Desktop Processor FD4300WMHKBOX ] be able to play the following games on ultra/high settings with about 50+ FPS ? League Of Legends, Star Craft 2, Thief, Guild Wars 2, elder scrolls online, skyrim? If they are unable would you kindly explain the reasons? I'm trying to learn all I can.

Well, first of all it depends on what resolution you want to run the games at. I will assume 1080p. And the short answer is, yea, this combination SHOULD be able to do what you want. What I can tell you for sure is that I have this GPU paired with an i5-2500k that is overclocked to 4.3 GHz and it can easily run SC2, GW2, Skyrim, Diablo 3 and games of that ilk very easily at 50-60 FPS at Ultra settings. I would imagine all of the other games you mentioned should be capably run at high settings at 50 or above FPS - Thief, being one of the newest games, I'm not as certain of. I looked at your CPU at the website "CPUbenchmark . net". This gives a rough estimate of CPU grunt. Your CPU shows a bit over 4700 on stock clocks, and mine a bit over 6500 at stock clocks. However my CPU doesn't ever really seem to be too taxed, and most games are not overly CPU bound (unless you have a very weak CPU - I would think yours should be OK). So while I can't give you the 100% certainty I'm sure you're looking for, I can comfortably say that this card should be able to do what you want, and if you find certain games are not performing up to task, then more than likely the CPU is to blame. You can also eek a bit more performance out of this GPU if you find it is the limiting factor by using either MSI's own Afterburner utility, or something like Saphhire Trixx to overclock this card. Hopefully this helps.

Q: Just wondering if it will fit or work for my computer, not sure if theres a requirement for it to work on my computer?

Well there's a few things you should check for. Does your motherboard have a PCIe slot? It doesn't matter if it's PCIe 2.0 or 3.0. PCIe is backwards compatible. Then you'll want to make sure you have a big enough power supply. Anything 500 Watts or higher should do. If your power supply is lower than that, double check how much power your current parts are drawing. Make sure you've got enough. And that's basically it.

Q: What is the minimum power supply needed?

Both MSI and Sapphire recommend a 500W or greater power supply with one 75W 6-pin power connector for this video card to operate properly. If you wanted to run AMD CrossFire at some point in time, the recommended PSU is a 600W or greater model with two 75 Watt PCIe power connectors. My son is using a 520watt power supply to power his MSI MB and this video card. His power monitor hasn't registered over 400watts yet.

Q: How much power wattage does my PSU need to run this card? 500w?

Based on some other reviews online ( google it as I can't paste here url's ) it can consume up to 196W but mine is around 150W when fully loaded. So calculate with 200w just to be sure. with a 500W PSU, the rest of your system has 300w in theory but probably less depending on your psu. to go for sure check all the specs for your motherboard, cpu, ram, hdd's, etc you have and add them up.

Q: Can this card run 3 monitors simultaneously??

IF it supports eyefinity then yes depending on what kind of monitors you can use a MHL for 3 way hdmi or a display port splitter adapter or just attach what ever pluging you have and adjust your screen from the personalization menu to have what screen you want where. the 270 specifically are best at 1080p video i think 2k or 4k might be just a bit much for 1st R9 card

Question 1

Is this a PCI Express 3.0 card?  I can't seem to find that info anywhere.

Accepted Answer

Yes it is pci-e 3.  Your board will have to support the generation as well to utilize it.   You can however use it in older generation pci-e x16 slots.  It's a quiet card and great performer for the money.

Question 2

Does this card have to be plugged into one or two 6 pin pci-e connectors? because my psu is 550w but it only came with one 6 pin connector?

Accepted Answer

Just one my friend :) The 270x requires two, but they supply adaptors to convert the ones used for fans, sorry i forget the name haha. However just one is needed for yours.

BTW, this card rocks! Easy overclocking, stays cool, never gets loud, I can play BF4 on ultra and the fans don't break 20%, you can't hear a thing. I also use Afterburner Server to monitor my cards on a dedicated tablet.

Well worth it. My friend is running a 270x on 450w, non 80+, he's fine now but will be upgrading.

With the new Catalyst Drivers and Radeon Raptr you can play and win prizes with games too.

I <3 AMD & Radeon

- @MichaelCohee

Question 3

my computer has a 200w power supply will that do or do i have to upgrade my power supply?

Accepted Answer

I would suggest you get another PSU. A PSU with at least 400 or 450 watt. Due to the fact that you have other hardware on your PC that's using wattage as well. Me myself, I went with a 750 because my CPU by itself pulls 125 watts alone. Hope this helps.

Question 4

What types of games do you play using this card? What level of graphics and frame rates are you able to get out of it?

Accepted Answer

I am able to play the following at highest in-game settings at consistent 60 fps: Mass Effect 2 & 3, Mirror's Edge, Borderlands 1 & 2, Skyrim, and Dawn of War.

Crysis 1 had inconsistent performance on highest settings, but played at high detail, high settings with smooth 60 fps. Alien Isolation looked really nice on high. Grid 2 looked great on high, but performance dropped here and there.

I have an AMD FX6300 with 8GB RAM. I am pleased with this card. Plays most recent games on highest settings with smooth performance.

Question 5

Is this PCI 3.0 x16 ??

Accepted Answer

Yes it is, per the MSI web page specifications for this card:

us dot msi dot com slash product slash vga slash R9_270_GAMING_2G.html#specification

Graphics Engine AMD Radeon™ R9 270 
Bus Standard PCI Express x16 3.0 
Memory Type GDDR5 
Memory Size(MB) 2048 
Memory Interface 256 bits 
Core Clock Speed(MHz) 900MHz Core (Boost Clock:975MHz) 
Memory Clock Speed(MHz) 5600 
DVI Output 2(Dual-link DVI-Ix1, Dual-link DVI-Dx1) 
HDMI-Output 1 (version 1.4a) 
DisplayPort 1 (version 1.2) 
HDCP Support Y 
Dual-link DVI Y 
Display Output (Max Resolution) 2560x1600 
RAMDACs 400 
DirectX Version Support 11.2 
OpenGL Version Support 4.3 
CrossFire Support Y 
Card Dimension(mm) 256x127x34mm 
Weight 550g

Question 6

Would this Video Card and this Processor[ AMD FX-4300 Vishera 3.8GHz (4.0GHz) Socket AM3+ 95W Desktop Processor FD4300WMHKBOX   ] be able to play the following games on ultra/high settings with about 50+ FPS ? League Of Legends, Star Craft 2, Thief, Guild Wars 2, elder scrolls online, skyrim?

If they are unable would you kindly explain the reasons?

I'm trying to learn all I can.

Accepted Answer

Well, first of all it depends on what resolution you want to run the games at. I will assume 1080p. And the short answer is, yea, this combination SHOULD be able to do what you want. What I can tell you for sure is that I have this GPU paired with an i5-2500k that is overclocked to 4.3 GHz and it can easily run SC2, GW2, Skyrim, Diablo 3 and games of that ilk very easily at 50-60 FPS at Ultra settings. I would imagine all of the other games you mentioned should be capably run at high settings at 50 or above FPS - Thief, being one of the newest games, I'm not as certain of. I looked at your CPU at the website "CPUbenchmark . net". This gives a rough estimate of CPU grunt. Your CPU shows a bit over 4700 on stock clocks, and mine a bit over 6500 at stock clocks. However my CPU doesn't ever really seem to be too taxed, and most games are not overly CPU bound (unless you have a very weak CPU - I would think yours should be OK). So while I can't give you the 100% certainty I'm sure you're looking for, I can comfortably say that this card should be able to do what you want, and if you find certain games are not performing up to task, then more than likely the CPU is to blame. You can also eek a bit more performance out of this GPU if you find it is the limiting factor by using either MSI's own Afterburner utility, or something like Saphhire Trixx to overclock this card. Hopefully this helps.

Question 7

Just wondering if it will fit or work for my computer, not sure if theres a requirement for it to work on my computer?

Accepted Answer

Well there's a few things you should check for.

Does your motherboard have a PCIe slot?

It doesn't matter if it's PCIe 2.0 or 3.0. PCIe is backwards compatible.

Then you'll want to make sure you have a big enough power supply. Anything 500 Watts or higher should do. If your power supply is lower than that, double check how much power your current parts are drawing. Make sure you've got enough.

And that's basically it.

Question 8

What is the minimum power supply needed?

Accepted Answer

Both MSI and Sapphire recommend a 500W or greater power supply with one 75W 6-pin power connector for this video card to operate properly. If you wanted to run AMD CrossFire at some point in time, the recommended PSU is a 600W or greater model with two 75 Watt PCIe power connectors.
My son is using a 520watt power supply to power his MSI MB and this video card. His power monitor hasn't registered over 400watts yet.

Question 9

How much power wattage does my PSU need to run this card? 500w?

Accepted Answer

Based on some other reviews online ( google it as I can't paste here url's ) it can consume up to 196W but mine is around 150W when fully loaded.
So calculate with 200w just to be sure.

with a 500W PSU, the rest of your system has 300w in theory but probably less depending on your psu.

to go for sure check all the specs for your motherboard, cpu, ram, hdd's, etc you have and add them up.

Question 10

Can this card run 3 monitors simultaneously??

Accepted Answer

IF it supports eyefinity then yes depending on what kind of monitors you can use a MHL for 3 way hdmi or a display port splitter adapter  or just attach what ever pluging you have and adjust your screen from the personalization menu to have what screen you want where. the 270 specifically are best at 1080p video i think 2k or 4k might be just a bit much for 1st R9 card

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