The first ATI 4850 Review

ATI 4850 Review

Reviewer: Jimmyz
Review Link: ATI 4850 Review

Jimmyz did the first ATI 4850 Review over at Xtremesystems.org and after he spent the better part of the last two days putting ATI’s latest offering through it’s paces I have to say it has been a surprise how much performance this card brings to the midrange market.

It is capable of running crysis at 1680 x 1050 in dx10 with settings on high, frames rarely dip below 30 and the game actually feels smooth, quite an accomplishment in a single slot mid range card especially at this price point. The driver installations were simply and straightforward as were the packaging and accessories. This is a serious company and with a Lifetime Warranty to boot. That is something lacking with most board partners today.

The ATI Radeon HD 4850 video card performs flawlessly, however out of the box the GPU was registering 79c at idle in catalyst overdrive window, after changing thermal paste and re-installing temps are more like 55 - 60c idle and load temperatures are also much improved. With the heat taken care of I tried Catalyst’s built in overclocking utility which allows up to 700 core and 1200 memory clocks, I tried 700/ 1100 and found it to be stable for bench testing and the hour of crisis I played.

Overall I am highly impressed. this video card is a great step in the right direction for ATI, and it follows on the heels of the HD3800 series which were fantastic sellers in their segment. ATI is going to increase the pressure Nvidia now feels in the midrange market and if the HD4870 and its rumored GDDR5 ram makes the improvements they claim the under 400 dollar segment will all but belong to ATI. this promises to be a great summer as the 260 and 280 from rival Nvidia are just around the corner albeit at a much higher price than the current ATI offerings, in some cases twice as much.

I will continue testing as the official 8.6 catalyst drivers should bring performance increases across most games. I will also continue to test the card as newer games are released and better support is allowed such as overclocking utilities, Bios tools etc. competition is fierce in the midrange and ATI has brought a fighter to the ring this round, Things are looking up for this generation.

Stay tuned to FXvideocards for the latest and greatest cards on the market (and some that aren’t yet).

jimmyz.
ATI Radeon HD 4850 Review

ATI 4850 Review
Video Cards

Bookmark:

Check out DFI’s NEW LanParty UT X48-T2R motherboard! DFI Motherboards are highly recommended due to DFI having the best Overclocking motherboard platform. There has been a rumor that the UT will not surface as with the UT X38 — well, here it is! Pre-Order it now. The DDR3 version should follow in Early June. DFI expects to start fulfilling orders for this LP UT X48-T2R on 5-10-2008.

DFI LanParty UT X48-T2R | digg this story

Bookmark:

We found this interesting info at: Nordichardware.com

DFI has discovered that another company has been rebranding motherboards in an attempt to make use of DFI’s good name. Two models have been discovered so far; MCP73V and MCP68V. They are not made by DFI motherboards and will not be covered by any kind of warranty or support, and we can only recommend you to stay away from these motherboards. They first surfaced in Indonesia and we can only hope they haven’t spread. Amusingly, the motherboards look nothing like regular DFI motherboards, but MCP68V actually looks like a Gigabyte board, while MC73V looks like a NVIDIA reference board. Pictures of the fake motherboards can be found at
Nordichardware.com;

Bookmark:

This ASUS Z7S WS server motherboard is the ideal foundation for a powerful server or workstation. It delivers awesome power, dependable performance and unparallel I/O scalability for the most demanding tasks and future upgrades. The Asus Z7S WS server motherboard intelligently reduces operation noise and dissipates heat through advanced and environmentally friendly methods to accommodate user needs. Let this Asus Z7S WS server motherboard improve the quality of your work.

This server motherboard supports the Dual LGA771 Intel® Xeon Processor Ready.
This Asus server motherboard supports the latest Intel® Xeon® processors in LGA771 package. With new Intel® microarchitecture technology and 1600 / 1333 / 1066 MHz FSB, Intel® Xeon® processor is one of the most powerful and energy efficient CPU in the world.
With the chipset being Intel® 5400 and is the latest chipset designed to support Dual PCI Express graphics, along with the maximum 8GB dual-channel DDR2 667/533 architecture, 1066/800 FSB (front-side-bus), and Dual-core CPU. Easily build an workstation or create a multimedia environment with its exceptionally high bandwidth. Together with the Serial ATA ports enabled through the SATA 3Gb/s RAID controller integrated in the ICH7R Southbridge, the Intel 975X satisfies multi-task processing and data security.

With this server motherboard it supports ATI´s CrossFire boosts image quality along with rendering speed, eliminating the need to scale down screen resolutions to get the high image quality you want. CrossFire ignites with the higher antialiasing, anisotropic filtering, shading, and texture settings you desire. Adjust your display configurations, experiment with your advanced 3D settings, and check the effect with a real-time 3D-rendered preview within ATI´s Catalyst™ Control Center to rule your CrossFire system.

The Asus Z7S WS motherboard has a heat pipe design effectively directs the heat generated by the chipsets - where it can be carried away by existing airflows from the CPU or chassis fan. This innovative and groundbreaking fanless heat pipe design effectively lowers temperatures without having lifetime problems that a normal chipset fan has. Furthermore, it provides options for users to install side-flow fans or a passive cooler. This Heat Pipe design is the most reliable fanless thermal solution to date.

This Asus Z7S WS server motherboard uses all high-quality conductive polymer capacitors onboard for durability, improved lifespan, and enhanced thermal capacity.

The ASUS CrashFree BIOS on this board will allows 3 users to restore corrupted BIOS data from a USB flash disk containing the BIOS file. This utility saves users the cost and hassle of buying a replacement BIOS chip.

With this boards EZ Flash 2 is a user-friendly BIOS update utility. Simply launch this tool and update BIOS from a USB flash disk before entering the OS. You can update your BIOS only in a few clicks without preparing an additional floppy diskette or using an OS-based flash utility.

The Asus Z7S WS server motherboard supports the next-generation hard drives based on the Serial ATA (SATA) 3Gb/s storage specification, delivering enhanced scalability and doubling the bus bandwidth for high-speed data retrieval and saves. The external SATA port located at the back I/O provides smart setup and hot-plug functions. Easily backup photos, videos and other entertainment contents on external devices.

The board has a integrated dual Gigabit LAN design allows a PC to serve as a network gateway for managing traffic between two separate networks. This capability ensures rapid transfer of data from WAN to LAN without any added arbitration or latency.
IEEE 1394a interface provides high speed digital interface for audio/video appliances such as digital television, digital video camcorders, storage peripherals & other PC portable devices.

The ASUS Z7S WS motherboard and its packaging comply with the European Union´s Restriction on the use of Hazardous Substances RoHS.

Bookmark:

It has been a good year for nVidia and its partners.ZOTAC is new to the US market. This is a ZOTAC NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX. The GPU for the video card is a NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX with the
core clock speed being 675 MHz with stream processors 128,Shader clock 1688 MHz,memory. This ZOTAC GeForce 9800 GTX has clock speed of 2200 MHz. This video cards
memory is 512MB GDDR3 with the memory interface of 256-bit,cooling Active and cirectX™ version ,10, shader model 4.0.
Other hardware features Dual Dual-link DVI, HDCP, NVIDIA Lumenex™ Engine, Quantum Effects™ Technology,
HDCP,nView® Multi-Display NVIDIA® PureVideo™ HD Technology,Windows Vista capability Certified for Windows Vista with aero glass user interface.This ZOTAC NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX is one of the best gaming Video Cards you can buy.

Show Me More:
Video Cards
Help Digg this:
digg story

Bookmark: