The Card

The card looks very similar to Sapphire's HD 4850 and HD 4830 even though a different PCB seems to be used. With the cooler the card requires two slots in your system.


The card has one analog port, one DVI port and one HDMI port. Having an analog port is important for a lot of low-end and midrange cards because users don't want (or know how) to use DVI adapters. If you want to connect the card to your big TV screen you can use the native HDMI output which supports HDMI Audio as well.
For HDMI Audio, NVIDIA requires you to feed an external audio source, for example from your motherboard's on-board audio, to the card via SPDIF cable. AMD on the other hand has integrated a sound device inside their GPUs which is the easier solution for most users.


You may combine up to four HD 4730 cards in CrossFire for increased performance or higher image quality settings. There is no official statement whether you can mix the HD 4730 with other RV770 based cards. I tried with the HD 4830, HD 4850, HD 4870 and HD 4890 using Catalyst 9.6 under Windows Vista and could not get a CrossFire setup established.


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