ASUSEAH 4650 512mb 64b(x)2

[mosco2005]

Recently I bought a ASUSEAH 4650 512mb 64b(x)2 and I'm rather unimpressed with its results.
When compared against my older Zotac 9400gt 512mb card its ridiculous.

My Asus card scores a 3.7 for Aeros, and only a 5.8 for gaming graphics.
My Zotac card scores a 4.9 for Aeros, and a 5.9 for gaming graphics.

When playing some game, my Zotac is 10frames higher with the Asus left behind with some slowing taking effect.
Is this common for this card or is it something else. Everything i have read said the 4650 is supposed to be a good card and better then the 9400-9500gt lineup, but im finding that hard to believe.

System specs for thos who wish to know

Processor AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4600+ 5.2 3.7
Determined by lowest subscore

Memory (RAM) 2.50 GB 5.2
Graphics ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series 3.7
Gaming graphics 1535 MB Total available graphics memory 5.8
Primary hard disk 6GB Free (31GB Total) 5.2
Windows 7 Ultimate

System
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Manufacturer System manufacturer
Model System Product Name
Total amount of system memory 2.50 GB RAM
System type 64-bit operating system
Number of processor cores 2

Storage
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Total size of hard disk(s) 149 GB
Disk partition (C 6 GB Free (31 GB Total)
Disk partition (D 27 GB Free (118 GB Total)
Media drive (E CD/DVD

Graphics
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Display adapter type ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series
Total available graphics memory 1535 MB
Dedicated graphics memory 512 MB
Dedicated system memory 0 MB
Shared system memory 1023 MB
Display adapter driver version 8.681.0.0
Primary monitor resolution 1600x1200
DirectX version DirectX 10

Network
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Network Adapter NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller

 

[r_manic]

I'm thinking maybe your Asus runs warmer, thus driving graphics at a lower speed?

 

[deadlockedworld]

It might be better than the 9400GT--but not by very much. The 4650 is about as good as the 9500GT. Both are low-end cards.
Also your monitor is pretty big for a low end card like this.

If you want graphics performance you are going to have to pay a little more for a gaming card...

If you can return or sell that card and you want to post your specs and budget we might be able to help you find a better one.

 

[renz496]

sometimes it depend on the game as well. so games favor nvidia cards more and vise versa. i still remember that my 9600GSO performing worse than HD4550 in Tom Clancy End War.

 

[mosco2005]

Thanks for the reply's,

contacted Amd about the issues, I kept getting a tech specialist who had no idea what the hell he was doing.
So I just stopped contacting them after numerous times telling the rep this was a PCI-E card not AGP and the patches I kept getting sent to were pointless.