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<blockquote data-quote="Frantid" data-source="post: 424083" data-attributes="member: 83343"><p>I know you were asking someone else, but I have both the 4670 and the 4550.&nbsp; I started with the 4670, an amazing card -- fast very good quality.&nbsp; Unfortunately, for me it was too noisy and put out too much heat for my system.&nbsp; I even tried to slow the mem &amp; gpu speed, but it did not reduce the heat.&nbsp; I had a msi 4670, it only had a 2 pin fan on it so I could not control fan speed.&nbsp; In truth though it got too hot to really consider lowering it.&nbsp; I really like the 4550.&nbsp; I can not tell the difference in video quality, using pdvd 8 codecs.&nbsp; Of course my htpc is in a cabinet where it gets very little air flow, so anyone else may have a different experience than mine.&nbsp; Also if I had the volume up, the fan noise did not really matter.&nbsp; It was only during quiet scenes and times when I had to have the volume low that it became too much.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Frantid, post: 424083, member: 83343"] I know you were asking someone else, but I have both the 4670 and the 4550. I started with the 4670, an amazing card -- fast very good quality. Unfortunately, for me it was too noisy and put out too much heat for my system. I even tried to slow the mem & gpu speed, but it did not reduce the heat. I had a msi 4670, it only had a 2 pin fan on it so I could not control fan speed. In truth though it got too hot to really consider lowering it. I really like the 4550. I can not tell the difference in video quality, using pdvd 8 codecs. Of course my htpc is in a cabinet where it gets very little air flow, so anyone else may have a different experience than mine. Also if I had the volume up, the fan noise did not really matter. It was only during quiet scenes and times when I had to have the volume low that it became too much. [/QUOTE]

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