AMD launches its latest low-cost graphics chip for gamers

Advanced Micro Devices is launching a new graphics chip today that brings high-end gaming features to low-end PCs. The chip maker is unveiling the AMD Radeon R7 265 graphics chip at a $149 price point that makes high-end 3D graphics available to a wider group of gamers.

The new card offers features such as a default 2GB of GDDR5 memory on a fast memory pathway (256-bit memory bus). It uses AMD’s Graphics Core Next and more efficient PowerTune power-consumption technology. It can drive six monitors at once, and it supports AMD’s new Mantle driver as well as DirectX 11.2.

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The graphics cards using the chip will be available from a variety of vendors in late February. Meanwhile, AMD will cut the price of the existing AMD Radeon R7 260X to $119.