AMD Considers Dropping Low-end Discrete Graphics
No need for any of that with integrated graphics, says AMD.
AMD's release of Llano signaled a new level of graphical performance for the entry-level and mainstream computing market.
Computers built around AMD's latest Fusion chips all come with decent GPU functionality that's integrated right into the same CPU package. No longer would system builders need to factor in an additional entry-level video card for some World of Warcraft action, which is a win-win situation for both the vendor and consumer.
Of course, AMD also makes video cards, and this new processor package innovation could mean that demand for its more modest discrete entries will fall as a result of the more capable Fusion chips.
For that reason, AMD is considering the removal of its low-end discrete graphics products.
Speaking about its low-end offerings, interim chief executive Thomam Seifert told analysts and investors that "parts of this business will be cannibalised and the low-end discrete GPUs will be replaced with Fusion-type products," according to Tech Radar.

With IGPs you can satisfy the mainstream consumer. What's left? High performance computing. Optimizing discrete cards for HPC is ideal. It's this polarization of the markets that will occur.
I just got an A8-3850 and it's quite on par with a 6570 (just make sure u pair it with 1.6Ghz+ ram). So AMD's right on this one IMO. Also, think about it, they'll just focus on using the die space of the northbridge for more features instead of the IGP. More PCIe lanes would be very very welcome in the near future designs using (hopefully) 45nm or lower. Now that they got Fusion right, they need to shift a little more effort into creating a good partner for it: RAM + NB.
Cheers!
I do like having the low-end option for AMD and nVidia graphics simply because it's handy. There's been times where the onboard graphics chip is acting up, and I just want the advantages that AMD and nVidia offer over whatever I had onboard. Sometimes the discete card will have things that the onboard chip couldn't provide.
Edit: TH. When you require us to login when trying to post a comment the comment freaking disappears. It logs in, refreshes the page, the comment is gone AND is not posted. That and your image module makes me think we are still in the late 90s.
If Bulldozer lives up to all the hype then I think Trinity will be an amazing product in 2012 or whenever it releases. AMD would be competing with itself it continued its line of entry-level discrete cards, so it makes total sense from a business perspective.
In the end wait for one or two more cycles (maybe it could take longer depending on demand) and a new entry level segment will be available with the entry level cards from past cycles. The next move for GC makers AKA Nvidia and AMD will be to recycle those models in new packages with new names.
See: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-graphics-card,2964-7.html
If you look in the AMD column, there are no current generation cards below the 6450 which seems to me to be about what you get with the current fusion cp's. And the 6450 is the only thing below the 6570. nVidia still has two variants of the GT440, and the GT 430 that stack up lower than the 6570 and GT 520 that comes out below a 6450. But the current generation discrete cards that fall below the level of the AMD onboard graphics is already pretty much gone.
Then again, as someone already mentioned, they don't have to make a special card for that. You can just pick up a couple of generation old clunker for cheap and use that.