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Review: Sapphire Radeon HD 4550 - a gamers' card or HTPC hero?

by Tarinder Sandhu on 18 November 2008, 19:51

Tags: Radeon HD 4550 , Sapphire

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Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

Mid-range - Call of Duty 4: MW 1,280x1,024 4xAA 16xAF
Sapphire Radeon HD 4550 512MBSapphire Radeon HD 4670 512MBXFX 9500 GT 256MBXFX 9400GT 512MB DDR2Sapphire Radeon HD 3650 512MB
19.2350.226.915.0716.63


Mid-range - Call of Duty 4: MW 1,680x1,050 4xAA 16xAF
Sapphire Radeon HD 4550 512MBSapphire Radeon HD 4670 512MBXFX 9500 GT 256MBXFX 9400GT 512MB DDR2Sapphire Radeon HD 3650 512MB
15.6739.9721.712.0713.23


And guess what, that trend continues in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.

Looking at the numbers on the previous page, we reckon that the optimum settings for this card, with respect to fast-paced games, lies between 1,024x768 and 1,280x1,024 along with medium image-quality settings.

From a pure performance point of view, spend 50 per cent more (HD 4670 money) and you'll receive between 200 and 300 per cent extra framerate, made available by a better-performing architecture.