Friday, July 17th 2009
HIS Readying AGP HD 4670
ATI partners continue to show love to AGP users. HIS and PowerColor in particular, have been planning AGP graphics cards based on mid-range, current-generation Radeon HD 4000 series GPUs for a while now. It looks HIS is the first one to materialise them, with the HIS HD 4670 IceQ AGP. The company came up with another of its IceQ series designs, sporting the iconic IceQ cooler, and the blue PCB. The graphics card holds all the more importance to AGP platform users, as the Radeon HD 4670 packs 7.1 channel HDCP compliant audio passed over HDMI.
The card uses the AGP-8X interface. It draws auxiliary power from a 4-pin Molex connector. Under the hood is a Radeon HD 4670 GPU clocked at 750 MHz, with 1 GB of GDDR3 memory over a 128-bit interface, clocked at 873 MHz (1746 MHz DDR). Output is care of a DVI, D-Sub, and audio-routed HDMI. It is priced at US $129.99 on Amazon, with an optional rebate sending it down to $119.99.
Source:
TechConnect Magazine
The card uses the AGP-8X interface. It draws auxiliary power from a 4-pin Molex connector. Under the hood is a Radeon HD 4670 GPU clocked at 750 MHz, with 1 GB of GDDR3 memory over a 128-bit interface, clocked at 873 MHz (1746 MHz DDR). Output is care of a DVI, D-Sub, and audio-routed HDMI. It is priced at US $129.99 on Amazon, with an optional rebate sending it down to $119.99.
64 Comments on HIS Readying AGP HD 4670
NO! XP IS DEAD! YOUR STUCK WITH VISTA
i2.techpowerup.com/reviews/Powercolor/HD_4670/images/perfrel.gif
The next review W1z did, where all the cards used the same driver paints a different picture: tpucdn.com/reviews/Powercolor/HD_4830/images/perfrel.gif
Trust me, I replaced an HD3850 with an HD4670 based on that review, I was rather pissed to find out that performance definitely wasn't the same...
Modern video cards made me take the liquid cooling plunge. When I first got my 3850, could not close the case. If I did close it, it would lock up within an hour.
(Ironically, you could pickup an AII 250 and an AM3 motherboard for about this price.)I don't think that's true at all. I have a Gigabyte 3850 running in a SilverStone SG01 Sugo chassis, which has very limited airflow. Mind you, it has a Zalman VF700 AlCu cooler, but the fan was so freaking loud I unplugged it and the thing is still solid as a rock. I have personally witnessed my own RV670 run at 125ºC without a hiccup soooooo... Good thing I bought the Ultra Durable model? :laugh: