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Sapphire ATi Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 PCI-E DVI Retail
- Manufacturer: Sapphire
- Manf Code: 21132-00-20R
- Quick Code: S017947
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Description
The ATI Radeon HD 4850 GPU brings 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.
The new TeraScale graphics engine delivers an immersive, cinematic gaming experience.
Add this GPU to your PC and watch Blu-ray movies and play HD content with incredible visual fidelity.*
Do it all with break-through efficiency that doesn?t compromise performance.
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| Connectivity | |
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| Interface Type | PCI Express 2 X16 |
| Expansion / Connectivity | |
| Interfaces | 2 x DVI-I (dual link) - 29 pin combined DVI ¦ 1 x VGA - 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD-15) ( with adapter ) ¦ 1 x HDMI ( with adapter ) ¦ 1 x TV-out ¦ 1 x HDTV output |
| General | |
| Device Type | Graphics adapter |
| Enclosure Type | Plug-in card |
| Memory | |
| Memory Clock Speed | 993 MHz |
| Graphics adapter memory type | GDDR3 |
| Memory Interface (bits) | 256 |
| Memory (MB) | 512 |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Certified for Windows Vista | Certified for Windows Vista |
| Cables Included | 1 x DVI-VGA adapter ¦ 1 x HDMI-DVI adapter |
| Package Type | Lite retail |
| Compliant Standards | RoHS |
| Processor | |
| Clock Speed | 625 MHz |
| RAMDAC Clock Speed | 400 MHz |
| Graphics Processor | Radeon HD 4850 |
| Features | Avivo HD Technology, ATI CrossFireX Technology, ATI PowerPlay technology |
| Software / System Requirements | |
| OS Required | Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition, Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, Microsoft Windows Vista |
| System Requirements Details | Windows Vista - RAM 1 GB ¦ Windows XP - RAM 1 GB ¦ Windows XP 64-bit Edition - RAM 1 GB ¦ Windows XP Media Centre Edition 2005 - RAM 1 GB |
| Peripheral / Interface Devices | CD-ROM, 450W power supply |
| Video | |
| Max Monitors Supported | 2 |
| TV Interface | HDTV out |
| API Supported | OpenGL 2.0, DirectX 10.1 |
| Max Resolution (external) | 2560 x 1600 |
| Digital Video Standard | Digital Visual Interface (DVI), High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) |
| Video Compression Standards | MPEG-2, MPEG-4 |
| HDCP compatible | Yes |
The ATI HD4870X2 boasts dual GPU technology on one printed circuit board, teaming up the dual 55nm RV770 GPUs in tandem for maximum performance in a single video card. Essentially two HD4870s slapped together onto one card, its dual cores are clocked ...
| Rating | 80 |
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| Title | Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 GDDR4 review |
| Reviewed By | Robin Morris |
| Summary | The Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 GDDR4 graphics card is engulfed by its huge fan, a proprietary Sapphire addition that maximises the cooling system while still keeping a lid on noise levels. |
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| Verdict | It€™s not a stellar performer and we recommend you spend that extra bit more. Nonetheless, the Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 GDDR4 is a very creditable card for the money. |
| Rating | 90 |
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| Title | Sapphire Vapor-X HD 4850 vapour-cooled graphics card |
| Reviewed By | Leo Waldock |
| Summary | An interesting graphics cooler? Well, yes, as Sapphires tames AMD's HD 4850 with its new Vapor-X system. |
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| Verdict | Vapour-X is bloody brilliant and transforms your Vindaloo HD 4850 into a mild Korma. Ã'® |
| Rating | 80 |
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| Title | Sapphire Radeon HD4850 X2 graphics card |
| Reviewed By | Simon Crisp |
| Summary | A dual-processor graphics card that won't break the bank |
| Pros | Great performance ; support for four monitors |
| Cons | Fan noise on review card |
| Verdict | A good alternative to the HD4870 X2 |
| Rating | 100 |
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| Title | Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 512MB Video Card |
| Reviewed By | Frank Stroupe |
| Summary | Traditionally, budget cards would barely play the current high performance games, even at low settings, and were primarily for enthusiast rigs not intended for serious 3D gaming. Today I will be looking at one of ATI's new budget offerings, Sapphire's ... |
| Pros | A very viable upgrade for off the shelf rigs due to low power usage ; A great choice for low end enthusiast rigs ; Impressive performance for a sub-$100 video card ; A reference cooler that is actually quiet |
| Cons | None that I found |
| Verdict | The HD 4670 definitely performed well against the geForce 8600GT. Even with AA, the 4670 gave respectable numbers, yes some of them were at the border of playability, but as I already said, you really don't buy a sub-$100 video card expecting to be ... |
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| Title | Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 512MB Video Card |
| Reviewed By | Max Slowik |
| Summary | I have always had problems endorsing the sub-hundred dollar video card. Usually, for an amount less than the video game you intend to play, you can get a card that can actually play said game, unl... |
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| Title | Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic Video Card |
| Reviewed By | Max Slowik |
| Summary | This is the ATI counter-point to the 9800 GTX+: Sapphire's Toxic HD 4850. It may be alone, and it may not be more power-friendly, but it's, ahem, wickedly fast. The icing is that it doe... |
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| Title | Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 512MB GDDR4 Video Card Review |
| Reviewed By | Nathan Kirsch |
| Summary | The Radeon HD 4670 is the mid-range offering from ATI, with lower performance than the Radeon HD 4770 & 4800 series but more performance than the Radeon HD 4300 and 4500 series. With so many new cards out there, the Radeon HD 4670 fits in nicely to ... |
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| Verdict | This is a great little card that can make a gamer out of nearly any system for a great price, with stellar temperatures, and no extra noise |
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| Title | Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 Video Card Review |
| Reviewed By | Nathan Kirsch |
| Summary | Today Legit Reviews looks at the new Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 which features 1600 Stream processors, 2GB of GDDR3 memory running at 993MHz and two GPU's clocked at 625MHz! Sapphire is the only manufacturer to produce and sell the 4850 X2 which ... |
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| Rating | 100 |
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| Title | Review summary of Radeon HD 4850 X2 - 2 Gb GDDR3 - PCI-Express 2.0 |
| Reviewed By | alaTest |
| Summary | alaTest has collected and analysed 211 reviews of Radeon HD 4850 X2 - 2 Gb GDDR3 - PCI-Express 2.0 from international magazines and websites. |
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| Verdict | Experts rate this product 81/100 and users 88/100. Comparing these reviews to 28451 other Graphics Cards reviews gives this product an overall alaScore™ 100/100 = Excellent. |
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| Title | REVIEWS: Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 In Crossfire (19th June 2008) |
| Reviewed By | Shane Baxtor |
| Summary | We've all been wondering about Shane's love for the HD 4850 in Crossfire, today we figure out what it's all about. |
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| Verdict | I absolutely love this card and the performance it offers. Considering stock is already available and the price is nothing short of fantastic, there isn't a whole lot not to get excited about. Sure, it's not a GTX 280 killer at all points, or even a ... |
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| Title | Sapphire Radeon HD4850 (512Mb GDDR3): Latest 10 Reviews |
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| Summary | More ATI Radeon HD4850 cards have arrived at our labs. This time, we take a look at the Sapphire Radeon HD4850. It's based on AMD/ATI's reference design and features 512Mb of GDDR3 ram and of course the RV770 Pro GPU running at 625Mhz. We put it ... |
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| Title | Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 TOXIC: better than reference |
| Reviewed By | Tarinder Sandhu |
| Summary | During a busy June 2008 both NVIDIA and AMD debuted their next-generation graphics cards - GeForce GTX 268/280 and AMD Radeon HD 4850/4870, respectively |
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| Verdict | Through its preferred range of etailers, Sapphire is charging around £150 for a Radeon HD 4850 TOXIC EDITION 512MiB graphics card. The question is, we suppose, why would you pay a significant premium for it when a reference card can be purchased for ... |
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| Title | Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 Toxic 512MB Video Card |
| Reviewed By | Frank Stroupe |
| Summary | Today I will be looking at one of Sapphire's latest video cards, the Radeon HD 4850 Toxic, a 512MB DDR3 factory overclocked version of the HD 4850. This card comes complete with ramsinks, the first I have had on a video card that I didn't install ... |
| Pros | - Performance beyond that expected of a mid-range video card, - Included Zalman VF-900 works well, - Release price of $200 is less than expected for a card with this performance |
| Cons | - Only possible con I found is the routing of the cooler's power wires |
| Verdict | I've heard for a little too long now, how much of a mistake AMD's purchase of ATI was. I dunno, I'm not much into the financial end of things, and maybe it was. But if the Radeon HD 4850 is any indication of where ATI is going, maybe the naysayers are ... |
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| Title | REVIEWS: Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 in Crossfire (9th September 2008) |
| Reviewed By | Shane Baxtor |
| Summary | Today ATI have responded to the NVIDIA 9500 GT and to say we're surprised with the results would be an understatement. |
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| Verdict | It seems like we're not the only one with the HD 4670. I know there are plenty of review sites with the card, but it also seems like some people at NVIDIA have a card which lead to an interesting e-mail this morning |
| Rating | 82 |
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| Title | Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 |
| Reviewed By | Antony Leather |
| Summary | Rumours of the ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 have been around for some time and at one point we thought ATI's fifth dual... |
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| Title | Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2: another AMD-based thorn in NVIDIA's side |
| Reviewed By | Parm Mann |
| Summary | Introduction Nearly three months ago, AMD laid claim to the world's fastest mainstream single-board graphics card with its Radeon HD 4870 X2 - a benchmark-pummelling solution that takes two Radeon HD 4870 GPUs and slaps them together on one board ... |
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| Verdict | Final thoughts and rating In a scenario that scales multiple GPUs particularly well, Sapphire's Radeon HD 4850 X2 delivers on AMD's goal of providing the world's second fastest single-board GPU - second only to its own Radeon HD 4870 X2 |
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| Title | REVIEWS: Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 In CrossfireX (5th November 2008) |
| Reviewed By | Shane Baxtor |
| Summary | Sapphire has strapped two of our much loved HD 4850 cores onto a single PCB. Disaster or genius- - Let's check it out. |
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| Verdict | It doesn't come as any real surprise that the HD 4850 X2 is a winner. The whole HD 4800 series from ATI has been impressive and we didn't think this card was going to be any different. It's great to see that Sapphire has jumped straight onto the HD ... |
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| Title | Ati HD4850 Roundup |
| Reviewed By | Toni Siik |
| Summary | Today we are going to get a bit more familiar with some of the more interesting HD4850-offerings. All of these cards feature an improved cooler, higher frequencies and better performance than the reference cards. |
| Pros | Cooling on both the GPU and the memory chips, High memory clocks and overclockability, Large bundle, Good cooling for the GPU, Short PCB design, Highest stock clock settings, Good cooling for the GPU, Short PCB design, Nice clock settings for the GPU, ... |
| Cons | Lower GPU clocks at stock settings, Quality control issues, Lack of cooling for the memory chips, Slightly lower performance at stock setting, Lack of cooling for the memory chips, Low memory clocks at stock settings, Lack of cooling for the memory ... |
| Verdict | It's great to see some more competition on the graphics markets once again as AMD is back in the game with the RV770 based cards. The effects of competition could easily be seen as Nvidia was forced to lower its prices radically after the HD4K series ... |
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| Title | Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2 ATOMIC: the fastest gets faster |
| Reviewed By | Parm Mann |
| Summary | Introduction AMD's Radeon HD 4870 X2 has comfortably held the title of world's fastest single-board graphics card since its arrival in August 2008. By squeezing two Radeon HD 4870 1GB GPUs onto a single PCB and hooking them up via internal ... |
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| Verdict | Final thoughts and rating It's always difficult not to faint when a manufacturer presents a gamer-orientated graphics card with an asking price in the region of £500, plus VAT! - enough, we should add, to purchase both a PlayStation 3 and an Xbox 360 ... |
| Rating | 92 |
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| Title | Sapphire HD 4850 Toxic 512 MB |
| Reviewed By | W1zzard |
| Summary | Sapphire's new HD 4850 Toxic graphics card comes with a preinstalled Zalman VF-900 GPU cooler that greatly reduces the operating temperature of the card. Also the operating frequencies have been bumped quite a bit, with some additional overclocking ... |
| Pros | Factory overclocked, Additional overclocking potential left, Low operating temperatures, Nice software bundle, Dual slot cooler, HDMI+HDCP+Audio via adapter, 7.1 HDMI Audio integrated in GPU, PCI-Express 2.0 support, DirectX 10.1 support, Blue PCB |
| Cons | Noisy cooler, High price premium, Dual slot cooler, Regular HD 4850 has better price/performance, No native HDMI output |
| Verdict | I have a bit mixed feelings about the Sapphire HD 4850 Toxic. The inclusion of the Zalman VF900 cooler is a great choice, but the fixed fan speed is not. Since the fan is always running at the same speed of around 1700 RPM, it will obviously lower the ... |
| Rating | 93 |
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| Title | Sapphire HD 4850 512 MB 100245L Own PCB Design |
| Reviewed By | W1zzard |
| Summary | Sapphire has engineered their own version of the Radeon HD 4850 with cost and cooling in mind. The card's new unconventional heatsink looks good and keeps the card cool - far below reference design temperatures. The best of all is that the card costs ... |
| Pros | Cheapest HD 4850 on the market, Custom cooling solution, Low temperatures idle and load, HDMI+HDCP+Audio via adapter, Dual slot cooler (better cooling) |
| Cons | Very noisy fan, Reference design clocks, Higher power consumption than reference HD 4850, Dual slot cooler (more space required) |
| Verdict | Sapphire's own HD 4850 design seems to be designed with cost in mind. The card is currently the cheapest HD 4850 card available online which alone will be very appealing to many users. On the other hand for just a few dollars more you can get features ... |
| Rating | 88 |
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| Title | Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 2048 MB |
| Reviewed By | W1zzard |
| Summary | Being priced at reasonable $419, the Sapphire HD 4850 X2 is designed to take some market share from NVIDIA's GTX 280. The card features 2 GB of GDDR3 memory and comes with a custom designed cooling solution. Even though you would expect very little ... |
| Pros | Great performance, Lots of overclocking potential left, Better average performance per Dollar ratio than GTX 280, Beats HD 4870 X2 in high resolutions, DirectX 10.1 support |
| Cons | Extremely noisy card, CrossFire does not work in windowed 3D, Hot air not exhaust out of the case, Complex overclocking process, Dual GPU design - depends on optimum driver support, Long PCB, No support for CUDA/PhysX |
| Verdict | When looked at from a pure performance standpoint, then the Sapphire HD 4850 X2 is among the top cards on the market. It beats the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 by about 3%. What is also very interesting is that in higher resolutions the HD 4850 X2 can also ... |
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| Title | Preview: Radeon HD 4850 CrossFire Performance |
| Reviewed By | Vijay Anand |
| Summary | The much awaited Radeon HD 4850 graphics cards have actually landed in retail this week and despite the oddity that it hasn't launched yet officially, we managed to grab two of these newcomers to give you a preview of what they taste like. Check them ... |
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| Verdict | The Radeon HD 4580 graphics card is the first out of the new 4000 series stable of graphics cards using the RV770 GPU core. The Radeon HD 4850 uses the RV770 PRO SKU while the higher-end 4870 model will follow shortly using the RV 770 XT part |
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| Title | Sapphire Toxic Radeon HD 4870 tested |
| Reviewed By | Sanjin Rado? |
| Summary | Review: Non-reference Vapor-X cooling and higher clocks Radeon Toxic HD 4870 is a name for Sapphire's special version of the HD 4870, this time with special cooling and an overclocked core. The card uses Vapor-X cooling that does a great job at ... |
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| Verdict | Higher clocks and Toxic Vapor-X cooling do however come at a price and you'll have to pay around 20 more compared to the reference card's price. If you want a fast HD 4870 with some powerful cooling, then this card just might strike your chord |
| Rating | 90 |
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| Title | Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 |
| Reviewed By | Will Smith |
| Summary | As a general rule, our belief is that pairing two slow-performing cards using SLI or CrossFire is a bad idea-you're usually better off running a single faster card. However, the Radeon 4850 X2 delivers astounding performance compared to the single-GPU ... |
| Pros | Killer performance for $300. Four DVI ports! Faster than a GTX 280 |
| Cons | GDDR3 hurts memory bandwidth. Four DVI ports leave no room for rear exhaust vents |
| Verdict | Like its 4870-powered predecessor, the 4850 X2 sports ATI's advanced video decode acceleration, allowing you to view fully accelerated picture-in-picture Blu-ray discs. It's fully compatible with multiple-monitor displays, and we love that this board ... |
