Tag: r9 270oc

AMD Catalyst 14.9 Stable Released

September 30, 2014

After a long wait, the stable release of the AMD Catalyst Control Center version 14.9 was finally released. This version is supposed to bring massive gains in several games and I hope it is true. In day to day tasks it runs the same as compared to 14.4 with no real difference outside of specific games. I have run 2 3D benchmarks on 14.4 and 14.9 to see if there were any general improvements to unoptimized games, but the results were almost the same before and after the update.

GPU: Gigabyte R9 270OC with stock clocks

14.4 2
Furmark 720p Benchmark on 14.4
14.4
PerformanceTest 3D Test on 14.4
14.9 2
Furmark 720p Benchmark on 14.9
14.9
PerformanceTest 3D Test on 14.9

Gigabyte Radeon R9 270 OC Version

July 17, 2014
The R9 270OC
The R9 270OC

This video card, even though it is priced well, is a beast. Installation was easy, uninstall the previous card drivers, remove the old card, put in the new card, and install the drivers. Immediately things were running well and much better than they used to. I was previously running a Radeon 5750 and the difference in performance is massive. Even though I have an Intel Core i5-750 CPU, the new card wasn’t bottle necked at all. Performance gains were huge in every benchmark.

Furmark 720 test: Before (1500) After (4000)

Passmark GPU: Before (1500) After (4300)

Windows: Before (7.2) After (7.9)

Homefront: Before (30 fps) After (110 fps)

Bad Company 2 Online Multiplayer: Before (30 fps) After (85-100 fps)

Top: R9 270 Bottom: 5750
Top: R9 270
Bottom: 5750
Bad Company 2 Online
Bad Company 2 Online