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Review: Mid-range mayhem: Sapphire's exclusive Radeon HD 4650 and HD 4670

by Tarinder Sandhu on 2 February 2009, 11:17 3.7

Tags: Sapphire RADEON HD 4650 , Sapphire RADEON HD 4670 , AMD (NYSE:AMD), Sapphire, ATi Technologies (NYSE:AMD)

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Call of Duty 4

Mid-range - Call of Duty 4: MW 1,280x1,024 4xAA 16xAF
Sapphire Radeon HD 4550 512MBXFX GeForce 9600 GT 512MB Sapphire Radeon HD 4650 512MB Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 512MB XFX 9400GT 512MB DDR2
19.2358.1738.7350.6715.07


Mid-range - Call of Duty 4: MW 1,680x1,050 4xAA 16xAF
Sapphire Radeon HD 4550 512MBXFX GeForce 9600 GT 512MB Sapphire Radeon HD 4650 512MB Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 512MB XFX 9400GT 512MB DDR2
15.6748.9730.5740.3712.07


Performance-wise, what's telling here is the substantial leap in performance as we scale the 4-series ladder, where the HD 4650 GDDR3 is twice as fast as the HD 4550, whilst the GDDR4-equipped HD 4670 is some 33 per cent faster still.