14 DAY TRIAL // Low-end video cards can usually make do with a low profile printed circuit board, but MSI might have been unable to make the PCB of its latest product so small without being forced to let it take up two slots. Either that or it just didn't feel like it.
Whatever the cause, the company has put together a new Radeon R5 230 graphics card, one with the Caicos Pro 28nm GPU working at 625 MHz.
For those seeking more details, the Caicos Pro has 160 stream processors and a DDR3 memory bus of 64 bits. Low specs, basically, but that was the whole point.
MSI must want this used in home-theater personal computers and other small, perhaps cubic PCs where silence and affordability are more important than performance. We can understand that, since even the weakest video card can easily run 4K videos.
On that note, the new MSI Radeon R5 230 possesses dual-link DVI, HDMI 1.4a, and D-Sub ports, plus 1 GB of DDR3 RAM at 1 GHz.
The price wasn't specifically mentioned, but it will be of under $50 / €40. Alas, shipments might not begin at the same time in every part of the world, so don't be too bemused if it doesn't show up on your favored retailer immediately.
