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    Reviews - AMD Radeon HD 4550: budget bonanza

    AMD unleashes another 4-series GPU today. Find out if this is £30 well-spent on a graphics card.
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    Re: Reviews - AMD Radeon HD 4550: budget bonanza

    So for £30 you can get a small, quiet and relatively powerful card for a media PC. Low power consumption too....... And it will play games in a basic form.... Bargain, absolute bargain.

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    Re: Reviews - AMD Radeon HD 4550: budget bonanza

    No reviews or scores regarding HD play back?

    For a HTPC card with HD in the title that seems like a bit of an omission

    Good review though

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    Re: Reviews - AMD Radeon HD 4550: budget bonanza

    Quote Originally Posted by aj_walters View Post
    No reviews or scores regarding HD play back?

    For a HTPC card with HD in the title that seems like a bit of an omission

    Good review though

    See the below which I have copied from the first page of the review, will probably see the next part of the review in a couple of days...

    ''The evaluation will be split into two articles. The first - this one - focuses on architecture and 3D performance whilst a subsequent one will detail multimedia capabilities.''

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    Re: Reviews - AMD Radeon HD 4550: budget bonanza

    Quote Originally Posted by aj_walters View Post
    No reviews or scores regarding HD play back?

    For a HTPC card with HD in the title that seems like a bit of an omission

    Good review though
    Yup, as Mark points out, the time limit was such that we could run performance numbers.

    Actually, we're far more interested in the HTPC performance, so watch out for this against a GeForce 9400 GT.

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    Re: Reviews - AMD Radeon HD 4550: budget bonanza

    Is this is a paper launch, because nothing is showing up in retail. If so what is the proposed release date?

    I look forward to the HQV tests for the 4550, and how it stacks up against IGP solutions such as 780G/790GX and G45.
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    Re: Reviews - AMD Radeon HD 4550: budget bonanza

    cant wait to shove this in my box
    looks like an upgrade to my x850xtpe
    oh how time flies by so quickly and leaves you skint

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