AMD Radeon R9 Nano Video Card Specifications, Release Info, and Pricing Officially Revealed

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AMD Radeon R9 Nano Video Card 

 

 

 

AMD has officially revealed the Radeon R9 Nano, a quiet and power efficient graphics card designed for small form factor PCs. Measuring about six inches in length, the Radeon R9 Nano uses High-Bandwidth Memory (HBM), and features 30 percent more performance and 30 percent lower power consumption (175W) than the AMD Radeon R9 290X card. This enables gaming enthusiasts and modders to build compact entertainment systems with enough power to deliver 4K gaming to their living room televisions along with VR experiences.

 

 

When it comes to performance the folks over at AMD believe that the AMD Radeon R9 Nano is the fastest Mini-ITX graphics card to ever be released. They included some 4K performance results against the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Mini-ITX graphics card to show that this tiny card is superior and has enough horsepower to beat one of NVIDIA’s flagship series cards. Then again, the Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 Mini ITX Overclocked 4GB video card is priced at $312.99 shipped and this card is $649. Getting 30% more performance for more than doubling the price point is going to get a bunch of people fired up. If the AMD Radeon R9 Nano was priced at $399 it would be much more appealing gamers, but it isn’t and you have to keep in mind that it’s the full Fiji GPU.

 

 

 

First shown at E3 2015, the Radeon R9 Nano uses the graphics chip codenamed "Fiji," and will be available starting September 7, 2015 . The compact video card will support DirectX 12, AMD Eyefinity, AMD Crossfire, AMD FreeSync, AMD LiquidVR, and 4K Resolution.

 

 

 

 

 

AMD Radeon R9 Nano Graphics Card Specifications: