Friday, March 13th 2009
GeCube Pairs Radeon HD 4670 with GDDR4 Memory
Following Sapphire's move to create a Radeon HD 4670 SKU with GDDR4 memory, GeCube has one of its own, ready for launch. The RV730-based graphics card has 512 MB of GDDR4 memory, across a 128-bit wide memory interface. It uses a simplistic design for its PCB and cooler. The card draws all its power from the PCI-Express slot.
The clock speeds on this card differ from the reference ATI specifications. The core is clocked at 750 MHz, with the GDDR4 memory at 2200 MHz. With the memory speed on offer not much higher than what GDDR3 offers, the inclusion of GDDR4 looks more like a dressing to the SKU. It remains to be seen if the memory benefits from overclocking, to overcome the bottlenecks of the narrow memory bus. Rest of its specifications are standard: 320 stream processors, DirectX 10.1 compliance, and support for ATI CrossFireX technology. It is yet to be priced.
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The clock speeds on this card differ from the reference ATI specifications. The core is clocked at 750 MHz, with the GDDR4 memory at 2200 MHz. With the memory speed on offer not much higher than what GDDR3 offers, the inclusion of GDDR4 looks more like a dressing to the SKU. It remains to be seen if the memory benefits from overclocking, to overcome the bottlenecks of the narrow memory bus. Rest of its specifications are standard: 320 stream processors, DirectX 10.1 compliance, and support for ATI CrossFireX technology. It is yet to be priced.
26 Comments on GeCube Pairs Radeon HD 4670 with GDDR4 Memory
PowerColor has a HD 4850 with GDDR4.
I guess this could be related to the news of ATI possibly dropping them from the AIB partner list, makes sense if the company is going under.
Too bad really, this will mean less competion in the GPU market, always sorry to see a company go, they used to make pretty good cards just not lately.
I have a GDDR3 4670, which at stock provides 32GB/s.
now i have 9600Gso OC 384MB GDDR3 ,but i buy It.
with the slightly faster gddr4, the 4670 might just top the 3870 across the board rather than being 5% (or w/e) behind.
that, all powered without external power connections. sounds like a GREAT gaming card for lan boxes, htpc, etc.
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The Sapphire is.
www.techpowerup.com/?82041
The issue with a dual slot in a lanbox is this can push your card right up against the side and make it run hot if not overheat. Also it limits the ability to use other cards if needed.
www.thermaltakeusa.com/ProductPhotos.aspx?ID=1431&P=1
Look at the 2600xt GDDR3 vs the 2600xt GDDR4.