Sapphire's New Low-Profile Radeon R7 240 is Tiny
Sapphire's new graphics card is tiny!
Sapphire has announced a new graphics card. Unlike many of its very monstrous and powerful graphics cards, this one is intended to be used in small form factor PCs and HTPCs, making it very small.
The Sapphire R7 240 Low Profile is, as its name indicates, a low-profile graphics card.
The GPU aboard the graphics card features a total of 320 GCN cores, and is clocked at a base frequency of 730 MHz, though it can boost up to 780 MHz dynamically. The GPU addresses 2 GB of DDR3 memory, which is clocked at an effective speed of 1.8 GHz and runs over a 128-bit memory interface.
I/O connectivity is taken care of by two HDMI 1.4a ports, and nothing more. They are also covered by a low-profile expansion slot bracket as the default kit.
No word on pricing or availability yet.
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ferooxidan if it has the GTX750Ti level of performance then it will be the perfect gpu for HTPC buildReply -
rolandzhang3 Performance-wise it'd only be around a 6670, which is about a third or less than that of a 750 TiReply -
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.Reply -
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.Reply -
scannall Replywhy 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.