14 DAY TRIAL // As hard as it might be to fathom, there still are Intel and AMD CPUs without integrated graphics processors, which means there is a market for entry-level add-in video boards, however small. AMD has just released one.
The graphics card is powered by the Caicos graphics processing unit and goes by the name of Radeon R5 230.
It has 1 GB of VRAM, but it's not GDDR5. Instead, it's DDR3 clocked at 1,066 MHz, which is lower than the standard 1,333 MHz / 1,600 MHz.
Meanwhile, the Caicos GPU itself has 160 stream processors, 8 texture mapping units (TMUs), four raster operating units (ROPs) and a clock of 625 MHz.
All in all, it's a really weak adapter, meant only to fill in the blank when a computer (nettop or HTPC) uses an Intel or AMD CPU without integrated graphics of its own.
Considering that most CPUs and all APUs have such graphics of various strength, that means the market for the newcomer is pretty small.
Nevertheless, AMD's various partners are launching their own version of the board. Above is the Club 3D Noiseless Edition, which uses a passive cooler (other boards have a small fan). The price should be of around $50 / €50 for each of them.