I ordered this thing last Wednesday and when they said 3-5 days to get here, they were not kidding, it arrived with the Mail this morning at 10am (what happened to the days when the postman used to deliver very early??). Why the 4670, Why ATI? Why the Heat-pipe Version – Read on and find out more..
I had in my machine the GeForce 7600GT, I bought this a LONG time ago as it was the only one that did not require a hefty power supply, got the best bang for the buck and was sitting on a shelf in the local PC hypermarket. This served me very well indeed and as it was both loud and hot, I had put in there the 7600GS (not as powerful). I spotted and read reviews about this ATI card and the fact it never need me to buy a 1000W Powersupply was a good feature, I had the Seasonic 450W which did the job well anyhow. The technology was new unlike the very increasing “re-naming” of the GeForce range and the heat pipe version (pictured) was silent – perfect.
I see nothing major wrong with ATI Cards, I knew Wirecast would not work on this for example but the Bangs per Bucks are very good – this is a very cheap card and supports as you can see VGA, HDMI and DVI. I have not done any benchmarks – there is plenty out there should you need to compare this with anything else on the market – I know I played Battlefield 2 @ 1360×1024 with everything switched on full to the max and it played fine.
If your gaming does not extend to the like of Crysis with 30” Screen and want it all on max – then this will suit you and as a benefit, no fans = Silent Machine – gets a 5 Star Rating to me.
