14 DAY TRIAL // The past few weeks have been quite rich in news about new video cards, but most of them were meant for the high-end market or the upper part of the mainstream, so Gigabyte figured it would go ahead and provide something for the entry-level segment as well.
Gigabyte did not exactly issue a new press release to announce the latest video card, but its website was updated with a new product page.
The product page in question belongs to the newest iteration of the low-end HD 5000 graphics card developed by Advanced Micro Devices.
The AMD video board in question is the Radeon HD 5670 and is powered by the Redwood graphics processing unit.
The new model from Gigabyte goes by the name GV-R567D3-1GI and, to reach a lower price point, uses a slower and more affordable type of memory.
To be more specific, it features 1 GB of DDR3 VRAM clocked at 1,600 MHz instead of 1 GB of GDDR5 at 4,000 MHz.
The rest of the specifications have the GPU running at 775 MHz, 400 stream processors and multiple video output. The list of connectors includes D-Sub, DVI and a gold-plated HDMI connector.
As for what the product lacks, it is designed without a TV-OUT, among other things.
CrossFireX is, on the other hand, supported, as is Avivo HD, for playback of any multimedia in very high quality.
Still, it does retain support for DirectX 11, OpenGL 3.1 and Shader Model 5.0, although the specs won't really cope with demanding games.
Unfortunately, no exact pricing or availability details are known at this time, but seeing as how every other bit of info already exists, one can assume that it won't take long for online listings to crop up.
Meanwhile, those seeking a first-hand view of all available information need only drop by this page.