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AMD Radeon HD 4670: Ruling from Top to Bottom
AMD Radeon HD 4670: Ruling from Top to Bottom
Date: September 10th, 2008
Topic: Video Card
Manufacturer: AMD
Author: Derek Wilson
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The Charts

If you prefer having all of the data in individual bar graphs, here you go.

These graphs are collected from our 1280x1024 data. The 4670 leads its competition more often than not, including the more expensive 9600 GSO. There are a couple times where the NVIDIA part pulls ahead, but it's clear that the 4670 would be a better value even if the 9600 GSO hit the same price point.

Additionally, for the 4670, only two of these numbers are less than playable and one is borderline. In general, the 4670 shows that at 1280x1024, it can handle all the current games you might throw at it. In the tests where AA is enabled, the 4670 shows that it has an added advantage, which matters much more at low resolutions than high ones.

Crysis

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars

Oblivion

Oblivion

Age of Conan

Race Driver GRID

Race Driver GRID

Crysis High Quality

Crysis Medium (+high shade) 4xAA

The Witcher

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Haha by FishTankX, 517 days ago
I think this is the only article i've ever seen that uses the term 'Epic fail' in the conclusion.

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WTF? When did Anandtech turn into bit-tech? by fri2219, 517 days ago
Not to mention "loose" in place of the word lose...

Terrible review, even worse writing.

This isn't up to Anandtech standards.

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RE: WTF? When did Anandtech turn into bit-tech? by regnez, 517 days ago
Well, we certainly look forward to your review of this card in the very near future, then. Or at the very least, some constructive criticism. If you cannot provide either of those, how about you just STFU?

Also, I would not be surprised to see this card in an iMac refresh, courtesy of its low-power/decent performance. Certainly it would be an improvement over the 2400/2600 GPUs they have now, at least for the baseline models.

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RE: WTF? When did Anandtech turn into bit-tech? by fri2219, 516 days ago
Does your daddy's dick still taste like your shit?

I look forward to your review of all the penises you've licked the shit off in the future.

Until then, shut the fuck up/

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RE: WTF? When did Anandtech turn into bit-tech? by xeutonmojukai, 515 days ago
Petty bickering makes one look petty, nothing more.

Besides that, I have an interest in your expert assessment of your own experience licking feces off of male genitalia, since I'm sure it would be riveting compared to your new rival's most likely empty repertoire of anecdotes.

Back on-topic, I found this review to be great, and I also find that spelling is about as relevant to the quality of a person's writing of a review as an incoherent username is to the inherent coolness of the user on a reply thread.

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RE: WTF? When did Anandtech turn into bit-tech? by Megaknight, 517 days ago
Why is it a terrible review? Beacause it shows Nvidia sells old technology like it was new and screws the less informed people?

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RE: Haha by n00bxqb, 517 days ago
Same here ... I approve of this term :)

As for the HD 4670, keep in mind that this WILL make its way into MAINSTREAM computers (i.e. Dells and HPs), which is a very good thing. The 9600 GSO and 9600 GT probably won't find a home in these PCs because, let's face it, those cards at the $100 price-point aren't high margin and Nvidia and their partners aren't going to be able to offer the kind of substantial discount to OEMs like they can on items like the HD 4670 and 9500 GT.

Also, given the low power consumption, I could see this making its way into laptops soon as well in the $700-$1000 price range.

This will be good not only for your uneducated mainstream computer buyer, but it will also be good for AMD, which really needs it right now, and the PC gaming industry, which also really needs increased demand right now, too.

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RE: Haha by piroroadkill, 517 days ago
Eh, don't be so elitist and stuffy, if the article is good - and it is - then it doesn't really matter.

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Overclocking? by kmmatney, 517 days ago
Any overclocking potential on this card?

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RE: Overclocking? by AssBall, 517 days ago
I would also be interested in this, as my 3850 seems to overclock nicely, and 10% more performance out of a budget card is very nice if you can swing it.

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