ATI Radeon HD 4350 and 4550: Great HTPC Solutions

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• xeutonmojukai - Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - link

  so let's get this straight:
  
  AMD has the best two-GPU-one-card solution on the market.
  They have the best HTPC cards on the market.
  They have the best single slot card on the market.
  They have the best entry-level card for quality gaming.
  They have the best integrated graphics...
  
  Not only that, but their prices seem to remain very low...
  
  I just hope all this inevitable revenue goes towards an excellent CPU line next generation.

• whatthehey - Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - link

  Given the above is pretty much what Anandtech has said during the past couple of months, I love how all the idiots out there still try to say this site is biased against AMD and is in the pocket of NVIDIA and Intel. I've been a reader for a LONG time, and let me tell you I've seen them praise any company with a superior product. Sorry folkds, but the AMD CPUs right now simply can't stand up to Intel. NVIDIA is also better in several areas, but at least it's a generally close match.
  
  In summary: A great big F U to all those Inquirer readers.

• tuteja1986 - Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - link

  Will it come in APG ?

• erikejw - Wednesday, October 1, 2008 - link

  "For our comparison to integrated graphics, we looked at two games: Crysis and Oblivion. These games tend to cover the spectrum fairly well from DX9 to DX10, and they tell the same story: integrated graphics suck."
  
  So you really beleive that casual gamers will go out and buy the 2 most demanding games released(when new). That is quite hilarious.
  
  A casual gamer might want to play a game someone bought them for christmas like a 3d golf game or a race game or a strategy game or even a good fps shooter, not that common for casual gamers though.
  
  Why not compare those games instead of picking out crysis, hell, even last generation 500$ card have problems with that game.
  
  How about making a comparison of "normal" games and see what resolution you can play them. Who cares if you get 4 or 7 fps in Crysis with 2 different IGP solutions. I wan't to know if I can play a game at all and in what resolution.
  
  Of course IGP solutions is worthless for hardcore gamers, noone will claim anything else.However a good reviewer will have the ability to look beyond his own needs.
  
  IGP are supposed to be slower than discrete cards, that doesn't make them worthless.
  
  
  
  

• erikejw - Wednesday, October 1, 2008 - link

  I was mostly wrong here.
  I didn't even care to read the end before I wrote my response.
  
  I read the other review for a few days ago that the Shrimp did and this is directed towards that article and I thought you would do the same.
  
  You used a weird choice of games but you did put in settings that made the games playable and you compared resolutions that would make the game playable, hats off for that.