HIS to Release Radeon HD 4830 with IceQ 4 Cooling

The Santa Clara, California-based leading chip maker Intel has just unveiled its next-generation of desktop processors, the Core i7, which have been designed on the company's new Nehalem micro-architecture. As it was to be expected, several major PC vendors have rushed to introduce their new Core i7-based desktop configurations, which have one more thing in common, aside from the new CPU.

 

Almost all of the recently announced desktop computer systems have been built with one of AMD's mainstream or high-end discrete graphics card, part of the company's Radeon HD 4000-series. This only goes to prove the success rate of AMD's recently introduced graphics cards, which, in turn, should guarantee a considerable boost in revenues for the Sunnyvale, California-based chip maker.

 

AMD isn't the only one that is taking advantage of the new moneymaker, as the company's board partners have also boosted their profits with the new cards. HIS is one of AMD's largest board partners, so it is only natural for it to further expand its desktop graphics card lineup with the upcoming release of a new Radeon HD 4830-based graphics card, which is set to feature the proprietary new IceQ cooling solution, the IceQ 4.

 

According to TCMagazine, the upcoming HIS graphics card is slated to deliver the performance of a 575MHz GPU, which has been combined with 512MB of GDDR3 memory, running at 1800MHz. The card also packs a decent 640 Stream processors, and will provide users with support for Microsoft's DirectX 10.1, much like all of the recent Radeon graphics cards that have been released on the market. The dual-slot, dual heatpipe cooling solution should effectively dissipate the heat over the mainstream Radeon graphics processor, as the card itself uses the same PCB and cooler design as is to be found on the Radeon HD 4850 IceQ 4.

 

The card is expected to become available in Europe soon, with a price tag of €140.