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So I was at Best Buy....

cjeffcoatjr
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And I saw this http://shop.amd.com/us/All/Detail/GraphicCard/R5230ACLHR. R5 230?! When did this happen?!

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literally the crappiest waste of money on the market today haha 

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literally the crappiest waste of money on the market today haha 

Pretty much. That was my first reaction. 

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lol i feel like that card is worse than intel hd 4400 

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http://www.game-debate.com/hardware/?gid=1887&graphics=Radeon%20R5%20230 haha that core clock speed :PPP 

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Those things only exist for people who want multiple monitors and for OEM's to put into overpriced pre-builts.

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It was probably the left over crap in the warehouse that AMD wanted to get rid of and Best Buy is just tech illiterate enough to carry it.

 

 

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Look, it has 2GB of VRAM - that card is so beast! :D

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Look, it has 2GB of VRAM - that card is so beast! :D

It's twice as fast as my GTX 560s!

 

/sarcasm

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