• Exclusive: XFX Radeon HD 4770 [Review]

    Exclusive: XFX Radeon HD 4770 [Review]

    Roydon Cerejo, Apr 28, 2009 2131 hrs IST

    Boo-ya! We review the world's first 40nm graphics card - the XFX HD 4770

    Great performance, custom cooler, good overclocker, low power consumption

    No overclocking software, occupies two slots, expensive

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40nm fabrication is finally commercial and for the first time it's a GPU instead of a CPU, and who other than ATI to bring you the world's first 40nm graphics card.


 




 


After striking gold with their 55nm RV770 GPU back in August last year, the RV740 is finally a reality. Shrinking the die further means cheaper cost of production (though the fabrication process itself is more expensive initially at least) since you get more dies per wafer of silicon and also lower power consumption, which eventually gives you lower operating temperatures.


 




 


The RV740 is not architecturally very different from the RV770; in fact it supports the exact same features. This GPU is fabricated using the 40nm process and comes with 640 stream processors (or shaders) just like the HD4830. In order to lower the cost of the card, the memory bus has been cut down to 128-bit instead of 256-bit, but to compensate for that ATI has chosen GDDR5 memory which is relatively easy to implement while drawing less power (1.5v). So instead of just shrinking the die of the HD4830, ATI has taken a slightly different route by giving you low voltage and much faster GDDR5 memory coupled with higher clock speeds for better performance.




The HD4830 was never far behind from the HD4850 and now with the HD4770 replacing it and promising better performance, that gap is soon closing up. We managed to snap up the only retail sample of the XFX HD4770 available in the country and are going to compare it with the reference card to find out what XFX has done differently. The direct competition to the HD4770 from Nvidia is the 9800GT, so of course that's there, and then we have the HD4830 and the HD4850 to complete the group.


 

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(18) Comments
Rohan Singh
,Kolkata, on Mar 25, 2010 09:43 AM
What is the current price of this card in kolkata and from where in kolkata can i buy it?
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Sandeep Kulkarn
,Pune, on Jul 08, 2009 11:57 PM
Can anyone tell me where can I buy it in Pune? I am not able to find even ATI cards in some of the prominent shops in Pune. I was actaully looking for 4850, but I think this one looks better.
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Grim
,Bangalore, on May 22, 2009 01:58 AM
That's an amazing review keep up the great work Techtree...
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tushar
,barnala, on May 18, 2009 03:07 AM
Will this card work with my asus M2A-VM motherboard
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yubi
,patiala, on May 05, 2009 11:18 PM
could i attach this graphic card with my asus (m2a-mx) motherboard, i really need ur help, i m new in this matter. athor brand of this card are:- MSI, HIS, Sapphire, Diamond, Gigabyte & Powercolor which one is the best please help me please......
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Gopinath Billav
,Mysore, on May 08, 2009 01:51 PM
I guess you can, but the card will work at reduced speed since it of PCI Express 2.0 and one on your mboard is PCI Express.
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Roydon
,Mumbai, on May 12, 2009 07:52 PM
You can definitely use the card on that mobo without any performance loss since its a midrange card. Right now, MSI seems to have a very competitive pricing of around 6.5K (in Delhi at least) so if you can find one for similar pricing, its a steal.
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manish shahgal
,patna, on May 11, 2009 02:20 AM
hiii,sir i have a intex-4800 watts subwoofer,but i want its sound quality features,life,how's experience compatibility of 5.1 channel home theatre system,so pls give more information about it.
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Gopinath Billav
,Mysore, on May 05, 2009 04:26 PM
Now AMD had dropped the prices to $90 for 4770 i.e 5-6k Rs
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Cor'e =)
,Poorland O-ree-gone, on May 03, 2009 12:36 AM
Well, i got one, the Diamond 4770 at Frys here in the USA. It is kinda a high price, but since May all prices went up on Disk & Video about 10%. Issue is it needs newer drivers, 9.4 does not seem to load for it. it seems slick, i'll be testing it out and comparing to 4850.
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pcgamer
,pccity, on May 02, 2009 02:41 PM
congrates for bringing the first available retail card review. You should consider that a modest testbench while reviewing a mass market graphics card. This will give more appropriate understanding of how the card will perform on an average joe's pc. keep up your good work :)
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HailStonE
,Anonymous, on Apr 30, 2009 09:09 PM
MSI HD4770 is available in Nehru Place Delhi for ~6.5k only....
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FeAr3d
,Toronto, on Apr 30, 2009 08:49 PM
Nice review and test system but I think the appropriate nvidia card to use as comparison would be the 9600GT and not the 9800GT. When you're not comparing the "cream-of-the-crop" "monies no issue" components it more comes down to "bang-for-the-buck". The current price of the HD4770, here in Canada is $130.00 so also the 9600GT at $130.00 but the 9800GT is retailing at $160.00. Also, to be fair, the nvidia comparison card should have been over-clocked to show it's maximum potential.
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Chintan
,Mumbai, on Apr 29, 2009 01:43 PM
100$ card for 200$ thats total rip off it should be priced at 6 - 7k
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Chandan
,Mumbai, on Apr 28, 2009 10:31 PM
you have one badass review rig! I really miss your "Build your own pc with Rs <> budget" series. Pls restart it!
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Gopinath Billav
,mysore, on Apr 29, 2009 12:11 PM
Yes, I vote for it
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yubi
,patiala, on Apr 29, 2009 10:05 AM
when it will be available in the market?
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Angad
,Los Angeles, on Apr 29, 2009 04:10 AM
"Occupies two slots" can hardly be considered a negative. It's practically the de facto standard now. Jeez.
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