SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 4830 REVIEW

"Sapphire Radeon HD 4830 review which also features the MSI GeForce 9800 GT. The Sapphire Radeon HD 4830 has 15% lower clock speed and 6% lower memory speed than the MSI GeForce 9800 GT. However the Sapphire Radeon HD 4830 does have certain advantages over the MSI GeForce 9800 GT such as DirectX 10.1 and 528 extra Pixel Shaders."

"The Sapphire Radeon HD 4830 Series GPUs deliver a cinematic gaming experience with unprecedented performance. The powerful new TeraScale graphics will propel you deep into your gameplay with seamless frame rates and high resolutions. 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. Play today while preparing for tomorrow with tessellation, support for DirectX® 10.1 and scalable ATI CrossFireX™ technology."

"The new Sapphire Radeon HD 4830 shares the award winning graphics architecture used in the existing HD 4800 series and offers the same features, but with an optimised specification and lower price point to deliver the best performance in its price category. With 640 shader engines and clock speeds of 575 MHz (core) and 900MHz (memory), it offers similar overall performance to the HD 4850 model but at a reduced price point."

REDEFINE HD GAMING

"The Sapphire Radeon HD 4830 Series GPUs deliver a cinematic gaming experience with unprecedented performance. The powerful new TeraScale graphics will propel you deep into your gameplay with seamless frame rates and high resolutions. 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. Play today while preparing for tomorrow with tessellation, support for DirectX® 10.1 and scalable ATI CrossFireX™ technology."

ENHANCED ANTI-ALIASING AND ANISOTROPIC FILTERING

"High performance anisotropic filtering and 24x custom filter anti-aliasing (CFAA) smooth jagged edges and create true-to-life graphics, for everything from grass to facial features."

DIRECTX 10.1

"Play today while preparing for tomorrow with state-of-the-art DirectX 10.1 graphics capabilities."

ATI CROSSFIREX™ TECHNOLOGY

"ATI CrossFireX™ technology with up to quad GPU support offers superior scalability so your system is ready to level up when you are."

PCI Express 2.0

"Support for PCI Express 2.0 will prepare you for bandwidth-hungry games and 3D applications."

POWER TO SPARE

"This GPU has the brute processing power needed for physics, artificial intelligence, stream computing and ray tracing calculations."

UNIFIED VIDEO DECODER 2

"Unified Video Decoder 2 frees up your CPU for other tasks so you get The Ultimate Visual Experience™ for even the most processing-intensive content, including VC-1, H.264 and now MPEG-2. Also, take full advantage of Blu-ray functionality with dual-stream, picture in picture (PIP) capabilities."

UPSCALE BEYOND 1080p

"Watch the hottest Blu-ray movies or other HD content at full 1080p display resolution and beyond."

ON-CHIP HDCP

"On-chip HDCP (High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection) makes life easier by allowing you to playback HDCP protected content."

HDMI

"Enjoy the latest audio technologies using HDMI with 7.1 digital surround sound support. Also, xvYCC support allows the user to enjoy a wider range of color when connected to a capable HDTV."