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Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic Video Card
 
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Max Slowik
Kurtis
Sapphire
Aug. 27, 2008
DX9, OpenGL, and Synthetics


Half-Life 2 Episode 2 @ 1440x900
(Show All Graphs)
No AA 4xAA
Diamond Radeon HD 4870 512MB
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
PowerColor Radeon HD 4850 512MB
PNY GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB
126
125
120
120
115
0
FPS (higher is better)
144.9
 
 
No AA 4xAA
Diamond Radeon HD 4870 512MB
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
PowerColor Radeon HD 4850 512MB
PNY GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB
123
120
114
107
105
0
FPS (higher is better)
144.9
 
 

Half-Life 2 Episode 2 @ 1680x1050
(Show All Graphs)
No AA 4xAA
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
Diamond Radeon HD 4870 512MB
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
PNY GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB
PowerColor Radeon HD 4850 512MB
119
118
111
107
105
0
FPS (higher is better)
136.85
 
 
No AA 4xAA
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
Diamond Radeon HD 4870 512MB
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
PowerColor Radeon HD 4850 512MB
PNY GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB
113
106
94
86
84
0
FPS (higher is better)
136.85
 
 


Quake Wars @ 1440x900
(Show All Graphs)
No AA 4xAA
PNY GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
Diamond Radeon HD 4870 512MB
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
PowerColor Radeon HD 4850 512MB
102
101
91
91
91
0
FPS (higher is better)
117.3
 
 
No AA 4xAA
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
PNY GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB
Diamond Radeon HD 4870 512MB
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
PowerColor Radeon HD 4850 512MB
100
93
91
88
88
0
FPS (higher is better)
117.3
 
 

Quake Wars @ 1680x1050
(Show All Graphs)
No AA 4xAA
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
PNY GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB
Diamond Radeon HD 4870 512MB
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
PowerColor Radeon HD 4850 512MB
101
98
90
90
90
0
FPS (higher is better)
116.15
 
 
No AA 4xAA
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
Diamond Radeon HD 4870 512MB
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
PowerColor Radeon HD 4850 512MB
PNY GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB
96
88
85
84
77
0
FPS (higher is better)
116.15
 
 


3DMark Vantage @ 1280x1024
(Show All Graphs)
Score GPU CPU
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
Diamond Radeon HD 4870 512MB
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
PowerColor Radeon HD 4850 512MB
PNY GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB
7777
7385
6698
6203
5215
0
Score (higher is better)
9898.05
 
 
Score GPU CPU
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
Diamond Radeon HD 4870 512MB
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
PowerColor Radeon HD 4850 512MB
PNY GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB
8607
7987
6941
6260
5005
0
Score (higher is better)
9898.05
 
 
Score GPU CPU
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
PowerColor Radeon HD 4850 512MB
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
Diamond Radeon HD 4870 512MB
PNY GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB
6061
6038
6031
6025
5967
0
Score (higher is better)
9898.05
 
 


3DMark '06 @ 1280x1024
(Show All Graphs)
Score SM 2.0 HDR / SM 3.0 CPU
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
Diamond Radeon HD 4870 512MB
PNY GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
PowerColor Radeon HD 4850 512MB
13409
12962
12451
12364
11478
0
Score (higher is better)
15420.35
 
 
Score SM 2.0 HDR / SM 3.0 CPU
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
PNY GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB
Diamond Radeon HD 4870 512MB
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
PowerColor Radeon HD 4850 512MB
6241
5892
5554
5205
4731
0
Score (higher is better)
15420.35
 
 
Score SM 2.0 HDR / SM 3.0 CPU
Diamond Radeon HD 4870 512MB
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
PNY GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB
PowerColor Radeon HD 4850 512MB
6773
6735
6304
5801
5717
0
Score (higher is better)
15420.35
 
 
Score SM 2.0 HDR / SM 3.0 CPU
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
Diamond Radeon HD 4870 512MB
PowerColor Radeon HD 4850 512MB
PNY GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
2754
2729
2722
2708
2706
0
Score (higher is better)
15420.35
 
 


PCMark Vantage @ 1280x1024
(Show All Graphs)
TV & Movies Gaming
Diamond Radeon HD 4870 512MB
PNY GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
PowerColor Radeon HD 4850 512MB
2659
2535
2477
2345
2098
0
Score (higher is better)
5382
 
 
TV & Movies Gaming
Diamond Radeon HD 4870 512MB
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
PNY GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
PowerColor Radeon HD 4850 512MB
4680
4621
4449
4432
4301
0
Score (higher is better)
5382
 
 


Windows Vista Experience
(Show All Graphs)
Aero Graphics Gaming Graphics
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
PNY GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB
Diamond Radeon HD 4870 512MB
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
PowerColor Radeon HD 4850 512MB
5.9
5.9
5.9
5.9
5.9
0
Score (higher is better)
6.785
 
 
Aero Graphics Gaming Graphics
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB FTW
PNY GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB
Diamond Radeon HD 4870 512MB
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic
PowerColor Radeon HD 4850 512MB
5.9
5.9
5.9
5.9
5.9
0
Score (higher is better)
6.785
 
 

Performance Notes

Here the Toxic again comes out against the 9800 GTX, and easily tops the stock 4850. It just barely trails a stock 4870--but not in Quake Wars. This probably a driver limitation, something that ATI hasn't optimized for: OpenGL. That said, it's still an impressive performance, even if it's not any faster here than a stock 4850.

 
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1 User Comment
1 - Posted by Cessus on September 16, 2008 - 2:05 pm

got one of theses and its almost as fast as my 9800gtx+ i love it

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