Sapphire's New Low-Profile Radeon R7 240 is Tiny

[N.Broekhuijsen]

Sapphire's new graphics card is tiny!

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[brandonjclark]

Awwwww

 

[ferooxidan]

if it has the GTX750Ti level of performance then it will be the perfect gpu for HTPC build

 

[rolandzhang3]

Performance-wise it'd only be around a 6670, which is about a third or less than that of a 750 Ti

 

[anthony8989]

Any word on measurements?

 

[AMD Radeon]

who needs 2GB in this gpu anyway?

 

[Haravikk]

I'm always glad to see more low-profile offerings, but DDR3 is a bit disappointing. Not the end of world of course, but as others have said 1gb of GDDR5 would be a whole lot better.

 

[JD88]

Would like to see some benchmarks of this vs the integrated graphics in the A10-7850K.

 

[TheinsanegamerN]

why do they even bother making this when they already had the 7750 in the same form factor, which is twice as fast, and only is $20 more? i confuse.

 

[scannall]

why do they even bother making this when they already had the 7750 in the same form factor, which is twice as fast, and only is $20 more? i confuse.

Heat and noise. It's mostly for an HTPC.

 

[jukkie]

A pointless card when there are already better alternatives...

 

[jukkie]

why do they even bother making this when they already had the 7750 in the same form factor, which is twice as fast, and only is $20 more? i confuse.

Heat and noise. It's mostly for an HTPC.

HD 7750's produce little heat and noise, and considering this new card is actively cooled, what makes you think it will be any better?

 

[lowguppy]

This isn't a performance part, it is a budget part. The R7 250, HD 7750 and GTX 750 ti all offer more performance in a low profile form factor already.The problem with a card like this is that APUs are starting to hit similar levels of performance. The top Kaveri and Iris Pro integrated graphics are already comparable to an R7 240.

 

[BulkZerker]

Lowguppy is probably the only person that's on track here. The thing has the same performance as the new apu graphics. This card exists as a replacement graphics card. How many people here have had a Gpu crap the bed randomly? I have. I couldn't at the time even get a replacement within a week so I bit the bullet, went to Walmart and bought the cheapest thing so I could at least use my PC while I waited on a warranty claim. That's what this card is tbh.

 

[bjaminnyc]

A pointless card when there are already better alternatives...

Are you saying that only r9 290x's and 780ti's should be manufactured?For basic stuff and HTPC duties it sounds appealing.

 

[68vistacruiser]

They should really have designed it so everything is mirrored and the GPU and fan are on the other side of the board. That way it will fit in m-ITX cases better, and have good airflow.