Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 2GB Video Card Review
Posted by: Philipp Esselbach on: 11/04/2008 12:01 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ] · 693 views
Elite Bastards posted a review on the Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 2GB Video Card
A quote from the article:
>> Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 2GB Video Card Review
A quote from the article:
| When AMD launched their flagship Radeon HD 4870 X2 board, our eye was caught by the mention of a lower priced Radeon HD 4850 X2 board, designed to compete with NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 280 in both price and performance terms. We patiently waited and waited for said SKU to see the light of day, but nothing appeared - Until now. We get to take a look at Sapphire's exclusive Radeon HD 4850 X2 design which launches today, packing two RV770 cores and 2GB of GDDR3 memory to offer up what should be performance aplenty, and a much-needed challenger to the GeForce GTX 280.
We've already mentioned that a reference Radeon HD 4850 X2 sticks with the clock speeds allocated to a reference Radeon HD 4850, and Sapphire's board sticks to these speeds, giving us clocks of 625MHz and 993MHz for core and memory speed respectively. The first big surprise comes from taking a look at the length of this board's PCB - Put simply, it's bigger than both the Radeon HD 4870 X2 and GeForce GTX 280 at around 11.5 inches long (compared to 10.5" for those other parts). Make sure you have plenty of room in your case before picking up one of these monsters; we only just managed to squeeze it into our Cooler Master 690 chassis that we use for testing here. The board also comes with a huge cooler strapped to it, sporting two fans to pull air into that large heatsink, although unfortunately due to the design of the board hot air can't be exhausted out of the rear of the chassis. |
>> Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 2GB Video Card Review
Related Stories
11/03/2008 10:01 AM: Sapphire HD 4650 OC Edition 512 MB Review by Philipp Esselbach
techPowerUp posted Sapphire HD 4650 OC Edition 512 MB review...
10/31/2008 05:15 PM: ATI Radeon HD 4830 (Sapphire, Powercolor and HIS) Review by Philipp Esselbach
DriverHeaven posted a review on the ATI Radeon HD 4830 (Sapphire, Powercolor and HIS...
10/31/2008 11:30 AM: Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 512MB Video Card Review by Philipp Esselbach
TheTechLounge posted a review on the Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 512MB Video Card...
10/31/2008 11:30 AM: Sapphire HD 4830 Video Card Review by Philipp Esselbach
Hardware Secrets takes a look at the new Radeon HD 4830...
techPowerUp posted Sapphire HD 4650 OC Edition 512 MB review...
10/31/2008 05:15 PM: ATI Radeon HD 4830 (Sapphire, Powercolor and HIS) Review by Philipp Esselbach
DriverHeaven posted a review on the ATI Radeon HD 4830 (Sapphire, Powercolor and HIS...
10/31/2008 11:30 AM: Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 512MB Video Card Review by Philipp Esselbach
TheTechLounge posted a review on the Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 512MB Video Card...
10/31/2008 11:30 AM: Sapphire HD 4830 Video Card Review by Philipp Esselbach
Hardware Secrets takes a look at the new Radeon HD 4830...
« NZXT Cryo LX Notebook Cooler Review · Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 2GB Video Card Review
· Asus 901 Eee PC Review »
