AMD Introduces the ATI Radeon™ HD 4600 Series Graphics Cards for the Masses

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AMD Introduces the ATI Radeon™ HD 4600 Series Graphics Cards for the Masses, Delivering Up To Double the Game Performance of the Competition at the Same Price1

− HD gaming gets easier with the ATI Radeon™ HD 4600 series, setting a new standard for mainstream graphics, delivering superior gaming and HD multimedia experiences at low power and exceptional prices −

SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- September 10, 2008 --AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the ATI RadeonTM HD 4600 series, mainstream graphics offerings that deliver exceptional gaming and HD multimedia performance while consuming less power than a standard light bulb.2 Comprising the ATI Radeon™ HD 4670 and the ATI Radeon™ HD 4650 graphics cards, the ATI Radeon HD 4600 series leverages the leading technology found in the award-winning ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 series, including support for the latest DirectX® 10.1 games, superior HD multimedia capabilities and industry leading performance-per-watt3, all delivered at affordable prices for the mainstream graphics segment. The combined features and technologies and incredible prices makes the ATI Radeon HD 4600 series a superb all-around performer, ideal for playing the latest games or driving a high quality home theatre entertainment experience.

The ATI Radeon HD 4670 and ATI Radeon HD 4650 graphics cards feature AMD’s TeraScale graphics engine, with 320 stream processing cores, and are based on AMD’s advanced second generation 55nm process. The result is that even in today’s most demanding games like Crysis, the ATI Radeon HD 4600 series delivers up to double the performance of competing products at the same price.1 Both the ATI Radeon HD 4670 and ATI Radeon HD 4650 deliver substantial gaming horsepower with minimal power draw – the ATI Radeon HD 4670 operating at under 60 watts and the ATI Radeon HD 4650 operating under 50 watts under full load – eliminating the need for additional power connectors and making installation a cinch. The ATI Radeon HD 4670 is immediately available with a frame buffer of 512MB GDDR3 memory with an MSRP from USD $79, while a 1GB DDR3-based variant is scheduled to ship later this month. The ATI Radeon HD 4650 features a frame buffer of 512MB GDDR2 memory and is expected to be available later in the month at an MSRP from USD $69.

“Today, AMD is providing mainstream users – one of the largest segments of the market – with superior graphics products and performance at previously unheard of prices,” said Rick Bergman, senior vice president and general manager, Graphics Products Group, AMD. “The success of the ATI Radeon™ HD 4000 series validates that AMD’s shift away from the traditional means of producing large, hot, monolithic graphics chip continues to be a successful strategy AMD continues to execute against its timelines and deliver leading graphics performance at every price point.

“Mainstream graphics cards – those priced under $100 – represent more than two-thirds of all desktop graphics sold today4,” said Dean McCarron, founder and principal, Mercury Research. Providing competitive solutions in this segment is a mandatory requirement to have a strong position in the graphics market.”

“The ATI Radeon HD 4670 proved to be an excellent performer, especially considering its low-power operation and affordable price,” said Marco Chiappetta, HotHardware.com. “AMD’s new ATI Radeon HD 4670 handily outperformed the ATI Radeon HD 3650 and GeForce 9500 GT across a broad range of benchmarks and just missed hitting the mark set by more expensive offerings. The ATI Radeon HD 4670 performed very well in our benchmark testing, which included a number of popular 3D applications and SD and HD video playback tests.”

AMD Press Release (http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/VirtualPressRoom/0,,51_104_543~127873,00.html)

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techPowerUp!

AMD's new HD 4670 has successfully positioned itself in the sub $100 range offering great price/performance, performance/watt and sufficient gaming power for casual gamers. The card which uses a chip that is derived from the RV770 will easily let you play all titles at resolutions up to 1280x1024. If you plan to go beyond that you will have to sacrifice some detail settings. Compared to the previous generation product, the HD 3650, the performance has more than doubled, especially at higher resolutions. AMD has also included all the media PC features that we know from the HD 4800 Series like UVD2, HDMI via adapter, integrated 7.1 audio and HDCP. Together with the low fan noise of the Powercolor heatsink this makes the card an excellent candidate for a media PC which will occasionally be used for some gaming. If you are just looking for a media PC card, the HD 3450 still remains your best choice - or you wait for AMD's upcoming RV710 which will be released later this year.

Compared to NVIDIA's offering in this market segment, the HD 4670 can easily take on the GeForce 9400 GT and 9500 GT. Only the GeForce 9600 GSO and GT are faster for less than 100 dollars. Price/performance wise the HD 4670 is the card of choice if you are looking for the best bang for the buck and don't want to buy the GeForce 9600 GT.

From techPowerUp! also:

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/69/crysis12801024la9.gif

AMD Zone (http://www.amdzone.com/index.php/reviews/71/10378-ati-radeon-hd-4679)
AnandTech (http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3405)
CHW (http://www.chw.net/Revisiones/Tarjetas-de-Video/AMD-ATi-Radeon-HD-4670-200809102093.html)
ComputerBase (http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/hardware/grafikkarten/2008/test_ati_radeon_hd_4670/)
FiringSquad (http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/amd_ati_radeon_4670_performance_review/)
Guru3D (http://www.guru3d.com/article/ati-radeon-hd-4670-review/)
Hexus (http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=15393)
HotHardware (http://www.hothardware.com/Articles/ATI-Radeon-HD-4670-Redefining-The-Mainstream)
PCGH (http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,659355/Reviews/PCGH_Review_Radeon_HD_4670_and_HD_4650/)
techPowerUp (http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Powercolor/HD_4670/)
TweakTown (http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/1590/sapphire_radeon_hd_4670_in_crossfire/index.html)

[eXa]

Something is wrong with the 3850 in that picture... it aint that much a difference on it from the 3870.

Edit: Hey, u changed the picture...

[ExodusC]

Wow, if this thing is priced under $100 this could be a great budget buy...

[eXa]

79$

[Pontos]

79$

It feels so great to know that the card you bought at nearly 200$ half a year ago is now beaten by one that's just 79$ :(

[hurleybird]

This thing is going to be performing at 8800GT levels if they ever make a GDDR5 version.

[metro.cl]

Here is our review, reference + MSI passive model

http://www.chw.net/Revisiones/Tarjetas-de-Video/AMD-ATi-Radeon-HD-4670-200809102093.html

[onethreehill]

Anantech's review
http://anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3405

[informal]

Anantech's review
http://anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3405

Anyone else noticed how ridicules the conclusion of the AT review was?
The card rocks,outperforms 3850/9600GSO for less money,draws less power in both idle/load and they can't even say a few good words about it,but they don't forget to say that if you shell out more money you will get even faster card(DOH!!!).Oh and they used "epic fail" in the conclusion(no matter if it wasn't directly geared towards 4670,"epic fail" is not something i would expect from professional journalist).AT is going the THG route fast,if they are not already there.

[Nedjo]

AT is for a long time now on THG route...

BTW
8800GS aka 9600GSO is a part based on the G92 left overs, and it's produced only by Palit, and sold under hand full of brands: XFX, EVGA, Palit, ECS... on the other hand 4670 is sold by MSI, ASUS, gigabyte, Sapphire, Palit, Visiontek, Diamond, PowerColor, GeCube, Jetway, Gainward...

[BulldogPO]

I'm hoping that there will be low profile version of that HD4670.

[Boissez]

Are there any HD4650 numbers out yet? - I'd like to see how it manages with its castrated bandwith.

[gOJDO]

wow, competition is so good. ATi are trying to do nVidia the same what Intel did to AMD!

[Nomadsoul]

http://images.anandtech.com/reviews/video/ATI/4670/vs4870-crysis.jpg
http://images.anandtech.com/reviews/video/ATI/4670/vs4870-AAoblivion.jpg
http://images.anandtech.com/reviews/video/ATI/4670/vs3870-etqw.jpg

http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/radeon4670launch_090908213604/17350.png

AWESOME !

[spursindonesia]

LOL @Anandtech review, they want to play "how low can you go" game, i don't think a 330 mm^2 G92 or even 270 mm^2 G92b based card can win against these small yet powerfull babies from ATi, heck, even a G94b 9600 GT's core is still around 50% larger and has a more complicated PCB structure and cooling solution. ATi can easily sell these new card @49-59 US$ and makes money out of it, let's see whether we can say the same regarding nVidia counterparts -unless they want to go into a negative margin game.

[Sumanji]

No external power connector - sweet for my mates Dell (he has no PEG power connectors!).

[Miwo]

Quite impressive considering the cost / power consumption factor. Seems ideal for system builders and perfect for those Family PC builds where light/casual gaming may be needed

[tiro_uspsss]

no 256-bit mem! BOOOOOOO! :down: :mad:

[demonkevy666]

no 256-bit mem! BOOOOOOO! :down: :mad:

you could always have 4 of these in crossfire X.

No one ever did that with the 3470 and they can clock to about 925mhz on core before artifacts. memory wasn't great about 850mhz or 1700mhz effective on 64 bit is poretty good lol

[OutSider]

if it was 256bit mem they would not price it 79$

[spursindonesia]

Well, a 256 MB GDDR5 version clocked @850 MHz with single PEG, single slot cooling, priced at 99 US$, that should be one heck of a budget gaming card. :D

[tiro_uspsss]

I reckon - considering the 4670 is nipping @ the 9600GTs butt - that it would be whooping more butt if it had a 256-bit interface, esp. the 96GTs..

[demonkevy666]

Well, a 256 MB GDDR5 version clocked @850 MHz with single PEG, single slot cooling, priced at 99 US$, that should be one heck of a budget gaming card. :D

well then that could be a 4690

I remember seeing a picture of a 3890 form gigbyte somewhere.

[Calmatory]

If people want "HD4670 @ GDDR5" performance, why don't they get HD4850? :)

[malice85]

I suggest you go re-read the articke, he wasn't calling the 4670 an "epic fail" he was refering to the 9500gt.



Reading comprehension is your friend.

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Same goes for you, so go through informals post one more time and maybe you'll get his point.

[rogueagent6]

Same goes for you, so go through informals post one more time and maybe you'll get his point.

I see your point. This crow is good if you're wondering.

[spursindonesia]

This thing is going to be performing at 8800GT levels if they ever make a GDDR5 version.

I think that's a bit too optimistic, if it can be pretty competitive against 9600 GT, that's already a feat to begin with. Leave 8800 GT, oops, 9800 GT for HD 4750, that should be pretty nice dogfight beetween those two.

If people want "HD4670 @ GDDR5" performance, why don't they get HD4850? :)

Because officially, HD 4850's MSRP still stands at 199 US$, ATi needs a few cards in beetween to bridge the gap beetween HD 4850 and HD 4670, and HD 4690 @99 US$ MSRP + HD 4750 (crippled RV770) @149 US$ MSRP duo sounds interesting.

[duploxxx]

available in germany for 66 euro :D :D

http://www.alternate.de/html/product/Grafikkarten_ATI_PCIe/Sapphire/HD4670/292566/?tn=HARDWARE&l1=Grafik&l2=Karten+PCIe&l3=ATI

[clonez]

now aint that nice, guess my suggested etail price is right after all :up:

now hmm..., how much will that 4650 card cost (effectively, non msrp)?

set that to 55€

[N00B]

Love the cheepo crossfire!:up:

[DragoonXX]

I wonder how well those would fold, and what how much heat the put out (can't be much but even so)

[Calmatory]

I wonder how well those would fold, and what how much heat the put out (can't be much but even so)

Less than 59 watts(TDP). ;)

[DragoonXX]

yeah, I know that, still, i wonder how high the heat output is, aka how effective is the fansink

[BulldogPO]

Any info about overclockability yet?

[Morais]

If it comes with a DP and a low-profile I'd buy it without doubts

[Boissez]

If people want "HD4670 @ GDDR5" performance, why don't they get HD4850? :)

Because if AMD's serious about regaining some marketshare they'd better start owning NV at all the price points - and as it is there is a rather large gap in their lineup between 79$ and 169$. Also the 100-150$ pricepoint is an important one in terms of marketshare.

A HD4690 with an 800-850 mhz core and some bargainbin 3200 mhz GDDR5 @ 99$ would be just the ticket - add to that a 139$ RV730LE part and AMD is sure to be in the green for the next 1-2 quarters...

[awdrifter]

A HD4690 with GDDR5 and a 6-pin for better overclocking should be good enough to fill the gap.

[DragoonXX]

gotta thank skymtl here for the ES review with the info I was looking for
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/9987-ati-hd-4670-512mb-gddr3-video-card-review.html
only two questions remain, what kind of fanspeed was the card set to? and how well does it fold?

[SKYMTL]

gotta thank skymtl here for the ES review with the info I was looking for
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/9987-ati-hd-4670-512mb-gddr3-video-card-review.html
only two questions remain, what kind of fanspeed was the card set to? and how well does it fold?

It doesn't fold yet. I tried and the beta drivers which came with the card don't support the GPU2 client or vice versa.

I'll check on fan speed tonight since I installed one of the cards in my HTPC.

[Macadamia]

I'm seriously considering one.

Like the Athlon 6500, this is spare change. Too bad the both combined is another issue.

[Manabu]

no 256-bit mem! BOOOOOOO! :down: :mad:
I don't care about memory bandwith, I care about performance (and price and heat, and energy). If AMD can do an 128bit card that performs like an 512bits card, great! Oh, they just did it! Quoting an previous post of mine:

This is an awsome card. Some people aren't seeing the advancement here. You start from the big and energy hungry fiasco named 2900XT. It was 512 bit and needed two 6-pin conectors. Then came the 38x0 wich were very decent 256 bit video cards, that needed one 6-pin power conector, and had the same performance than 2900XT. Now an 128 bit card, that don't need any power conector, is close to 3850 speed, at the same 55nm process! And an GDDR5 version will probably drive it to 2900XT's performance level or above! With 3~4 times less energy consumption, 3~4 times lower price and 4 times smaller buss. All this in less than an year and a half. Admitedly, the starting point was very low, but nonetheless.

[DragoonXX]

It doesn't fold yet. I tried and the beta drivers which came with the card don't support the GPU2 client or vice versa.

I'll check on fan speed tonight since I installed one of the cards in my HTPC.

sweet :) that will be good to find out, if it's pulling those temps at some stupidly slow fanspeed like 18% or something, then cranking it up would drop the temps nicely

[DragoonXX]

so sky, whats the word on the factory fanspeed?

[zshadow]

I have a Sapphire 4670.

Fan speed default is 24, with idle temps ranging from 48-51. Under full load they range from 68-70.

Seems like the fan speed mod doesn't work with these cards, even though the config parameter is still present. I think the temp is fine though. My old 8600GT hit 70 idle and 90 C under load :eek:

Warhead runs quite good with a mix of Gamer and Mainsteam settings. Usually 25-30 FPS average. Considering the drivers have yet to even mature, this is good. Other games like CoD 4 run as smooth as silk on 1680x1050 with everything maxed.

[y2kbos]

Wanted this card but Ati paper launching and high price ( €70 + ) is putting me off.

[Cooper]

Wanted this card but Ati paper launching and high price ( €70 + ) is putting me off.

Widely available for MSRP+VAT in UK mate.

[Ch@pS]

Recently got hold of one of these babies to take for a spin and i must say, very impressive.

Runs rather cool, isn't noisy at all, perfomance is plain wow for the price, I'm actually getting one for my HTPC. Been a long time since i was this impressed with such a budget card better in almost every way when compared to my sisters old 2900GT.

[spursindonesia]

Yeah, the card is just not widely available in my country, it's gouged at around 15-20% more than its supposed fair price for my country standard.

[Shintai]

Wanted this card but Ati paper launching and high price ( €70 + ) is putting me off.

Seems like a real launch here:
http://www.edbpriser.dk/Products/Listproducts.asp?ID=15&Sort=&Soegeord=4670&chkSoegSaetning=&searchArea=products

About 63€ here without VAT.