"The concept of the IceQ cooler X2 is well thought out and the low background noise has convinced us. At boot time , at idle and during the test phase, the R9 270X was barely audible , really great. The HIS -provided test sample has left a good impression. The power and performance fits on the line."

Xpert -OC - Team - Eco Award

"The Radeon R7 250 surprised me – I wasn’t expecting great performance for what is marketed towards the lower end of the performance segment as the R7 250 can be had for around the 60 pounds mark, which represents a fantastic deal for those who’re looking to play modern titles on something more than an integrated GPU. With graphics cards packing more punch than ever, even those on a very limited budget can play most modern titles at a decent frame rate and quality settings at 1080P.

The card is quiet, requires little power and is a great performer for the price bracket, and for those on a strict budget it makes a great purchase.".

Redgamingtech

"Factory overclocked , the IceQ X ² has done its job keeping temperatures more satisfying but also with a very low noise level."

Pros
-Good performance
-Design

59hardware.net - Recommended Award

Pros
-Good performance
-Quiet and well cooled
-Propensities good overclocking

Overclockingmade in France - Rated 3 out of 5

Pros
- Great cooler
- Overclocks really well
- One of the quieter R9 280x graphics cards on the market
- Competitively priced
- Dual DisplayPort

"This is my first outing with a HIS graphics card and I like what they’ve done with R9 280X. I’ve seen a fair few R9 280X graphics cards from AMD partners and the HIS R9 280X is one of the more refined versions. While it isn’t the cheapest, there’s only a tiny amount in it, and for the little bit more they charge I think it is worth every bit extra. This graphics card runs cool and quiet under all gaming scenarios, has bags of overclocking potential and is just a solid all-rounder."

Eteknix - Editor's Choice Award

Pro

- Easy to use
- Clock stable even under load
- Extremely high cooling reserves

Tomshardware.de

Pros
-Small
-Economical
-Adequate for surfing , watching videos or for office systems
-Allows small gaming sessions
-Convincing noise level at 28db
-Remarkable overclocking result

Xpert-OC-Team - Hardware Award in Silver, Preistip and Eco Award

Pros
-With continuous liquid frame rates in all tested games and a very good open-CL-performance HIS graphics card makes a positive impression.
-The IceQ cooling works efficiently and always keeps the GPU even with high demands from dying of heatstroke.
- The noise is pretty restrained for a luxury-class graphics card.
- The good performance and especially the low price make the card to the PC WORLD price-performance winner.
PC Welt - The Price-Performance Winner

Pros:
-Good value for money
-Good graphics performance
-Effective cooling system

Chip.de

"The HIS Radeon IceQ X ² R9 270X Turbo works pleasantly cool and above all very quiet. Even under full load was the 3D accelerator hard to hear Although our current test candidate was already equipped from the factory with higher clock rates , the increase in clock speed not made ​​itself felt in the power consumption.  HIS has done everything right in his R9 Radeon IceQ X ² Turbo 270X and creates a very quiet, but at the same time fast and above all powerful midrange graphics card. Since the charge of the cheapest Radeon IceQ X ² R9 270X Turbo just is 19 euros , we give our Value Award.

Pros
-Quiet
-Affortable Price"


HardwareLuxx  - "Price-Performance Value Award"

"The HIS IceQ X2 based cards look good and this HIS Radeon R9 270X IceQ X2 Turbo Boost Clock certainly does not break that trend. It definitely lives up to the HIS ‘Faster, Cooler, Quieter’ slogan. Under load it’s inaudible and very cool indeed. It’s still a very good mid-range GPU and a free copy of Battlefield 4 makes it a bit of a bargain, especially for anyone wanting to play games at 1080p."

PcGameware - "Gold Award"

"Small, economical , adequate for surfing , watching videos or for office systems it also allows small gaming sessions .
The concept of ICoolers is well thought out and the noise level of 28db has convinced us. Heat build-up in the Tower did not materialize , made ​​sure the 80mm axial fan."

Xpert-OC-Team - Hardware Award in Silver, Preistip and ECO award

An attractively priced mid-range card for 1080p gamers on a relatively tight budget.
The card's cooler is also excellent – it kept the GPU running wonderfully cool and we barely ever heard it over the rest of our hardware. This version of the HIS R9 270X throws up few surprises. It's a little bit faster than the stock card and also cooler and quieter. If you're looking for a cost-effective solution to play modern games at high settings on a 1080p panel, it will serve you very well.

Bit-Tech - Rated 86 out of 100

"The HIS R7 250 iCooler card is a low-end offering for people on a budget, supports the latest technologies and can deliver decent 3D performances at resolutions up to 1680x1050 (22’’ monitors) while keeping details between low and medium. If needed, the card supports pairing with another identical product for increasing the performances, without using a hardware Crossfire bridge.

When started overclocking, we were impressed of the additional free performance gain and in the same time we have succeeded to surpass the scores of a regular HD 7750 card (which gets about 3200 in the same testing conditions). This card is best to be used in low-powered media centers in order to boost the 3D performances without the need of additional PCI-Express power connectors. It features a dual-slot cooling system which is very silent even when the card is stressed to maximum levels. While searching on the web we have seen that the 1GB variant of this card can be had for about 70 Euros, which is quite decent considering the overclocking headroom."

Madshrimps.be - Recommended Value Product

Pros
- Competitive pricing, no increase for OC out of the box
- Overclocked out of the box
- Good overclocking potential
- Low temperatures
- Native, full-size HDMI port

TechPowerUp - Recommended Award

Pros
-Impressive factory overclock
-Excellent design and construction
-IceQ X2 Cooler performs brilliant
-DirectX 11.2 ready and PCI-e 3.0 Compliant
-Supports CrossFireX
-UltraHD 4K display support
-Multiple outputs – 2x mini DisplayPort / full size HDMI /DualLink DVI-I
-Supports Triple-display and AMD HD3D Technology
-Good power consumption figures

Benchmark Reviews - Scored 8.75 out of 10 - Silver Tachometer Award

"Not only have they managed to offer some fantastic performance and some great new features, but they've really hit the nail on the head when it comes to the pricing on the cards, enough to really send NVIDIA into a bit of a stir."

Pros
-excellent in keeping card cool at a decent noise level
-excellent price

TweakTown - Scored 91 out of 100 - Editor Choice Award

"Aims for the serious gamer, but that won't shatter the bank account. A clear first choice if you are in the market for a £250 graphics card."

PC Advisor - Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

"The graphics card specialist HIS now establishes the simple and safe overclocking in the lower middle class. It segments a very special offer which relies on the cooler Dr.MOS rather simple MOSFETs.

For the cooling system , the performance- oriented users can increase the voltages stable even with this card , to tease out even much higher clock rates more performance out of the card. That which was previously available only to larger maps reserved , is now also available for beginners.

The iTurbo software let user-friendly , stable and secure even more clearly operate at the level of the factory higher clocked cards and beyond. The powerful and quiet IceQ X cooler ensures ² then at any time that the card in any situation also remains cool enough idiots .

Whether you are gaming extreme textures and high resolutions and quality settings are being used, or whether the Computing ( GPGPU ) has the highest performance is required - the user is currently using this new standard is always on the cutting edge."

Techchecker.de

"The HIS version of the card sticks with what is important, keeping the small PCB and attaching a quiet cooler to it. Performance is also good, in fact surprisingly so. When we began testing the R7 250 iCooler it seemed like 1920x1080 with any sort of detail would be a stretch but as we went on it was clear that this little card was a very capable gamer. Not only did we get to game on medium/high detail a lot there was also a noticeable increase in performance over the similarly priced GT 640. It's perfect card for anyone looking to game on a budget."

Hardwareheaven - Value Award