AMD Radeon HD 4870 and HD 4850 Review - Mid-range GPU mix up

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After several false alarms, the ACTUAL official launch of the HD 4800 series

of GPUs from AMD is upon us! We tested both the HD 4870 and HD 4850 in

single and multi-GPU modes for your viewing pleasure. Has AMD taken back the

reins at $199 and $299?

 

URL: http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=581&type=expert

 

Quote: "The darling of all of this might be the $199 HD 4850 card - even

though it is using GDDR3 memory it has a very strong showing in our tests

and is itself able to compete with the HD 3870 X2 card. If it weren't for

NVIDIA's recent price drop on the 9800 GTX and 9800 GTX+ cards to $199-229

the HD 4850 would have been the run-away victor; NVIDIA obviously caught

wind of the performance of RV770 and made adjustments in pricing to make

themselves competitive again though. In truth the performance of both

options is pretty much neck and neck - with a slight edge going to AMD's new

RV770-based HD 4850 card."

 

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Ryan Shrout

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