ATI Radeon HD 4550 Entry-Level DX 10.1 GPU

Wow... interesting benchmarks. The model number is very deceptive in relation to its sucktitude.

So I use a different dictionary. Wanna fight about it?

Hmm... "sucktitude" is rather strong there 3vil one. For cheap dough you can get a card that will provide full H.264 offload and some level of graphics, to replace some lame onboard graphics implementation. You get what you pay for. Want to drop $200 on a card or more and you'll get 4X the performance or more... simple math.

Dave_HH:

Hmm... "sucktitude" is rather strong there 3vil one. For cheap dough you can get a card that will provide full H.264 offload and some level of graphics, to replace some lame onboard graphics implementation. You get what you pay for. Want to drop $200 on a card or more and you'll get 4X the performance or more... simple math.

This is the kind of card I drop im family computers. They don't wanna spend $200 and for $50 they think games look crazy good on cheap cards. All they have to compare to is onboard. I use to only buy $100 or less gpus. Now thanks to my 8800 and even worse the 4870s I'm addicted to the high end.

Good points...

But, being unable to hit 30fps in any modern games is where I draw the "not worth it at any price"/sucks line. For non-gamers, I can see your point.