Thursday, August 21st 2008
ATI's Junior League Strikes a Pose: RV730 XT/Pro and RV710 Pictured
Hexus.net pictured the RV730 series and RV710 based reference graphics cards that will populate ATI's low-thru-mid range of products under the successful Radeon HD 4000 series. In the picture, the RV730 XT based Radeon HD 4670 is to the left in the foreground. Next to it (right), is the RV 730 Pro. The card in the center (background) is the RV710 that's passively cooled. The specifications of the RV730 cards can be read here. Little is known about RV710 at this point, except that it comes in two models, using DDR2 or GDDR3 memory and will be branded as Radeon HD 4450 and HD 4470. Here's a picture of a RV710 based card that is passively cooled this model seems to come with a DVI port along with a HDMI and DisplayPort connector.
The full article can be read here.
6 Comments on ATI's Junior League Strikes a Pose: RV730 XT/Pro and RV710 Pictured
I know the RV710 competes with the 9400GT, but neither really needs to exist, IMO. Basically the 9400GT is just replacing the 8500GT because nVidia wants to get everything moved away from the 8000 series by releasing the same cards in the 9000 series but one sub number down(8600 becomes 9500, 8500 becomes 9400).
But with an 8500GT going from $50, and the 8400GS going for $30, why would anyone look at these new cards if they are only looking for a descrete card to move away from onboard. Neither card will be any good for gaming.