In today’s market, both ATI and NVIDIA are pulling out all the stops when it comes to high-end performance graphics. Video cards like the Radeon 4870 X2 and GeForce GTX 295 are perfect examples of this, with a price tag to match. Given the current state of the economy, many people are looking for high performance without the big hit to the wallet. It is to this end that we have the Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2, a dual GPU solution on a single PCB, similar to the 4870 X2. I think it is worth noting that Sapphire is the only manufacturer to build and sell the 4850 X2, which gives them a leg up on other ATI add-in card vendors looking to compete with NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 200 series.
In the $300 price segment, the Sapphire Radeon HD 4850×2 can’t be accused of bringing a knife to a gunfight; with 1600 Stream processors, 2GB of GDDR3 memory running at 993MHz, and two GPU’s clocked at 625MHz all packed on the massive 11 1/4″ single PCI-Express circuit board, the HD 4850 X2 is ready to go against NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX280, as well as today’s most popular games. Let’s take a look and see what Sapphire brings to the table in their HD 4850 X2…
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