Seems like both AMD and NVIDIA are stretching out their existing silicon for another year and with the exception of the R9 290/290X which features brand new Hawaii GPUs. For the most part, this is all about rebrands for AMD and they have ultimately had a very successful run with this scheme. We’ve seen the HD7970 get rebranded as the 280X and the HD7870 as the R9 270X, both received faster clocks and a lower launch price making them a great choice back then. The cryptocurrency rush upset this for a while but seems like prices are stabilizing now.
Today we’ll be looking at the lower end of the spectrum from AMD with their mainstream-oriented, low-power solution: the Oland-based R7 250.
The AMD Radeon R7 250
The R7 250 is based on the Oland XT silicon which is a rebrand of the OEM-only HD8670 card. As with the other R-series cards from AMD, the R7 250 features new dynamic clock system via PowerTune. This means that there is no fixed clocks, just a maximum frequency. The card will vary performance depending on load and temperature. The Radeon R7 250 has a maximum clock rate of 1.05Ghz. Memory clock varies as there are DDR3 and GDDR5 variants of this card.
The Sapphire Radeon R7 250 with Boost
Sapphire has a couple of variant of the Sapphire Radeon R7 250 with Boost available. The specific model we have today is the SKU# (1215-01-20G) or the Sapphire Radeon R7 250 2GB DDR3 with BOOST. The card retains the reference dynamic clock of 1Ghz with PowerTune boosting the card by 50Mhz for a maximum clock of 1050Mhz. This model comes with a hefty 2GB DDR3 memory clocked in at 1800Mhz effective data rate on a 128-bit wide bus. A similar model with GDDR5 memory is also available. The card is cooled by an aluminium heatsink with a black plastic shroud. A single fan does all the cooling duties.Â
hm kaya to?
4k par, nakalagay jan ung price sa review
walang crossfire bridge yan no?
wala bro, bridgeless na crossfire ni amd sa new cards nila eh
ah ok katulad ng 290 bridgeless din
yup! parang mas malinis pag walang bridge. pero amporma nung SLI bridge ni EVGA
pwede po ba ito i dual graphics sa A10-5800k? :) !
Sa kaveri bro pwede. Sa 5800K di eh :(
much better to upgrade :) ! switching to kaveri soooooooon :) !
Di pwede dual gfx sa 5800k mo yan.
240 lang sakin pero ang cool ng R7 series :))
raffle na yan dapat! di ba Mhelzee S***m? :D
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ah? hahaha
can this run dx 11? pasok kaya toh sa board ko asrock n68c-s ucc? ano po kaya mas ok gt730 o r7 250 – in search of a budget ddr3 2gb na playable fps sa watchdogs and witcher 3 sana .. Thanks
Parehas high-end and optimized for nvidia yang games mo bro. I suggest sticking sa GT730 pero pag ganyan kasi case, best recommendation ko is save until kaya mo na mag-midrange like gtx960 although kung ok lang sayo stick sa rig mo muna GT730 tol oks ka na, low-med sa 720p
bossmac thank you sa input!! ill take your advice save muna then palit mas ok na VC tpos baka sabay ko na mobo and proc… baka d na kaya ng 2yr old mobo ko eh.. hehehe…. para kahit papano malaro ko ung mga palabas pa ng games… salamat ng marami boss!!!
you’re welcome bro
boss eh kung mag gtx750 kaya pede na? mas mura eh.. heheheh
Pwede na rin bro, iba lang talaga performance nya sa 750ti pero di naman malayo.
bro maayos ba dota2 dito? 21′ monitor ko. Salamat :)
Plan ko din prang ito bilhin ko.pro…ngaalangan pa,ksi ung monitor ko prang my sira na..kea.ito ba o ung monitor(BENQ 15.6″ BQ G615HDPL LED WIDESCREEN BLK monitor) gpu na gamit ko ngayon is palit gt730 2gb ddr3,96cuda core,700-850(overclocked) ok pa nmm display ng monitor na gmit ko.pro luma na tingnan,so monitor ba o r7 250 nlng? Gamit ko procie athlon x2 250 3ghz.tia po :-)
kung matitiis mo pa bro, irecommend ko pagsabayin mo na. Hindi na ba enjoy sa GT730, mejo bottlenecked ka ng processor mo baka dahil dun kaya di mo naeenjoy masyado ung performance ng gpu?
sir a6-6400k procie and a68-fm2 gigabyte unit ko. swak ba to dito?
sakto lang bro, ano ba games mo?
sir nakabili na ako nito at ok naman ang performance. pero mejo may mga small waves sa screen eh, tapos pag on board ko wala naman. pinalitan namin ng ibang vcard tapos wala na yung parang mga waves na mga lines pero pag r7 ginagamit ko meron na nman. posible po ba na sa power supply ko ang prob? genericpsu lang kasi gamit ko
dota 2 lang naman nilalaro ko sir. gusto ko lang kasi mawala yung lags kasi ang sakit sa mata
hmmm nainstall mo na yung latest drivers and na-set ung optimal resolution?
opo sir,. latest drivers na po lahat. try ko nalang muna to ng dvi cable, sana maging ok
sige bro iniisip ko baka sa VGA cable lang yan, ganyan din kasi ung mga lumang LCD monitors ko. may waves pag VGA.
R7 250 2gb nlng…at cguro add nlng ko 4gb ddr3 1333 pra maging 2×4 na ram ko.. sana d magblema ung athlon x2 250 ko..la na talaga budget eh :-( oonga ..prang d contented sa gt730 dti sana ung gt730 (300+) cuda core nlng binili ko… :-( pro amd nlng muna mahilig ksi ako mga emu katulad ng ps2 psp ps1 etc..try ko performace bka mas bumilis :-) anyway bro bossmac salamat :-)
welcome bro, feedback na lang sa results. mahirap talaga mamili sa ganyang price range kasi konti lang talaga choices. talagang naglalaro sa upper 5k onwards ang magaganda vidcards eh.
sa mga user po nitong r7 250, anu po gamit ninyong power supply mga sir? please reply po