"A little less than 2 years ago AMD launched their latest generation of video card products, the Radeon HD 7000 series. Based on the brand-new TSMC 28nm process, these have been some of the most successful AMD products in years, seeing AMD fight with NVIDIA head-to-head for a time for the performance crown. Perhaps as a testament to that success they’ve quickly been racking up one of the longest retail shelf lives of any AMD product, with the first 7000 series products coming up on two years ago.

Over time however all things change, and in the world of video cards it can never come a moment too soon. Previously announced at AMD’s 2014 GPU Product Showcase and launching this week will be AMD’s successor to the Radeon HD 7000 series, the Radeon 200 series. AMD doesn’t have a new process node to work with here and as such we’re not going to see anything mirroring the likes of the 7000 series launch or the 5000 series launch, but by building upon their hardy Graphics Core Next architecture, the company does have some interesting ideas in how to refresh their product lines for the next generation."

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