AMD Targets IT Managers with New ATI FirePro RG220 Graphics Card

Posted 05/05/2010 at 4:43am | by Paul Lilly

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Gamers aren't the only ones graphics card makers have in their sights. Such is the case with AMD's new remote graphics option  -- the ATI FirePro RG220 -- which the company hopes will entice IT managers seeking to replace existing desktop workstations with energy-efficient thin-client solutions.

"Power consumption restrictions in crowded office buildings cause headaches for IT managers trying to find the right balance between energy efficiency, system performance and IT spend for the work environments they manage," said Janet Matsuda, senior director, Professional Graphics, AMD. "The ATI FirePro RG220 can be part of a secure, easy to manage solution, and is now available to enterprises that need to deploy updates to multiple users simultaneously, while still giving the end user the full PC experience they’re accustomed to."

AMD says the FirePro RG220 consumes only 35 watts under a full load. It comes with 512MB of on-board graphics memory and measures half the length of a standard PCI-E card, so IT admins can squeeze it into smaller systems and only take up a single slot within a server.

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