ATI Radeon HD4550 256MB PCIe

Zitat: A competent media card, but undercut by the HD 4350.

Zitat: AMD has done it again! These cards fill with success the entry level of the GPU market and a lot of people that use their HTPC in the living room can install them without problems. I have not found any heat-up problems even during high load. The passive version of the card had very good temperatures under load. Even under the OCCT GPU test, the full load temperature did not exceed 66 degrees Celsius, so it does not need extra cooling at all. The active version of the card had higher temperature under load, and this with automatic fan control from Catalyst Control Center. You are able to choose higher RPM and the temperature will decrease dramatically during load but the little fan isn’t so silent when it is over 40% of its full rotation speed. This chip is also good for entry level gamers, which play games that do not demand a lot of computational power from the GPU such as Project Torque, World of Goo, Unreal Tournament 3. All the games based on the Source engine from Valve work very good even on these entry level cards, with very good FPS, even at higher resolutions.

Zitat: Pros: + Good performance for the asking price + inbuilt HDMI connector + passively cooled for sound-free operation Cons: - Benchmarks were significantly worse than the HD 4670 (which only costs a bit more) The HD 4550 is a good, affordable option for high-def movie playback and occasional gaming. However, unless you’re on a shoestring budget, we’d recommend the HD 4670 instead. It offers a vastly superior graphics performance for a slightly higher premium.

Zitat: Pro: + 55nm + low power (20W) + slim profile + Good HD peformance + Value for money + Future proof connections(HDMI + DisplayPort). Cons: - Does not support Hybrid CrossFire.