Tuesday, August 19th 2008
Radeon HD 4600 Series Slated for September, Two Models in the Making
Based on the new RV730 graphics processor from AMD, the Radeon HD 4600 series is set for a September release. There are two models to start with in this series: Radeon HD 4650 and Radeon HD 4670. The HD 4650 is positioned to compete with the GeForce 9500 GT while the HD 4670 is in improvement over it. Both cards are built for HD entertainment, media and casual gaming added.
Specifications for the HD 4650 are as follows:
Source:
GPU Café
Specifications for the HD 4650 are as follows:
- 600 MHz core speed
- 667 MHz memory speed
- 512 MB of DDR2 or GDDR3 memory
- 21.3 GB/s memory bandwidth
- 320 Stream Processors
- 384 GFLOPs of shader compute power
- 16 TMUs
- UVD2 Video Processing Engine
- 55 W TDP, 55nm Silicon Fab. Process
- 750 MHz core speed
- 1000 MHz memory speed
- 512/1024 MB of GDDR3 memory
- 32 GB/s memory bandwidth
- 320 Stream Processors
- 480 GFLOPs of shader compute power
- 16 TMUs
- UVD2 Video Processing Engine
- 70 W TDP, 55nm Silicon Fab. Process
13 Comments on Radeon HD 4600 Series Slated for September, Two Models in the Making
While this is just a guess, i think it will have 8 ROP's.
Because the HD4670 has more compute power, i think it will be at least as fast as the HD3850 @ 1280x1024 where memory bandwidth is not such an issue. Considering these cards are meant for cheaper computers, most of those computers are accompanied with a 19" monitor.
I guess the (possible) intro price of $130 is quiet steep but it will fall really fast (just like the price of 2600XT fell really fast). I think in one or two months you can buy these for under $100.