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MSI launches its HD 4600 series

by on11 September 2008

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Two cards for now

MSI has also launched its 4600 series and it has two cards, at least for the time being. It launched the HD 4670 and HD 4650, and both cards feature a similar dual-slot cooler design. The HD 4670 is not a standard dual-slot design, as it might take up only one and a half slots; but it's still not a single-slot card.

The faster one, branded as MSI R4670-2D512/D3, is based on ATI's RV730XT GPU which works at 750MHz. This card has 320 Stream processors, comes with 512MB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 2,000MHz and paired up with 128-bit memory interface. It's also HDMI capable via a DVI-HDMI adapter, which will probably be included with the card. The card is cooled by a copper-based heatsink and a small fan.

The second card, branded MSI R4650-D512, is based on the RV730Pro core clocked at 600MHz and this card comes with 512MB of GDDR2 memory clocked at 1,000MHz. It has 320 Stream processors, as well, and has a similar copper-based heatsink. MSI decided to ditch the TV-Out port on both of these cards, so the HD 4670 will have only two DVI's, while the HD 4650 will have a D-Sub and a DVI.

At the moment, MSI is offering the cheapest HD4600 cards around, at least according to the listings on Geizhals.at, as the HD 4670 is currently listed at €63.60 while the HD 4650 is listed at €61.21.

You can find them listed here and here is how they look.

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Last modified on 13 September 2008
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