The ATI Radeon HD 4670, a graphics processing unit (or video/graphics card) that semiconductor company Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) released in 2008, is compatible with the ASUS M2N-E, a motherboard from Taiwanese computer product manufacturer ASUS ASUSTeK Computer Inc. This is due to one of the expansion ports it possesses; such ports are used for cards such as GPUs, wireless network cards and sound cards. Both the GPU and the motherboard are meant for application on desktop PCs.
Interface
The ASUS M2N-E has six Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCI Express or PCIe) ports and one PCI port, the latter of which is the older and less advanced version. The largest of the PCIe slots has 16 lanes. The M2N-E also has one PCI Express x4 slot and two PCI Express x1 slots. It is the x16 slot in which users can slot in the ATI Radeon HD 4670. Fitted onto the motherboard, the GPU can conduct a data transfer rate of 8GB per second.
Memory
The ATI Radeon HD 4670 is a discrete card, which means that it has its own memory to use for the desktop PC's video and graphics capabilities. This type of memory is called Graphics Double Data Rate (GDDR). The GPU's built-in memory means that it does not need to share the computer's system memory, which is called Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (DDR SDRAM). The RAM is installed on some or all of the ASUS M2N-E's four 240-pin dual inline memory module slots. The Radeon HD 4670 comes with a GDDR configuration of 256MB, 512MB or 1GB, while the maximum capacity of the motherboard's DIMM slots is 8GB.
Main GPU Specs
Besides the built-in memory, the ATI Radeon HD 4670 has a core clock of 750MHz and a memory clock of 1,000MHz; these are the rates of the card's processor and memory, respectively. The 4670's memory bandwidth, which is the rate at which its stores and retrieves data, is 32GB per second. The card's pixel fill rate, which stands for the rate at which it renders pixels to computer display screen, is 6,000 megapixels per second. Each GPU can support up to 2,560 by 1,600 pixels in display quality using its DisplayPort or Digital Visual Interface.
Main Motherboard Specs
The ASUS M2N-E uses the Advanced Technology eXtended form factor, measuring 12 by 9.6 inches, or 30.5 by 24.5 centimeters. Besides the PCIe and DIMM slots, the motherboard houses the main components of a desktop PC. This includes a central processing unit socket for supporting processors from Advanced Micro Devices; an 8-channel high-definition sound driver from Analog Devices, Inc.; an Nvidia nForce 570 Ultra chipset that provides wired networking with up to a gigabit per second in data transfer speed; and inputs/outputs such as four USB 2.0 ports and PS/2 connectors for the computer keyboard and mouse.
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