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Sapphire Radeon HD 4830 512MB
Conclusion
Priced where this card is, with its, ah, "bombastic" overclocking, this card is a solid buy for any and all budget gamers. You can easily strap this onto an all-AMD PC and get your holiday gaming on, graphics on high, for a short stack of Benjamins. This card even begs the question, is it worth going after a 4850 or 9800 GTX? Well, of course it is, but if you've got to make every dollar count, this card's practically irresistible. The other ATI card this pressures is the HD 4670, whose only merit is low power consumption. But really, it's not that much hungrier or costlier, and it does a fine job of putting NVIDIAs 9600s in their place. I kind of wish that I was putting together a budget PC myself so I could run out and stick one of these 4830s in there. Or two, even, the price is so right.  Pros  Great price Well-rounded performance Astounding overclocking BlueCons  Dual-slot cooler might put people off Doesn't like DX10 4xAA at 1680x1050, but really, it only costs a little more than $100
Page 1: Introduction, The Card & Bundle
Page 2: Specifications and Setup Page 3: DirectX 10 Titles Page 4: DX9, OpenGL, and Synthetics Page 5: Video, Power, and Overclocking Page 6: Conclusion 
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