AMD Radeon R7-265 Review

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With up-to 1080P capable gaming performance the AMD R7-265 has comes packed with 2GB of memory tied to a 256-bit wise memory bus, the AMD Radeon R7-265 is priced at sub $140. A really fair price.

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The card has 1024 Shader processors and gets a core clock of 925 Mhz (maximum boost). The card is tied towards 2 GB of 256-bit memory running at 4.8 Gbps. This makes the card perform just below mainstream. 


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Anybody with a monitor resolution up-to 1600x1200 can play their games at good quality settings, playing games at 1920x1010 FullHD is possible as well. Just don't expect high-end performance there with the more heavy game titles.

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Here we can see the connectors, one full DP, one HDMI and two DVI connectors. So yes, Eyefinity works here perfectly fine as well. It might be a very interesting card to setup a cheap desktop multi-monitor setup this way. 


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Do you notice that there was a sticker pealed off ? Yeah, we are fairly certain that this sample came from a R7850 Sapphire batch with the BIOS re-flashed to support Boost and slightly different clocks. Anyway, AMD allows you to opt for the multi-GPU road with Crossfire as an option. You can pair two in one PC and have them do a decent workout. The card has a maximum power consumption of give or take 150 Watts, our measurements actually show numbers really close to that under full gaming load. The board's overall power consumption from idle to load is excellent really, roughly 10 Watt in idle and when the monitor goes into sleep mode just 3 Watt. You will need to hook the card up to your power supply with one 6-pin PCIe PEG connector. We recommend a 450W power supply to start with, with one card of course.

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These cards will be excellent for simple gaming and HTPC builds. The card length is only 20CM, so it'll fit on most chassis perfectly fine.

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