MSI AMD Radeon R7 260 OC Graphics Card

Name: MSI AMD Radeon R7 260 OC
Brand: MSI
SKU: R7 260 1GD5 OC
Rating: 4.4 (9 reviews)

MSI AMD Radeon R7 260 OC 1GB GDDR5 R7 260 1GD5 OC

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(9 reviews)

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AMD Radeon R7 260 GPU
1GB 128-bit GDDR5 VRAM
Display Port, DL-DVI-I, DL-DVI-D and HDMI
Crossfire ready
Propeller Blade Technology
AMD HD3D technology
All Solid Capacitors
MSI Afterburner Overclocking Utility

Specifications Overview

Model	R7 260 1GD5 OC
Release Date	February 2014 * First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
GPU Interface	PCIe x16
GPU Chipset	Radeon R7 260
GPU Memory Size	1 GB
GPU Memory Type	GDDR5
GPU Clock Rate	1050 MHz
GPU Boost Clock Rate	-
TDP	95 W
Length	202 mm
Cooling Type	1 Fan
Power Connectors	1 PCIe 6-pin
SLI Support	No
CrossFire Support	Yes
DVI-D (Dual Link)	1
DVI-I (Dual Link)	1
DisplayPort	1
HDMI	1
G-SYNC Support	No
FreeSync Support	No
Expansion slots required	2

	Old Name	Current Name	Branding	Data Speed	Port
USB 2.0	USB 2.0	USB 2.0	Hi-Speed USB	480 Mbit/s	diverse
USB 3.0	USB 3.1 Gen 1	USB 3.2 Gen 1x1	SuperSpeed USB	5 Gbit/s	diverse
USB 3.1	USB 3.1 Gen 2	USB 3.2 Gen 2x1	SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps	10 Gbit/s	diverse
USB 3.2	USB 3.2 Gen 2x2	USB 4.0 Gen 2x2	USB4 20Gbps	20 Gbit/s	only USB-C
USB4	USB 4.0 Gen 3x2	USB4 1.0	USB4 40Gbps	40 Gbit/s	only USB-C
USB4v2	USB 4.0 Gen 4	USB4 2.0	USB4 80Gbps	80-120 Gbit/s	only USB-C

Pros

Very good cooling system
Very quiet

Cons

Requires more power under load than Nvidia's cards

MSI AMD Radeon R7 260 OC Performance comparison with similar Graphics Cards

(Higher is better)

MSI AMD Radeon R7 260 OC Performance

GPU Gaming Performance (Rasterization)

Quadro P1000 (89th)		125%
Radeon RX 550 - 512 (90th)		110%
Radeon R7 370 (90th)		110%
Radeon RX 560 (90th)		110%
Radeon R7 260X (91st)		105%
Radeon RX 460 (91st)		105%
Radeon HD 7850 (92nd)		~
Radeon R7 265 (92nd)		~
Radeon HD 7790 (92nd)		~
Radeon R7 260 (92nd)		100%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost (93rd)		90%
GeForce GTX 750 Ti (94th)		85%
Radeon R7 360 (94th)		85%
GeForce GTX 750 (95th)		75%
GeForce GT 1030 (95th)		75%
Radeon RX 550 (96th)		70%
Radeon HD 7770 (97th)		65%
Radeon R7 250X (97th)		65%
GeForce GT 740 (98th)		40%
Radeon HD 7750 (98th)		40%

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Description

Graphics Engine	AMD Radeon™ R7 260
Interface	PCI Express x16 3.0
Memory Type	GDDR5
Memory Size(MB)	1024
Memory Interface	128 bits
Core Clock Speed(MHz)	1050
Memory Clock Speed(MHz)	6000
DVI Output	2 (Dual-link DVI-I x 1, Dual-link DVI-D x 1)
HDMI-Output	1 (version 1.4a)
DisplayPort	1 (version 1.2)
HDCP Support	Y
HDMI 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)	203x123x36mm
Weight	420g