Tuesday, August 18th 2009
XFX Readies HD 4650 AGP Graphics Card, Too
Following the likes of Sapphire, HIS, and PowerColor, XFX unveiled a Radeon HD 4600 series accelerator based on ye olde AGP-8X interface, its first ATI GPU based graphics card on the interface. The XFX Radeon HD 4650 sticks to the trademark XFX-ATI color scheme, with a black PCB and heatsink, with red-colored connectors. The cooler design confines the card to a single-slot space, and consists of a fan nested into the heatsink.
The card features 320 stream processors, a GPU clock speed of 600 MHz, and 128-bit DDR2 memory running at 800 MHz. It comes in two variants: 512 MB and 1 GB. The usual output configuration of dual DVI-D and HDTV connectors is in place. The latest Radeon HD 4000 series feature-set is in place, including DirectX 10.1 support, UVD 2.0, and AvivoHD. The 1 GB variant is priced at US $90, so expect the 512 MB one to be priced lower.
Source:
Hexus.net
The card features 320 stream processors, a GPU clock speed of 600 MHz, and 128-bit DDR2 memory running at 800 MHz. It comes in two variants: 512 MB and 1 GB. The usual output configuration of dual DVI-D and HDTV connectors is in place. The latest Radeon HD 4000 series feature-set is in place, including DirectX 10.1 support, UVD 2.0, and AvivoHD. The 1 GB variant is priced at US $90, so expect the 512 MB one to be priced lower.
19 Comments on XFX Readies HD 4650 AGP Graphics Card, Too
If this thing is also QUIET, I would use this to swap out older cards in some of the older machines in the family/soho.
EDIT, Sapphire does a 2xDVI AGP 4650 too. But cooler not as good: geizhals.at/deutschland/a450166.html
Ugh, AGP just won't die...
IDE and VGA just won't die too. Neither will COM! And OMG some people still use BIOS and not EFI. Why are wireless a/b/g adapters still available? Awful isnt it? And s775? They should make all current software incompatible with s775. Oh, wait...
The fact that sales taxes in the US are SO MUCH LOWER than is the EU is a different question altogether.
nothing sharpens the 'ol brain better than writing some batch files....err or something...
I wish there was a $20 AGP card that could do hardware VC1 and H.264....
Ah yes, it is true, in US hardware prices are realy much lower than in EU, especially in Latvia xD
If gaming, and buying new, I would go for the 4670. I find the HD3850 way too noisy. A 4670 will work with an older PSU too, without stressing it like a 3850 might.
If using dual monitors with DVI, the 4650 makes sense for a workstation/gamer. But outright, the 3850 is still faster... albeit hotter, noiser and higher power consumption.