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SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 4850 X2 REVIEW

"Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 review which also features the Gainward Radeon HD 4870. The Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 has 3% lower clock speed and 13% lower memory speed than the Gainward Radeon HD 4870. Software used for testing was Dead Space, Fall Out 3 and Quake Wars."

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 4850 X2


SYSTEM INFORMATION
VIDEO CARD SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 4850 X2
GAINWARD RADEON HD 4870
ATI DRIVER CATALYST v8.12 WHQL
PROCESSOR AMD PHENOM II X4 920
MOTHERBOARD MSI K9A2 PLATINUM AMD 790 FX
MEMORY CORSAIR 4GB DDR2 XMS2 DOMINATOR
OPERATING SYSTEM WINDOWS VISTA

DEAD SPACE

NORMAL QUALITY

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 4850 X285
GAINWARD RADEON HD 4870128

HIGH QUALITY

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 4850 X275
GAINWARD RADEON HD 4870106

EXTREME QUALITY

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 4850 X264
GAINWARD RADEON HD 487086

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 4850 X2 GAINWARD RADEON HD 4870

COMMENT - "After the great result shown so far by the Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 this result comes as a big surprise. The Gainward Radeon HD 4870 outperforms the Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 by 34% to 51%. I think the Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 is performing like a single Radeon HD 4850 so maybe new drivers will deliver faster performance with Dead Space."

FALL OUT 3

NORMAL QUALITY

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 4850 X281
GAINWARD RADEON HD 487077

HIGH QUALITY

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 4850 X278
GAINWARD RADEON HD 487069

EXTREME QUALITY

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 4850 X272
GAINWARD RADEON HD 487061

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 4850 X2 GAINWARD RADEON HD 4870

COMMENT - "Things return to normal and the Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 delivers a steady result beating the Gainward Radeon HD 4870 by 5% to 15%."

ENEMY TERRITORY
QUAKE WARS

NORMAL QUALITY

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 4850 X2112
GAINWARD RADEON HD 4870110

HIGH QUALITY

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 4850 X2108
GAINWARD RADEON HD 487098

EXTREME QUALITY

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 4850 X298
GAINWARD RADEON HD 487082

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 4850 X2 GAINWARD RADEON HD 4870

COMMENT - "The Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 keeps up the pressure by delivering 2% to 16% more performance than the Gainward Radeon HD 4870 for a good result."

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 4850 X2 REVIEW INDEX

PAGE 1 - SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 4850 X2 INTRODUCTION
PAGE 2 - 3DMARK 2006, 3DMARK VANTAGE AND CALL OF DUTY WORLD AT WAR
PAGE 3 - DEAD SPACE, FALL OUT 3 AND ENEMY TERRITORY - QUAKE WARS
PAGE 4 - FAR CRY 2, RACE DRIVER GRID, X3 TERRAN CONFLICT AND FINAL RESULT

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