Gigabyte HD 4850 GV-R485-512H-B Review

If you’re looking for a video card that performs well in today’s hottest games but doesn’t break the bank, the Gigabyte HD 4850 is the graphics card for you. It supports DirectX 10.1, Shader Model 4.1, HDMI, CrossfireX, has onboard HDCP, and runs on a fast 55nm chip, all while leaving a good amount of overclocking headroom.

The Gigabyte HD 4850 is just your average Radeon HD 4850 with the exception of its overclocking headroom… When I overclocked the card, I wasn’t expecting it to go far since the temperatures were quite high as it was (the card was idle at 70 degrees Celsius!), but this Gigabyte 4850 still pumped out some pretty good clock speeds.

With an aftermarket heatsink and fan, I have no doubt in my mind that the Gigabyte HD 4850 can be pushed even more because it’s hard to overclock with a video card that idles at 70C without any aftermarket parts.

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