THE GOOD: It took ATI just some weeks after introduction of high end 48xx series of graphics cards, to introduce the entry level and mainstream models. Even with their announcement, month ago, before we even got the card in our lab, ATI told us that 4670 will kill the competitor's offering = nvidia 9500gt (in same price range). Card is slim and uses only one slot. It does not require additional power, which proves lower energy usage, and hints that maybe soon we will see a completely passively cooled models - which is possible, as this card uses less power than 38xx (which offered passively cooled models). But since card has to be price competitvely, price of copper probbably prevents big copper radiators needed for good passive cooling at least at launch. Nevertheless although fan is default one, card in idle mode is silent. Even under full load card works preety lukewarm - we measured only 41C. Card is also very power efficient, and uses on average 15W of energy less than nvidia's 9500GT. With street price around 120 USD (90 eur), card offers much better value than its price competitor (9500gt). In 3Dmark Vantage test, the difference in performance in 1280×1024 performance test is INCREDIBLE 70 PER CENT! Although nvidia lowered the price of 9500GT to 99 USD (70 eur), ATI still remains better buy - at least in our opinion.

THE BAD:Its too bad that Sapphire did not opt for a bit larger fan, that would make this card almost silent even under load, as with default fan some noise is heard when card is under full load. Besides this, HD 4670 is great card with excellent price/value!