ATI RADEON 4850 512MB Graphics Card Roundup

Just before the RADEON HD 4800 series was announced, NVIDIA cut GeForce 9800 GTX prices from US$299 to $199 and launched the overclocked 9800 GTX+ for $229. This review takes a look at the price-busting card from ATI (AMD) and also four cards from AMD partners (HIS, PowerColor, MSI, Gigabyte):

AMD has finally launched a real and formidable product that scared NVIDIA into dropping prices for its cards. It must impact their interests, because GeForce 9800 GTX is a complex and expensive card, which the company is forced to sell for 200 USD. And RADEON 4850 can already be found for less than $200. Prime costs of this product are not very high, and AMD has a significant potential for lowering prices to spite the competing company.

What concerns our four production-line cards, they are copies of the reference design, so we have nothing to add about each card. They all have usual bundles, except for the card from HIS, which has a bonus - a screwdriver with tips.

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