Ab Work Outs: Diamond 4670PE31GDT ATI Radeon HD 4670 GDDR3 1GB PCI-Express DVI Video Card Review

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(More customer reviews)First, I got a great price on the card - $67 and that included free shipping.In retrospect, the deliverly time was a bit slow (about 10 days from invoice to receipt), so I probably should have just ponied-up the extra $6 or so for two-day delivery.

FYI - This deal would have a been a "five star" for me, but the Diamond HD 4670 card that I received is not exactly like the one pictured here on Amazon.

To be fair, the model number that Amazon is advertising here looks exactly like the one on the Diamond web site. But Diamond must have changed the configuration of this card (4670PE31GDT) in recent months.

Rather than having two DVI ports and one S-video/Component port on the back panel, the card that I received has a VGA, a DVI, and an HDMI port.

Normally that wouldn't be a problem, but I was specifically wanting a 4670 with a component output port, in order to interface it with an older rear-projection HDTV.

Again, the model number and SKU numbers match on the box and the card that I got.I double-checked everything.What the Web sites are saying it should have and what I got are out of sync.If component video out is important to you, I would suggest you take that into account.

Based on my experience, Amazon and Diamond both just need to update their pictures and description of the 4670PE31GDT to reflect the actual ports on the card, as it's being shipped today.

As far as the performance goes, the card works fine in my somewhat-aging Intel Pentium D 945-based system. I had to re-seat it couple of times before the system would work, but then it was fine.Now I am getting a better "Windows Experience" rating for Windows 7 (5.3 overall) than ever I've had in the past.I plan on keeping this Diamond for now, but will also look for an older-style model that includes the component video output.

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Product Description:
The features of the 4670PE31GDT include 1GB Memory, 750Mhz Core Clock, 900Mhz Memory Clock, PCI Express x16 2.0 Compliant, 64Mx16 Memory Configuration, GDDR3 Memory Type, 128-bit Memory Interface, 320 Stream processing units, Direct X 10.1 , Shader Model 4.1, ATI Crossfire X Multi-GPU Support, Up to four GPU support with an AMD 790FX based motherboard, High-speed 128 bit HDR rendering, 55nm process technology, ATI Avivo HD, Game Physics processing capability, up to 24x custom filter anti-aliasing, Built-in HDMI with Multi-channel 7.1 surround audio, on-board HDMI connector (with adapter), UVD decoder for Blu-Ray and HD-DVD, ATI PowerPlay energy conserving technology and Open GL 2.0 support.System Requirements: AMD Athlon or Intel Pentium 4 2.4 Ghz or faster, PCI Express x16 bus, 400 Watt or greater power supply, 1024MB of system memory, 480MB of hard disk space, Installation software requires CD-ROM drive. Works with Windows 2000, XP and Vista.

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