Gigabyte R7 250X OC Performance Review - PAGE 1

Not every user needs the latest and greatest in terms of video cards. Some have limited budgets to work with, some are looking at certain builds with a small footprint, while others just want something that works and don't really care about all the bells and whistles. Needless to say, video cards in the $100 price range designed for mainstream users account for over 50% of the total GPU market. This market segment is very competitive as a result, with multiple offerings from AMD and NVIDIA to choose from.

Today I will be looking at the performance of the 1GB GDDR5 Gigabyte OC version of the AMD Radeon R7 250X. This card is a rebadge of the Cape Verde-based Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition and packs 16 ROPs, 40 TMUs, and 640 Unified Shaders. In terms of memory, the Gigabyte R7 250X OC comes with 1GB of GDDR5 clocked at 1125MHz on a 128-bit bus for a total bandwidth of 72GB/s. To keep things in perspective, the AMD card is pitted against the 2GB GDDR5 Gigabyte OC version of the GeForce GT 740. Both cards retail in the $100 range and are readily available through the usual channels.

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