AMD Launches ATI Radeon HD 4830 Series Graphics Card

AMD introduced the ATI Radeon HD 4830 graphics card, raising the performance bar for graphics cards priced at less than $150 (approx Rs. 7,500). The card supports AMD's second generation Unified Video Decoder (UVD 2.0), ATI Avivo HD technology and Hardware DivX and MPEG-1 video decode acceleration.

The HD 4830 has an integrated HD audio controller with support for stereo and multi-channel (up to 7.1) audio formats, including AC-3, AAC, DTS, enabling a plug-and-play audio solution over HDMI. It has a 256-bit GDDR3 memory interface and 640 stream processing units.

The press release said the ATI Radeon HD 4830 graphics card is supported by a dozen add-in-board companies offering custom designs of the products. Partners include ASUS, Club 3D, Diamond Multimedia, Force3D, GECUBE, GIGABYTE, HIS (Hightech Information Systems), Jetway, MSI, Palit Multimedia, PowerColor, SAPPHIRE Technology and VisionTek. It is expected to be available immediately.

Other cards in the HD 4800 series are the HD 4870 / 4870 X2 and the HD 4850. Though the indicative pricing is $150 (Rs. 7,500 approximately), the exact pricing depends on the vendors and variations like amount of video RAM, overclocked versions, type of cooling, etc.