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The HD6670 Streamer Edition arrives in a red box with a high resolution image of the product on the front. VTX3D boxes are always primarily red and we don't have a problem with that.
The bundle contains an operation guide, power cable, software disc and antenna cable.
The card is built around a red PCB, with a bright red, plastic cooler on top. The fan blades are black, so clearly that bit escaped the red paint. The most astute among you will spot the little board at the top of the backplate – this is the digital input board. The card doesn't require a power connector and isn't Crossfire capable either.
The antenna attaches to this port at the top of the card. The card can accept other, more powerful antenna if you have one.
There is a full size HDMI port, DVI port and an older analog port for backwards compatibility. This might not be such a great inclusion for a gaming card, but for a media product it can be useful.
The cooler is removed with four simple screws on the rear of the PCB. It isn't very substantial, but these cards don't demand much power, or generate a lot of heat.
Above, a GPUz overview of the hardware which features 1GB of GDDR5 memory connected via a 128 bit memory interface. There are 480 unified shaders onboard with 8 ROPS.
Driver software is installed from the supplied optical disc as shown above.
The TV tuner is accessed via Windows Media Center. Unfortunately our location has a very weak ‘over the air' signal meaning we couldn't effectively test the quality of the broadcast.
Them seem a decent make and if Amazon stock them, their warranty system is excellent regardless of the manufacturer. This is why I order from amazon all the time, no quibble returns if problems occur.
I would however look at a passive card for a media center, although many of these cards dont generate much noise at all. I read a thread where a guy disabled the fan on his card and underclocked it by 100mhz and it was fine! (6670)
6670 for a media center would be my first choice. I currently use an nvidia board but its old and about to die. might look at a passive 6670
Id go for a passive solution in this sector.
Hello,is there any option to watch TV via this card,i have VTX 6670 Digital Streamer,but which program is needed to watch tv via cable network etc,is that possible? 🙂