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Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 Video Card Review
Author: William West
Published: Monday, February 16, 2009
Specifications and Test Setup
Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 GDDR4 Specifications
Core Clock: 750MHz
Stream Processors: 320 units
Memory Interface: 128-bit
Memory Amount/Type: 512MB/GDDR4 Memory
Memory Clock: 1100MHz (2.2GHz effective)
DirectX Compliance: 10.1
Shader Model: 4.1
Connection: PCI Express 2.0 16x
Multi-GPU Support: CrossfireX
Power Management Support: ATI PowerPlay Technology
Stream Processors: 320 units
Memory Interface: 128-bit
Memory Amount/Type: 512MB/GDDR4 Memory
Memory Clock: 1100MHz (2.2GHz effective)
DirectX Compliance: 10.1
Shader Model: 4.1
Connection: PCI Express 2.0 16x
Multi-GPU Support: CrossfireX
Power Management Support: ATI PowerPlay Technology
System as it was tested
Intel i7 920 Processor @ 4GHz
Foxconn X58 BloodRage Motherboard
3 x 2GB of DDR3 1600 RAM
Seagate 7200.11 1TB Hard Drive
Windows Vista 32-bit w/SP1
Catalyst 9.1 Drivers
Foxconn X58 BloodRage Motherboard
3 x 2GB of DDR3 1600 RAM
Seagate 7200.11 1TB Hard Drive
Windows Vista 32-bit w/SP1
Catalyst 9.1 Drivers
Video Cards
Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 w/512MB GDDR4
ATI Radeon HD 4850 w/512MB GDDR3
ATI Radeon HD 4850 w/512MB GDDR3
The testing setup used in our reviews features a higher end system that anyone might have however does not reflect the exact buying audience of all the graphic card owners systems. The reason for this is to minimize any kind of bottlenecks from the system as they can interfere with the performance of the graphic card.
We are using the Radeon HD 4850 512MB of DDR3 RAM as the baseline card for our testing. The 4850's are a strong performing video card with a very good price range. It sits in the $130-$160 price range and is on the bottom of the high-end graphic cards segment.
With all that being said the Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 is being pitted against the Radeon HD 4850 to illustrate a bang for the buck between the two cards. Is the Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 strong enough to satisfy most thrifty gamers for under $100?
Lets find out!
We are using the Radeon HD 4850 512MB of DDR3 RAM as the baseline card for our testing. The 4850's are a strong performing video card with a very good price range. It sits in the $130-$160 price range and is on the bottom of the high-end graphic cards segment.
With all that being said the Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 is being pitted against the Radeon HD 4850 to illustrate a bang for the buck between the two cards. Is the Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 strong enough to satisfy most thrifty gamers for under $100?
Lets find out!
