Closer Look at Sapphire HD 4670 Ultimate Edition

Package and Accessories

Sapphire HD 4670 Ultimate Edition is shipped in a relatively small cardboard box with light-colored design. It looks pretty attractive, even though the design theme is quite common:

A large Stylized head with a headset and the word “Ultimate” suggest that this is a silent product targeted primarily for HTPC segment. The video memory size and type are indicated correctly. There is an additional sticker that tells you about a native HDMI port, which is another indication of the positioning of Sapphire HD 4670 Ultimate Edition for multimedia application.

The package is of impeccable quality: behind a bright-colored slip-cover you find a box of thick brown cardboard holding a plastic molded tray. The graphics accelerator sits securely inside one of the tray sections. The tray is covered with a polyurethane foam sheet. Besides the card itself, you also get the following accessories with it:

• User manual;
• A CD disk with drivers and electronic version of the user manual;
• CyberLink PowerDVD 7 disk;
• CyberLink DVD Suite 5 disk;
• AMD Ruby ROM Volume 1.1 disk;
• Sapphire logo sticker for the system case.

There are no cables or adapters bundled with Sapphire HD 4670 Ultimate Edition, but you actually do not need any of them. First, the card is powered solely from the PCI Express x16 slot. And second, it is equipped with a native HDMI port and thus requires no adapters of any kind.

The bundled software is worth paying special attention to, because it corresponds fully to the positioning of this graphics solution in the market. However, in reality the PowerDVD version included with the card doesn’t support contemporary HD video formats. Although, I don’t think we can complain about it, since Sapphire HD 4670 Ultimate Edition is a mainstream graphics accelerator and having the latest and hence more expensive version of the HD video player could have increased its end price and hence affected the popularity of this solution in the market.

AMD Ruby ROM Volume 1.1 disk serves mostly marketing purposes, because it contains company branded wallpapers and screensavers for your desktop, demo versions of several games and software applications, and a full version of Dungeon Runners online RPG.

Overall, Sapphire HD 4670 Ultimate Edition gets a high score for the packaging design as well as quality. As for the accessories bundle it is a little harder to shape up the final verdict here: although it is not very rich, you have to keep in mind that this product is an inexpensive solution, and accessories bundled like that are acceptable for the products from this price segment.