When it comes time to build your new computer choosing the graphics card usually is a source of frustration and agony over just what do you need, versus what you want and what fits your budget. It’s easy to blow a big chunk of your budget on a graphics card and then short yourself on the rest of the peripherals, such as the motherboard, processor and power supply. Ultimately you have to make a choice! That choice usually involves some form of compromise. Do you game? If so, at what level? What’s the maximum resolution you will play at? What level of eye candy is right for you? All valid things to consider! You say you don’t play games (blasphemy), but are more interested in building a nice quiet running computer that will serve as the family computer/media center. You want something powerful enough to play some not too intense games, while being able display the latest High definition content on that new plasma screen television you just bought.

Well, Sapphire has you covered on all fronts with the HD 4670 Ultimate Edition video card. It can play most of the latest games with some eye candy on running at clock speeds of 750MHz on the GPU core and 873MHz on the memory, but better yet, it can do so without the noise penalty associated with the latest video cards from ATI. The Sapphire HD 4670 Ultimate Edition is equipped with a custom passive cooling solution that helps cool the RV 730 XT core and 512MB of GDDR3 memory. This cooler uses two heatpipes running to an over sized fin array to have the heat dissipated via the airflow through the chassis. Let’s find out if this rendition of the HD 4670 from Sapphire really is the Ultimate Edition HD 4670!

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• READ MORE (Source): Sapphire HD 4670 Ultimate Edition Review – Overclockers Club