ATI Radeon HD 4350 and 4550: Great HTPC Solutions
by Derek Wilson on September 30, 2008 12:45 AM EST- Posted in
- GPUs
The Test
| Test Setup | |
| CPU | Intel Core 2 Extreme
QX9770 @ 3.20GHz |
| Motherboard | EVGA nForce 790i SLI |
| Video Cards | ATI Radeon HD 4670 (512MB GDDR3) |
| Video Drivers | Catalyst Press Driver 8.9 Beta ForceWare 178.13 |
| Hard Drive | Seagate 7200.9 120GB 8MB 7200RPM |
| RAM | 4 x 1GB Corsair DDR3-1333 7-7-7-20 |
| Operating System | Windows Vista Ultimate
64-bit SP1 |
| PSU | PC Power & Cooling Turbo Cool 1200W |
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xeutonmojukai - Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - link
so let's get this straight:AMD has the best two-GPU-one-card solution on the market.
They have the best HTPC cards on the market.
They have the best single slot card on the market.
They have the best entry-level card for quality gaming.
They have the best integrated graphics...
Not only that, but their prices seem to remain very low...
I just hope all this inevitable revenue goes towards an excellent CPU line next generation.
whatthehey - Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - link
Given the above is pretty much what Anandtech has said during the past couple of months, I love how all the idiots out there still try to say this site is biased against AMD and is in the pocket of NVIDIA and Intel. I've been a reader for a LONG time, and let me tell you I've seen them praise any company with a superior product. Sorry folkds, but the AMD CPUs right now simply can't stand up to Intel. NVIDIA is also better in several areas, but at least it's a generally close match.In summary: A great big F U to all those Inquirer readers.
tuteja1986 - Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - link
Will it come in APG ?erikejw - Wednesday, October 1, 2008 - link
"For our comparison to integrated graphics, we looked at two games: Crysis and Oblivion. These games tend to cover the spectrum fairly well from DX9 to DX10, and they tell the same story: integrated graphics suck."So you really beleive that casual gamers will go out and buy the 2 most demanding games released(when new). That is quite hilarious.
A casual gamer might want to play a game someone bought them for christmas like a 3d golf game or a race game or a strategy game or even a good fps shooter, not that common for casual gamers though.
Why not compare those games instead of picking out crysis, hell, even last generation 500$ card have problems with that game.
How about making a comparison of "normal" games and see what resolution you can play them. Who cares if you get 4 or 7 fps in Crysis with 2 different IGP solutions. I wan't to know if I can play a game at all and in what resolution.
Of course IGP solutions is worthless for hardcore gamers, noone will claim anything else.However a good reviewer will have the ability to look beyond his own needs.
IGP are supposed to be slower than discrete cards, that doesn't make them worthless.
erikejw - Wednesday, October 1, 2008 - link
I was mostly wrong here.I didn't even care to read the end before I wrote my response.
I read the other review for a few days ago that the Shrimp did and this is directed towards that article and I thought you would do the same.
You used a weird choice of games but you did put in settings that made the games playable and you compared resolutions that would make the game playable, hats off for that.