Models of Radeon HD 4600 graphics cards were released in 2008 and are in demand on the market. Their performance could even surpass the GT 9500, which made them not only popular, but also competitive. Of course, the GPUs of the early models of this series could not be positioned as gaming, but this was enough for the ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series to ensure stable PC operation and surfing, as well as for processing simple applications. Here are two of the most prominent representatives of the 4000 series.
Gigabyte Radeon HD 4650
One 55-nanometer-thick video memory chip starts at a minimum frequency of 600 megahertz. The ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series 1024 MB graphics processor, the characteristics of which indicate the presence of a 128-bit bus, is capable of displaying images on two monitors at once. The number of processors responsible for building three-dimensional objects is 320 pieces, and the number of texture blocks is 32. The number of pixel filtering blocks is 8 pieces.
The ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series has a DirectX support feature of version 10, and the graphics library runs on OpenGL 3.2.
As for the graphic memory, its size is 1024 megabytes, and the operating frequency is 800 megahertz. The compatible memory format this video card can work with is DDR2. Since the video card is of the old generation, in order to connect it, the motherboard must have an AGP connector.
Included with the video card is a driver disk from the manufacturer, which allows you to configure the video card and reveal its potential.
Gigabyte Radeon HD 4650 User Reviews
Many users note in the positive characteristics of the ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series 4650 that the performance of the card is at a high level, there is decent cooling, which is important for graphics accelerators.
Among the shortcomings, and there are not many, there are problems with the chipsets of the motherboard, which cannot be updated. In this regard, the question arises of the compatibility of equipment. Many negative reviews were left by users dissatisfied with the price offer.
ASUS Radeon HD 4670
According to the specifications, the ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series 4670 has two options for the size of video memory: 512 megabytes and 1 gigabyte. A variant from the manufacturer ASUS has a video memory capacity of 1,024 megabytes and a bandwidth of 128 bits. Although it is positioned as an office, many users use it as a game, but with selective settings, not trying to run particularly demanding games.
In terms of data transfer, we can say that ASUS abandoned the standard AGP adapter and uses the PCI-E 16x interface to make data transfer even faster. The card is located on one slot in a standard-sized motherboard, there is also support for CrossFire and CrossFire X technology, which allows you to connect from two to four video cards. It turns out to achieve unprecedented performance in image processing.
The graphics processor has the name RV730 and an operating frequency of 750 megahertz. The technological process, as in the younger model, is 55 nanometers, the format of the supported video memory is GDDR3. 32 texture units provide high-quality rendering of a two-dimensional image, and 8 rasterization units were added to better smooth the image. Thanks to the ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series, the shader characteristic of 4670, in the amount of 320 pieces, the video card is capable of more calculations.
DirectX tenth version allows you to work better with all applications where support for the GPU is required. The level of smoothing objects is one of the most popular technologies in video cards. 24-fold anti-aliasing will provide a smooth and clear image, however, this option can adversely affect the overall performance of the card, so experts recommend reducing this setting to an acceptable image quality.
For decent drawing quality and realistic images, technology such as anisotropic filtering is used, which can be increased up to 16 times on this map.
ASUS Radeon HD 4670 User Reviews
In positive reviews, users note good gaming performance, as well as an affordable price. Also, many are satisfied with the cooling and design solution.
Negative reviews were left by those users who complained about the noise from the video card. Also, few noted that these video cards are incompatible with their motherboards.