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Asus Extreme Radeon HD 4850 Graphic Card Review

Written by Administrator, on 24-06-2008 00:21

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Already the Radeon HD 4850 is shaping up to be a rather interesting product as its suggested retail price has been set at just $200, right between the GeForce 8800 GT and 8800 GTS 512. With that in mind we would normally expect this new card's performance to at least exceed that of the 8800 GT, however, looking at its specifications the Radeon HD 4850 appears as it will be capable of much more than just defeating the competition's budget king.

The Radeon HD 4850 is comprised of a staggering 800 (160x5) SPUs, 40 TAUs and 16 ROPs. Compare this to the 320 (64x5) SPUs, 16 TAUs and 16 ROPs of the Radeon HD 3870 and you can quickly begin to understand why we feel this card could be much more potent than current mid-range offerings. Also to be noted, the Radeon HD 4850 boasts a memory bandwidth of 64GB/s, while the Radeon HD 3870 was limited to 57.6GB/s of bandwidth.

ASUS EXTREME Radeon HD 4850 / 512 Mb Specification :

Model	EAH4850/HTDI/512M
Graphics Engine	Radeon HD 4850
Bus Standard	PCI Express 2.0
Video Memory	512MB DDR3
Engine Clock	625 MHz
Memory Clock	1.986GHz (993MHz DDR3)
Memory Interface	256-bit
DVI Max. Resolution	2560 * 1600
D-Sub Output	Yes x 1 (via DVI to D-Sub adaptor x 1 )
DVI Output	Yes x 2 (DVI-I)
HDTV Output(YPbPr)	YES, via HDTV Out cable
HDCP compliant	Yes
HDMI Output	Yes, via DVI to HDMI adaptor
Adaptor/Cable Bundled	1 x DVI-to-D-Sub adapter 1 x HDTV-out cable 1 x DVI-to-HDMI adaptor
Software Bundled	ASUS Utilities & Driver
Note	The card size is 4.376 inches x 9 inches