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Another GTX 280 killer from Ati?

PCGH Review: Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2

On average AMD's Radeon HD 4870 X2 is the fastest graphics card on the market. It combines the performance of two HD 4870 with 2 GiByte VRAM. Now the gap between the HD 4870 and the HD 4870 X2 is closed. The HD 4850 X2 fits in between.
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2
 
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 [Source: view picture gallery]


The Radeon HD 4850 is regarded to be one of the graphics cards with the currently best price performance ratio. Due to CrossfireX it is possible to link two of the cards, too, which in the best case results in doubled performance. This idea is utilized for the HD 4850 X2: It combines two HD 4850 GPUs with two times 1,024 MiByte VRAM on one board. The special thing about this is that it's not an official Ati design. Those companies, who offer such a card, constructed it themselves. We checked if this card is a better solution than two single 4850s. For our tests we used a model from Sapphire.



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Author: Raffael Vötter (Nov 05, 2008)




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pcghx_Kristoffer Re: PCGH Review: Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2
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06.11.2008 09:44
Well the price is set by Sapphire not AMD/Ati since the 4850 X2 is not an official design. And experience has shown that most cards get a little cheaper as soon as they have been introduced to the market.
lagathy Re: PCGH Review: Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2
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06.11.2008 04:15
good review..i was hoping this card might be a lot cheaper than what it is retailing for...seems stupid to price it so close to the 4870x2 version,and with a 280 gtx more or less matching it(without the dreaded micro stuttering),you have to wonder what ati/amd are thinking of.
oh well..just gonna have to wait a few more months for the lucid hydra 100 chip(if its as good as it promises to be) and just whack another 8800gt in y mobo



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