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ATi have launched their 4600 series graphics cards. These cards are on the market for the low to mid range budget enthusiasts, not every one can fork out £400 for a HD 4870 X2 or a Nvidia 280.

The series is basically a watered down version of the 4800 series cards. The cards are set to compete against Nvidia’s 9500 card.  The models of the 4600 series cards include the 4670 and the 4650. Both cards are a 55nm build with 320 stream processing cores. They also support directx 10.1 which Nvidia cards do not.

The cards are easy on the wallet and with 50w of power used under full load you wont need to invest in another PSU. What is off putting is when Graphics vendors support the latest direct x version but they can barely render the graphics at that level. This usually miss informs the consumer but I’d see the card as a good directx 9 card than a 10.1.

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