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Review: AMD's ATI Radeon HD 4550 - budget bonanza?

by Tarinder Sandhu on 30 September 2008, 08:51

Tags: ATI Radeon HD 4550 , AMD (NYSE:AMD), ATi Technologies (NYSE:AMD), PC

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Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts

Company Of Heroes: OF - 1,280x1,024 - 0xAA 0xAF - DX10
Sapphire HD 4670 512MBATI HD 4550 512MBXFX 9500 GT 256MBXFX 9400 GT 512MBSapphire HD 3650 512MBSapphire HD 3450 512MB
39.9316.7621.8911.8918.314.61


Company Of Heroes: OF - 1,680x1,050 - 0xAA 0xAF - DX10
Sapphire HD 4670 512MBATI HD 4550 512MBXFX 9500 GT 256MBXFX 9400 GT 512MBSapphire HD 3650 512MBSapphire HD 3450 512MB
3012.1915.048.1413.373.13


Again, at our mid-range settings, the Radeon HD 4670 makes a decent fist of it.

The Radeon HD 4550 is significantly faster than the GeForce 9400 GT and reasonably close in performance to the 9500 GT. We'd recommend dropping the quality-level down to medium for smoother frame-rates.

Look at how poor the previous-generation HD 3450 looks in comparison.