Designed for gamers, the AMD Radeon R7 Graphics was marketed in January 2014. It is one of the most recommended graphics cards, still today. But let's take a closer look at some of its features.
To display even more details, we will see, at the end of the article, the main characteristics of one of the models: the AMD Radeon R7 260X 2 GB.
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Robust and efficient
When we talk about the AMD Radeon R7 Graphics, we often cite its low consumption. In addition, it is an integrated graphics card based on GCN 2.0 architecture. For information, GCN stands for “Graphics Core Next”.
This graphics card natively supports 4K resolution, i.e. 4096 x 2160 pixels. This is thanks to “Eyefinity” technology which has been designed to support HD and Ultra HD. It can thus display, with good fluidity, the animations of most games.
On the sound side, it supports Dolby True HD and DTS-HD Master Audio formats. Needless to say, this is quality sound. Indeed, the Dolby TrueHD format is a lossless audio codec. The DTS-HD Master Audio format is also a lossless format that allows sound reproduction on 8 channels.
Generally speaking, the AMD Radeon R7 Graphics combines low consumption, high performance and very attractive prices.
The graphics are simply stunning when you try 3D games, which are not very resource-intensive.
The most recent models of this integrated graphics card have at least 2 GB of DDR5 memory.
Great compatibility
The AMD Radeon R7 Graphics is compatible with DirectX 11.2, which is natively present on computers equipped with Windows 8.1.
The graphics card is quite small and compact. This makes mounting in small towers easier.
It is a graphics card that displays most online games particularly well. Obviously, if you try this card with very heavy 3D games, you will most certainly be disappointed. However, for most games, the AMD Radeon R7 Graphics is more than adequate.
Connections
We generally note the presence of 3 video outputs:
- A DisplayPort output
- A DVI output
- An HDMI output
On some models of the R7 series, there are 2 DVI outputs.
Detailed characteristics of a model: the AMD Radeon R7 260X 2 GB
This graphics card incorporates the main characteristics of the series, with the addition of some features that are specific to it.
It is just as compact as the others because its length does not exceed 17 cm.
There is a feature that allows you to stop the fan when the computer screen goes to sleep: this is the ZeroCore Power function. Consumption is then reduced.
The AMD Radeon R7 260X has a Bonaire graphics processing unit (GPU). This GPU has 896 computing units, 16 rendering units and 56 texturing units. The GPU frequency is 1100 MHz. The memory, for its part, has a frequency of 1625 MHz. Its bus is 128 bits. This card supports H.264 and HEVC (or H.265) codecs. It supports DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.6, OpenCL 2.0, Vulkan 1.2…
The AMD Radeon R7 260X is rather quiet when not under too much stress. But, it gets quite loud during games. That said, this should not bother players too much during the game.
It is often contrasted with the Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti graphics card, which remains quite silent, even when it is heavily used.
We compare the Radeon R7 260X to its sister the Radeon HD 7790. But the latter only has 1 GB of memory and displays lower frequencies.
On the connectivity side, we note the presence of 4 outputs: 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort. We connect the graphics card to the rest of the system via a PCI-Express 3.0 x16 port.
Conclusion
The AMD Radeon R7 Graphics is still one of the most widely used graphics cards today. Its quality/price ratio is very correct. It natively supports HD and 4K formats. It offers quality sound and has 2 GB of GDDR5 memory. Some models can be found for almost 125 euros, for example. At this price, you shouldn't deprive yourself of it...
