It's 2009 and still no low profile parts from AMD?

The Internal · Post by **The Internal** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 4:28 am

I'm surprised at the lack of current parts from AMD available in low profile form factor, especially the lack of HD 4650 and HD 4670 parts. A few folks are on the ball with NVIDIA chips as high as the 9800 GT in low profile, but the newest AMD stuff I'm finding on newegg are all 3000 series.

You'd think there'd be a demand for a strong card for HDTV that could also do games nicely on a TV screen.

If anyone finds a 4650 or 4670 low profile card available in the USA, please post a link!

Mats · Post by **Mats** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 8:05 am

I think the fastest cards are 4550, look here.

DragonMaster · Post by **DragonMaster** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 9:35 am

http://www.powercolor.com/eng/products_ ... uctID=5248
http://www.powercolor.com/eng/products_ ... uctID=5229

They do exist, where can you find 'em is another question...

nightmorph · Post by **nightmorph** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 12:05 pm

QuietOC · Post by **QuietOC** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 12:16 pm

nightmorph wrote:As far as I know, it's impossible to get a low-profile 46xx or better simply because they have too much hardware. There's just no way to physically cut 'em down.

Actually there is a 4650 listed on your Newegg link.

I wonder how Sparkle fit everything on their 9800GT--specifically the 256-bit memory bus and chips There hardly anything on the other side of the card either.

Mats · Post by **Mats** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 12:55 pm

QuietOC wrote: Actually there is a 4650 listed on your Newegg link.

I can't see it, do you have a direct link?

QuietOC · Post by **QuietOC** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 5:58 pm

Mats wrote:
QuietOC wrote: Actually there is a 4650 listed on your Newegg link.
I can't see it, do you have a direct link?

Either they removed it or I mistook a 3650 for a 4650.

halcyon · Post by **halcyon** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:16 am

SAPPHIRE 100253HDMI Radeon HD 4650 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Low Profile Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814102829

I'm looking at these myself, as I'm considering Antec Minuet for my HTPC build.

BTW, more options in this thread at Slickdeals forum:

http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?t=769120

lucas82 · Post by **lucas82** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 1:39 pm

This HD4650 with GDDR3 should be a little faster than the ddr2 version:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814140107