I have only read the AMD press release so far, but these cards seem like they are pretty cool. If the reviews show that the HD 4670 actually can give you twice the FPS in Crysis as the 9500 GT for the "same" (Newegg rebates are making the 9500 GT $25 less) price I will be impressed.
I will be working hard to get pages created for the new cards today so stay tuned.
Update!
Here are our HD 4670 and HD 4650 pages.
Here is what the reviews have to say about the HD 4670 vs the 9500 GT in Crysis:
FiringSquad shows that the 4670 is exactly twice as fast at resolutions starting at 1280x1024 at Medium settings. HotHardware shows that the 4670 is twice as fast at 1280x1024 at High settings. Anandtech does not actually give their readers numbers, but it looks like the 4670 can give you twice as many FPS at resolutions at or above 1024x768 at Medium settings. TechPowerUp's findings are a tad outside the norm, but it looks like that is because they actually turned on AA at all resolutions except for 1024x768. This results in the 4670 only being twice as fast at 1024x768 and pretty close (12/22.5, 9/16.9 and 7/12.5) at higher resolutions with AA turned on. TweakTown's numbers are also pretty close. Running at High settings at 1280x1024 and 1600x1200 they recorded 13.56/24.33 and 9.8/18.22 respectively.
So it looks like this is one PR claim that is actually more fact than fiction. This must be the End of Days!
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i just need a card to tie me over till dx 11
this will fit in quite nicely. very impressed for the price
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But oh well... finally a midend card , that deserves to be called midend and not low-mid end *cough*HD2600 and 8600 series*cough* .
n00b
n00b
Not so sure 256bits would make that much of a difference considering this is as fast(or faster than) as a HD3850 in reviews.
(What's with the bad reputation of the 8600/HD2600 the 8600GTS(OCed GT) is now faster than a 7800GTX/7900GTX thanks to new drivers they may have sucked when they were introduced not so much now)
n00b
The 4650 probably isn't that great. It's memory bandwidth is pitiful.. heck even an X1650PRO has more bandwidth
Since when did the 4870 become "upper-midrange"? This card trades blows with the GTX 260 and 280...its high end. Nuff Said. I mean...what does it take for a card to be considered high end anymore.
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have you looked at the reviews ?
it performs on par with a 3850 and costs less than it...
n00b
The 4870 trades blows with the GTX260, it gets slightly bested by the GTX280. And by admission of AMD it is released to fill their upper-midrange price point. It's about the segment the card is targeting, not it's actual performance. For nVidi the upper-midrange product is the GTX260 (hence the comparable performance to the 4870) and the enthusiast (or top-end if you will) is the GTX280 (hence the slightly higher performance). I hope that helps with the understanding of why I call it an upper-midrange card.
n00b
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thats what 14 hrs of work does to you