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ATI Radeon HD 4600
$60.00
Released October, 2009
The Pros:Over 30fps performance on most games with medium to low settings. Good video and interface. Low power consumption at 50 and 60 watts.
The Cons:The fans on this and many other ATI cards do not last long and either burn up or start making bad noises. No DirectX 11 support - DX 10.1 only. Passively cooled versions available for HTPC builds and silence enthusiasts.
The ATI Radeon HD 4600 is a mid-range series of graphics cards, designed to deliver good gaming performance at a sub-$100 price point. The series includes three models, the 600MHz HD 4650 with 512 MB GDDR2, and the 750MHz HD 4670 with either 512 MB or 1 GB GDDR3 memory.
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The latter consume under 60 W of power, and the former under 50 W, as PowerPlay technology aims to reduce power consumption through performance-on-demand and central thermal management systems. The series supports DirectX 10.1, and features ATI CrossFireX technology for multi-GPU scalability. They also support HDMI and DisplayPort outputs, enabling full HD video and gaming on 1080p displays.
Features
- 512MB/1GB memory
- 600/750MHz clock speed
- 514 million transistors (55nm process)
- 320 stream processors
- Advanced multi-sample anti-aliasing
- DirectX 10.1
- PCI Express 2.0
- OpenGL 3.1
- Avivo HD
- ATI CrossFireX multi-GPU support
- ATI PowerPlay power management
- DisplayPlay/HDMI output support
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over 30fps performance on most games with medium to low settings
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low power consumption at 50 and 60 watts
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bus powered - no additional power connection from the power supply required
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suitable for HTPC builds - single slot design, 1080p playback and HDMI output
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scalable - can be paired with another Radeon HD card in CrossFireX mode
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offloads HD video playback from the CPU onto the GPU
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The fans on this and many other ATI cards do not last long and either burn up or start making bad noises.
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no DirectX 11 support - DX 10.1 only
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passively cooled versions available for HTPC builds and silence enthusiasts
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