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Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Toxic Video Card
Conclusion
This is the ATI counter-point to the 9800 GTX+: Sapphire's Toxic HD 4850. It may be alone, and it may not be more power-friendly, but it's, ahem, wickedly fast. The icing is that it doesn't really cost more than other HD 4850s--sure, it's on the high side, but it's still cheaper than a 4850 and a Zalman heatsink. The astounding thing is how closely the Toxic keeps up with an HD 4870, cards that cost close to a hundred dollars more. Any Toxic can max out Catalyst Control Center's overclocking, and it most definitely runs at higher voltages--it uses about 30% more electricity than a stock 4850; that's more than just higher clocks. So it's got a lot of overclocking headroom, or if you want to tweak in the other direction, you can slow down the fan for dual-slot silence. Like I said, I bet you can do both. Seeing how easily it is to come across CrossFire-capable motherboards, whether you want one or two, this is the $200 video card. With its complete bundle and features, it doesn't really have competition. We love hearing your thoughts, so if you own this card or are thinking about getting one, leave a comment or user review!  The Good  Blue = cool Zalman heatsink keeps it cool Superb video acceleration Good software bundle Factory overclock and headroom for much moreThe Bad  A little loud if left un-tweaked Thermal sensor weirdness
Page 1: Introduction, First Impressions, Specifications & Test Setup
Page 2: DirectX 10 Titles Page 3: DX9, OpenGL, and Synthetics Page 4: Video, Power, and Overclocking Page 5: Conclusion 
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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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