ATI Radeon HD 4850

The ATI Radeon HD 4850 is a video card reference specification designed by AMD/ATI. It includes a 55nm RV770 GPU (graphics processor) and 512MB or 1GB of GDDR3 memory connected through a 256-bit interface. With 956 million transistors, it almost doubles the performance of ATI's last higher end card single GPU card, the Radeon 3870 - toping its own last generation model the 3850 by an even larger margin. Launched at a suggested retail price of 199 dollars, the Radeon HD 4850 has been selling quite well, beating or at the very least matching Nvidia's offerings in performance as well as price.

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ATI Radeon HD 4850
MSRP $199.00
Release date June, 2008
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Pros & Cons

ProSCORE
6 reviews
71
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5 positive
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1 negative

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Fastest card under 200 dollars
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Best bang for buck
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Single slot
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Support Direct X 10.1
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2 DVI, 1 HDMI
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Silent
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High idle temperature
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Driver support under linux still has issues
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GDDR3 only (decreases performance in high resolutions)
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Features

  • Fabrication Process: 55nm
  • Transistors: 956m
  • Stream processors: 800
  • Texture units: 40
  • Maximum theoretical memory bandwidth: 63.6GB/s
  • Transistors: 956 million
  • Maximum power consumption: 110W

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Buy It

VisionTek Radeon HD 4850

• VisionTek Radeon HD4850 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express Graphics Card

• Radeon HD 4850 Video Card

UPC: 784090025043

EAN: 784090025043

MPN: 900241

Sapphire Radeon HD 4850

Gigabyte Radeon HD 4850

• Ati HD 4850 DDR3-512MB

• Ati HD 4850 DDR3-512MB

UPC: 818313005977

EAN: 818313005977

MPN: GV-R485-512H-B

HIS Radeon HD 4850

• HIS H485F512P Radeon HD 4850 HDMI Dual DL-DVI HDCP 512MB 256bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 X16 Video Card - Retail (RoHS)

• HIS Radeon HD 4850 Video Card - 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 CrossFireX Ready (Dual Link) Dual DVI HDTV HDMI Support VGA Support

EAN: 4895139000733

MPN: H485F512P

Diamond Radeon HD 4850

• Diamond 4850 PCIE 512MB GDDR3 Video Card

• Radeon HD 4850 Video Card

UPC: 757448006285

EAN: 757448006285

MPN: 4850PE3512SB

Competitors

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ATI Radeon HD 4650

ATI Radeon HD 4650

MSRP  $69.00    Released  September, 2008
Pros
  • can play older games at lower resolutions quite easily
  • helps offload video decoding from the CPU
  • better than onboard video from Intel
Cons
  • can be outperformed quite easily by the 4670 - which is only supposed to be $10 more
  • very poor availability
  • active cooling with such small and cheap fans leads to high volume and tonal fan noise
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Nvidia GeForce GTS 250

Nvidia GeForce GTS 250

MSRP  $129.00    Released  March, 2009
Pros
  • built on the latest 55nm process - cheaper, cooler and more power efficient than previous processes
  • compatible with PhysX and CUDA technologies - improved support for physics in games and GPU computing such as video encoding/transcoding or graphics rendering
  • affordable price for a gamers card
Cons
  • based on a two generation old design
  • constant re-branding of the same technology, tricks and prays on uninformed consumers
  • long card - will not fit in smaller cases
ProSCORE
2 reviews
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Nvidia GeForce GTX 260

Nvidia GeForce GTX 260

MSRP  $329.00    Released  June, 2008
Pros
  • Very powerful chip
  • Relatively good Price/Performance for the C216 Version.
  • Runs cooler than ATI's offering
Cons
  • Strong fall in performance in higher resolutions due to GDDR3
  • Two version available with significant performance difference but small seperation in price and bad marking of better products.
  • Initial Version with only 192 Shader processors and very weak price/performance. (No longer produced but still in stores)
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eVGA GeForce 8800 GTX PCI Express

eVGA GeForce 8800 GTX PCI Express

MSRP  $574.50    Released  --
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Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX

Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX

MSRP  $250.00    Released  April, 2008

The GeForce 9800 GTX is Nvidia's high end 9th generation graphics card specification, recently replaced by their 10th generation high end models the GTX 260 and GTX 280. Built originally on a 65nm process, the 9800 GTX went to a 55nm process in July 2008 (hence GTX+), allowing Nvidia to make the card faster...

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Ethern1ty

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August 21, 2009
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ProSCORE
80
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4 pros
1 con

Pros

  • Fastest card under 200 dollars
  • Single slot
  • Support Direct X 10.1
  • 2 DVI, 1 HDMI

Cons

  • High idle temperature

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ollivaan

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July 20, 2008
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Pros

  • Fastest card under 200 dollars
  • Best bang for buck
  • Silent

Cons

  • High idle temperature

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Darkstriker

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February 17, 2009
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ProSCORE
33
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1 pro
2 cons

Pros

  • Single slot

Cons

  • Driver support under linux still has issues
  • GDDR3 only (decreases performance in high resolutions)

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wicky

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September 15, 2008
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100
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Pros

  • Fastest card under 200 dollars
  • Best bang for buck
  • Single slot

Cons

Did not agree with any cons

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Omar

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July 29, 2008
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ProSCORE
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Pros

  • Best bang for buck
  • Single slot

Cons

  • Driver support under linux still has issues

Competitors

Omar prefers ATI Radeon HD 4850 over Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX, eVGA GeForce 8800 GTX PCI Express
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Yale

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July 28, 2008
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2 pros
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Pros

  • Fastest card under 200 dollars
  • Best bang for buck

Cons

  • High idle temperature

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