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Which of these two ATI HD cards (Read 234 times)
Aug 24th, 2010 at 8:37am

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I already have the HD3870 512mb but have a chance of a free HD5550 1gb.

But can find any reliable comparisons, even tomshardware.

anyone advise, rest of system stats in signature
 
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Reply #1 - Aug 24th, 2010 at 9:02am
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Get the free 5550, sell it for cash.


Keep the 3870 512mb.


My reasoning:

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/HIS/Radeon_HD_5550/28.html
Radeon 4670 is on average 143% as fast as Radeon 5550.



http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Powercolor/HD_4670/26.html
Radeon 3870 is on average 116% as fast as the Radeon 4670.

1.43*1.16-1 = 3870 is 66% faster than 5550. It's probably not exact but the trend is obvious.
 
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