News - Sapphire serves up the completely-silent Radeon HD 4670 ULTIMATE

[HEXUS]

On the lookout for an ideal HTPC graphics card? Sapphire seems to have one in the form of a passively-cooled Radeon HD 4670.

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[scaryjim]

Is it just me, or is the most telling thing here not the lower memory clock but the lack of Crossfire fingers? I'm pretty sure there aren't any in that picture - clearly this card is not meant for people looking to push their performance up...

[llololloy]

It does seem very daft fitting a cooler that hardly any htpc case will accomodate (except fot the really big ones which don't blend in that much).
I need a good, quiet card to fit in my antec fusion, something I've struggled to find at a decent price.
Best option I've really seen so far is the iceq3 cooled 3870 which goes for around 50 notes on ebay but that's a dual slot cooler.
The "green" 9600gt posted on hexus the other day is looking tempting if the price is right.

[staffsMike]

It depends if you require gaming from your HTPC. If so you would expect someone to have a bigger case like an Antec fusion/ NSK2480 which this should fit no problem. If you only need media play back then IGP's are generally fine these days.

I have a passive 8500GT in my P182 and if I ever felt the need for some gaming performance I might very well consider something like that. So it has a purpose for me at least

[scaryjim]

It depends if you require gaming from your HTPC. If so you would expect someone to have a bigger case ...

That's kinda my point. If you're *just* after an HTPC card I don't see why you'd choose this over a 4350 / 4550 that has *exactly* the same media decoding set but already comes in low-profile, passively cooled versions, and if you want gaming performance I don't see why you'd go for a passively cooled 4670 with lower memory clocks...

[staffsMike]

Well silent PC enthusiasts, who don't want to change the cooler themselves, who only need a bit of gaming oomph and do have the case to sup...

I get your point