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XFX RADEON HD 4850 REVIEW

"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. Software used for testing was Race Driver Grid and Farcry 2."

XFX RADEON HD 4850


SYSTEM INFORMATION
VIDEO CARD XFX RADEON HD 4850
EVGA GEFORCE GTS 250
ATI DRIVER CATALYST v9.4 WHQL
NVIDIA DRIVER FORCEWARE v182.50 WHQL
PROCESSOR AMD PHENOM II X4 920
MOTHERBOARD MSI K9A2 PLATINUM AMD 790 FX
MEMORY CORSAIR 4GB DDR2 XMS2 DOMINATOR
OPERATING SYSTEM WINDOWS VISTA

RACE DRIVER GRID

NORMAL QUALITY

XFX RADEON HD 4850 91
EVGA GEFORCE GTS 25089

HIGH QUALITY

XFX RADEON HD 4850 78
EVGA GEFORCE GTS 25074

EXTREME QUALITY

XFX RADEON HD 4850 64
EVGA GEFORCE GTS 25058

XFX RADEON HD 4850 EVGA GEFORCE GTS 250

COMMENT - "XFX Radeon HD 4850 beats the EVGA GeForce GTS 250 by 6% with Race Driver."

FARCRY 2

NORMAL QUALITY

XFX RADEON HD 4850 36
EVGA GEFORCE GTS 25032

HIGH QUALITY

XFX RADEON HD 4850 31
EVGA GEFORCE GTS 25027

EXTREME QUALITY

XFX RADEON HD 4850 27
EVGA GEFORCE GTS 25022

XFX RADEON HD 4850 EVGA GEFORCE GTS 250

COMMENT - "XFX Radeon HD 4850 beats the EVGA GeForce GTS 250 by 14% with Farcry 2."

FINAL RESULT

COMMENT - "The XFX Radeon HD 4850 managed to edge out the EVGA GeForce GTS 250 for a slim 1% victory which was unexpected considering the XFX Radeon HD 4850 has a 15% lower clock speed and 5% lower memory speed. However the XFX Radeon HD 4850 does have some advantages and these are the 800 Pixel Shaders and DirectX 10.1 Support. The XFX Radeon HD 4850 was impressive running the latest demanding games like Fall Out 3, Left for Dead, Race Driver Grid and Far Cry 2 at very good performance. The performance between the XFX Radeon HD 4850 and EVGA GeForce GTS 250 was usually close that the only difference is going to be the price. The XFX Radeon HD 4850 is over 8% cheaper than the EVGA GeForce GTS 250 which makes the XFX Radeon HD 4850 great value for money and this is the reason I am recommending the XFX Radeon HD 4850 !"
XFX RADEON HD 4850 SCORES 9/10!
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XFX RADEON HD 4850 REVIEW INDEX

PAGE 1 - XFX RADEON HD 4850 INTRODUCTION
PAGE 2 - 3DMARK 2006, 3DMARK VANTAGE AND CALL OF DUTY - WORLD AT WAR
PAGE 3 - DEVIL MAY CRY 4 AND FALL OUT 3
PAGE 4 - FEAR 2 PROJECT ORIGIN AND LEFT FOR DEAD
PAGE 5 - RACE DRIVER GRID, FARCRY 2 AND FINAL RESULT

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