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GAINWARD RADEON HD 4850 REVIEW

"Review of the Gainward Radeon HD 4850 which we are comparing to the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870. The Gainward Radeon HD 4850 is a pixel shading powerhouse boasting 800 Unified Shaders compared to 320 with the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 which means that the Gainward Radeon HD 4850 has 60% more shading power. However the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 is using powerful GDDR4 memory and the Gainward Radeon HD 4850 is using slower GDDR3 memory. Another advantage for the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 is the 20% higher GPU speed compared to the Gainward Radeon HD 4850."

GAINWARD RADEON HD 4850

SUPERIOR HARDWARE DESIGN

"Gainward’s award winning High-Performance/ Wide-BandwidthTM hardware design powered by ATI’s Radeon® HD 4850 GPU integrating 512MB/256bits high-speed DDR3 memory which offers enhanced, leading-edge performance for the 3D enthusiasts."

SPECIFICATION

"High performance one-slot cooling fan. Dual DVI (with Dual-link DVI, support up to 2560x1600) and Video out connector with S-Video/Composite/HDTV support. Provides world-class HDTV-out functionality up to 1080i resolution. Supports two monitors simultaneously, enabled by ATI’s Multi-Display Technology for office applications, 3D gaming and professional applications, animation or video editing. It allows end-users to select any combination of display configurations, including a DVI, CRT, and TV. ATI Catalyst Software Suite provides a full software solution for supported OS and delivers improved performance, certified stability, unmatched visual quality, innovative and exciting features that enables users to quickly setup and configure the graphics product."

"Gainward Radeon HD 4850 Series GPUs bring the power of graphics ‘supercomputing’ to gamers, setting a new standard for visual computing. Redefine the way you play and take HD gaming to the extreme with best-in-class performance. With one teraFLOPS on tap, the TeraScale graphics engine delivers an immersive, cinematic gaming experience. Add this graphics card to your PC and watch Blu-ray movies and play HD content with incredible visual fidelity or take your experience to another level with new multimedia capabilities. Do it all with break-through efficiency that doesn’t compromise performance."

"With more than twice the processing power of previous generation AMD discrete graphics cards, Gainward Radeon HD 4850 Series graphics cards deliver a cinematic gaming experience and unprecedented performance."

"Enhanced anti-aliasing (AA) and anisotropic filtering create striking graphics with unparalleled realism so you can max out the settings of the most demanding next-generation games or revitalize your favorite titles."

"Add an Gainward Radeon HD 4850 Series graphics card to your PC and watch the latest Blu-ray and HD movies play with incredible fidelity1 – upscale to nearly twice the display resolution of HD content.2 Take full advantage of Blu-ray functionality with dual-stream, picture in picture (PIP) capabilities."

"Like their predecessors, the Gainward Radeon HD 4850 Series graphics cards offer optimal performance and break-through efficiency with platform-independent intelligent power management."

GAINWARD RADEON HD 4850 CARD

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GAINWARD RADEON HD 4850 RV770 625 2000 512MB GDDR3 256 800 10.1
SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 3870 RV670 775 2250 512MB GDDR4 256 320 10.1
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GAINWARD RADEON HD 4850 REVIEW INDEX

PAGE 1 - GAINWARD RADEON HD 4850 INTRODUCTION
PAGE 2 - 3DMARK 2006, LIGHTSMARK AND SHADERMARK
PAGE 3 - GAMES BENCHMARKS AND FINAL RESULT


LATEST REVIEWS

"Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2 review which also features the Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2. The Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2 has 17% higher clock speed and 45% higher memory speed than the Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2."

"The Asus GeForce GTS 250 review also featuring the Pov GeForce GTX 260. The Asus GeForce GTS 250 has a 25% faster clock speed, 1% higher memory speed but the Asus GeForce GTS 250 has 64 less Pixel Shaders."

"XFX Radeon HD 4770 review also featuring the Gainward Radeon HD 4850. The XFX Radeon HD 4770 has a 17% higher clock speed, 38% higher memory speed but 20% less Pixel Shaders compared to the Gainward Radeon HD 4850. The XFX Radeon HD 4770 does have a disadvantage which is the 128Bit Memory Interface which is half that of the Gainward Radeon HD 4850. How will this effect the performance?"

"BFG GeForce GTX 275 OC review also featuring the Gainward GeForce GTX 275. The BFG GeForce GTX 275 OC is a Factory Overclocked version of GeForce GTX 275 which means that it has a 3% faster clock speed, 2% higher memory speed and 240 Pixel Shaders."

"Gainward GeForce GTX 275 review also featuring the XFX Radeon HD 4890. The Gainward GeForce GTX 275 has a 26% lower clock speed, 42% lower memory speed and 460 less Pixel Shaders compared to the XFX Radeon HD 4890. The Gainward GeForce GTX 275 is going to have to work hard!"

"Sapphire Radeon HD 4770 review which also features the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870. The Sapphire Radeon HD 4770 has 4% lower clock speed, 30% higher memory speed and an extra 320 Pixel Shaders compared to the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870. The Sapphire Radeon HD 4770 does have a disadvantage with the 128 Bit memory interface due to the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 having a 256 Bit interface. How will this effect performance?"

"XFX Radeon HD 4850 review also featuring the EVGA GeForce GTS 250. The XFX Radeon HD 4850 has 15% lower clock speed, 5% lower memory speed, 800 Pixel Shaders and DirectX 10.1 Support. The XFX Radeon HD 4850 does not have any disadvantages just raw performance!"

"Inno3D GeForce 9800 GT review also features the Gigabyte Radeon HD 4770. The Inno3D GeForce 9800 GT has a 20% lower clock speed, 44% lower memory speed and 528 less Pixel Shaders. The Inno3D GeForce 9800 GT does have an advantage and this is the 256Bit Memory Interface which is twice that of the Gigabyte Radeon HD 4770 which uses a 128Bit Memory Interface."

"Gigabyte Radeon HD 4770 review also featuring the Sapphire Radeon HD 4830. The Gigabyte Radeon HD 4770 has a 24% higher clock speed, 44% higher memory speed and the same 640 Pixel Shaders as the Sapphire Radeon HD 4830. The Gigabyte Radeon HD 4770 does have a disadvantage which is the 128Bit Memory Interface which is half that of the Sapphire Radeon HD 4830. Will the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?"

"XFX Radeon HD 4890 review also featuring the Gainward Radeon HD 4870. The XFX Radeon HD 4890 has a 11% higher clock speed, 9% higher memory speed and the same 800 Pixel Shaders as the Gainward Radeon HD 4870. This means the XFX Radeon HD 4890 will be atleast 10% faster than the Gainward Radeon HD 4870. Another advantage for the XFX Radeon HD 4890 is the extra 512MB Memory which will definately increase game performance."

"EVGA GeForce GTS 250 review also featuring the Inno3D GeForce 9800 GTX+. The EVGA GeForce GTS 250 has a 3% higher clock speed, the same 2200 Mhz memory speed and 128 Pixel Shaders as the Inno3D GeForce 9800 GTX+. This means the only real advantage the EVGA GeForce GTS 250 has over the Inno3D GeForce 9800 GTX+ is an extra 512MB Memory."

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