Review and testing of the AMD Radeon R9 M375 video card: Test | Specs | CPU | Config

The graphics card for notebooks AMD Radeon R9 M375 belongs to the next generation graphics accelerators, the graphics card is based on the GCN architecture. AMD Radeon R9 M375, like all mobile video cards from AMD of the 300 series, is manufactured according to the 28nm process technology. The basis of the new video card is the outdated Cape Verde chip, which appeared in 2012. The R9 M375 card can be equipped with two types of memory – slow DDR3 or fast GDDR5, but at the moment the latter option is not found yet.

The video card uses 640 universal shader processors that operate at a base frequency of 1015 MHz. Two gigabytes of DDR 3 memory are clocked at 2200 MHz. The Radeon R9 M375 belongs to the category of mid-range graphics solutions. This video adapter can handle modern demanding games only at medium detail settings and display resolutions of no more than 720p. The closest competitor to AMD’s Radeon R9 M375 is likely to be the Nvidia GeForce 940 video adapter.

The R9 series graphics cards have many features and additional capabilities. For example, ZeroCore technology saves energy consumption when the display is off, and Power Gating temporarily deactivates those areas of the chip that are not currently being used. Enduro automatically switches between integrated and discrete graphics (a follow-up to AMD Dynamic Switchable Graphics). Support for multiple monitors with Eyefinity, and overclocking / decelerating the graphics frequency with PowerTune within the specified TDP (the frequency can be lowered when running FurMark and OCCT, and increased in some games). In addition, the video card is capable of handling HD video Multi-View Codec (MVC) and MPEG-4 part 2 (DivX, xVid), as well as MPEG-4 AVC / H.264, VC-1, MPEG-2 and Flash. The built-in HD audio processor is capable of delivering TrueHD or DTS Master Audio files via HDMI and DisplayPort (for example, for Blu-Ray video) and supports DDMA.

Specifications

Synthetic tests

• 3DMark (2013) – Fire Strike Standard Graphics:1667
• 3DMark 11 – Performance GPU: 33515

Game testing

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. At medium settings (1366×768, Medium, 4xAA), the average number of FPS in the game was 35. At high graphics settings (1920×1080, High, FXAF) – 17 PS.

Dragon Age: Inquisition. At medium graphics settings (1366 x 768, Medium,) – 33 FPS. When the graphics settings were increased to the level (1920×1080, High}, the average FPS level dropped to 21.

BioShock Infinite. At medium settings (1366×768, Medium, AF, AA), the average number of FPS in the game was 53. At high graphics settings (1366×768, High, AA, AF) – 44 FPS.

Tomb Raider. The resolution is 1366×768 pixels, the graphics settings in the game (Normal, FXAA 4xAF), the average FPS was 50. When the resolution was increased to the level of 1366×768 pixels, the graphics settings in the game (High, FXAA 8xAF) averaged 36 FPS.