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ATI Radeon HD 4550
Roydon Cerejo, Sep 30, 2008 1255 hrs ISTThis super low-budget card from ATI is its answer to the GeForce 9400GT.
55nm, low power (20W), slim profile, Good HD peformance, Value for money, Future proof connections(HDMI + DisplayPort).
Does not support Hybrid CrossFire.
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The Card
This card is a pre-evaluation sample and it's not the final retail piece so you could expect the design to change a bit.
The card is the same size as the HD4670 and instead of a copper heatsink, it sports black aluminum heat sink that spans across almost the entire PCB. There's nothing much on the front except a few capacitors.
The front panel is really interesting, we have a single DVI- I port, an HDMI port and a DisplayPort connector. Now this is a complete set of connectors and very much future proof once DisplayPort becomes more common. Again this is just a sample board so when it actually hits the streets, manufacturers may choose different ports, so we can't say for sure if this will be standard.
The back of the card is a little different with a small piece of the PCB missing; the heat sink covers that area to keep the shape of the card. Don't know what kind of a design choice is this, but it does stand out.
With the heat sink off, we can see the full layout of the RAM modules.
That's the RV710 die that powers the card. It uses the same 55nm fabrication process and packs in 242 million transistors.
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