From now on two new models in the professional graphics cards from AMD will round out the portfolio down. Is marketed under the label FirePro graphics cards, especially to the needs of professional users that deal with CAD or similar programs. For players the cards are possible uninteresting as they are held back artificially by firmware in DirectX calculations.
The smaller FirePro 2270 will come in a low profile design and is cooled completely passively. She has a large 512MB DDR3 memory to temporarily store large data. Port side there are the customers both DVI, VGA and Display Port are available with VGA display port and must be implemented via adapters. With a low power consumption of 15 watts should the card fit into older systems, if they already have on the PCI Express bus.
The greater growth, the FirePro V5800 comes with a normal size and therefore also in the single slot design. In contrast to the little sister needs this an active cooler to the heat effect from 75 watts to run. But the performance is also correspondingly larger, the V5800 offers full 800 stream processors and a large 1GB of GDDR5 memory, which is a 128-bit wide memory interface addressed. In contrast to the FirePro V5800 of 2270 there are two DVI outputs, so a corresponding Adaper almost always will be needed.
Both cards are available today for $ 149 U.S. $ 469 respectively with the Board partners, and come with a three-year warranty. The entire range of FireGL cards can be viewed here.
source: AMD