Is R7-240 the minimum requirement with full Crimson driver support?

[waltchan]

HELP, is there anything cheaper than R7-240 that has full, official Radeon Crimson driver support? I'm trying to order a ASRock 970M board, but still have trouble finding the right low-cost card. I can't believe R5-230 doesn't qualify and still listed under legacy page, despite the R5 newest name and ends up being a marketing scam. How much higher-end model I need to go without breaking my bank? Shame on AMD.

http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop/legacy?product=legacy3&os=Windows+10+-+64

So, what's the least-expensive official Windows 10 graphics card I can buy with full Crimson driver support? What's the successor model to HD5450 or R5-230?

Outside of graphics card, E1-2100 mobile processor qualifies for full Crimson support, while A10-6800K FM2 doesn't. Sad... :'(

 

[Silverforce11]

Anything with GCN, that dates back to 2011.

 

[SPBHM]

Anything with GCN, that dates back to 2011.

GCN started to be sold in January 2012 (7900, followed by 7800 and 7700s on the next month I think)
everything from 2011 is on legacy Crimson

basically any AMD GPU newer than the 7970 that is not a rebrand will support regular Crimson and DX12.

from AMD, I would think the cheapest GPU (excluding IGPs) with GCN is indeed the r7 240, unless you can find something like a 7730 for even less, which is probably not the case.

r5 230 is a 6450, so no, it's legacy.

 

[greatnoob]

Yup, I can confirm the r7 240 does support Crimson driver updates. I hope you're not using it for new games being released

 

[waltchan]

Not impressed. I've been using the supplied, FREE Radeon HD3000 in Gigabyte 78LMT-USB3 board for too long now. This board with HDMI is a good excuse to avoid buying a separate graphics card.

 

[Headfoot]

If you're actually using the graphics card for anything, the r5 230 is an absolute turd. Better off with integrated graphics on any modern process than with that.

 

[waltchan]

What's the previous model released in 2012-2013 before R7-240 come out in 2014? Is R7-240 part of HD-8000 series?

 

[JimKiler]

I got my in laws a 5000 series since that was the lowest support for Win10 drivers and then 2 months later crimson came out and this card only got the original release drivers. Doh!