AMD is kicking off the first quarter with some aggressive changes to its GPU roadmap, starting with the launch of a new $150 GPU this morning. The aptly-named R7 265 is sliding into the $150 bracket — and causing some significant price upheaval in the process. The “new” card itself is a rebadged 28nm GCN part — this is an R9 270, with fewer cores and a wider memory interfaceThe R7 265 should be effective competition for Nvidia in the $150 price bracket, but it also comes with an added bonus: AMD’s lower-end GPUs are getting a significant price cut.
AMD is kicking off the first quarter with some aggressive changes to its GPU roadmap, starting with the launch of a new $150 GPU this morning. The aptly-named R7 265 is sliding into the $150 bracket — and causing some significant price upheaval in the process. The “new” card itself is a rebadged 28nm GCN part — this is an R9 270, with fewer cores and a wider memory interfaceThe R7 265 should be effective competition for Nvidia in the $150 price bracket, but it also comes with an added bonus: AMD’s lower-end GPUs are getting a significant price cut.



