When ATI released their stellar Radeon HD 4800 series this past summer, the first question we had to ask was, where's the duals? Indeed, their launch cards took everyone by surprise, including NVIDIA, so to imagine two such GPU's on one card sounded very drool worthy. But that wait lasted only a few months, and we were greeted by the first Radeon HD 4850 X2 card on the market courtesy of Sapphire. If you game at ultra high resolutions and want to know where the best bang for the buck can be found in graphics cards, look no further than Sapphire's dual GPU based Radeon HD 4850 X2 board. At $300, it's priced right and offers incredible performance regardless of high anti-aliasing or resolutions. - Techgage

Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 2GB Video Card Review

It was only a few short weeks ago when we got to took the Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 Toxic out for a spin. There was no doubt in our mind that it was a great card, it offered great performance at a very good price. In these harsh economic times, value is king. Sapphire just introduced the Radeon HD 4870 1GB Toxic edition and we hear it packs a mighty punch on the streets. We have got the pleasure of putting this video card up against several other Sapphire bad boys, including the Radeon HD 4850 X2. New with this board is the Vapor-X, or also known as the vapor chamber technology. An efficient cooling solution that uses three heatpipes to vent heat without increasing noise. - Overclockers Online

Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 1GB Vapor Cooling Review

The GeForce 9800 GTX+ is just one of those cards that have never really done a whole lot for us. The thing about the card is that although there's nothing really wrong with it, there isn't anything that gets us up in arms over it either. The latest GeForce 9800 GTX+ offering to make its way into our testbed comes from Leadtek and today we'll take the time to see if the card manages to do anything for us. It's been a while since we've looked at one and some newer drivers have been released for both ATI and NVIDIA cards since then. Recently ATI has also released a new mid-range card called the Radeon HD 4830, so we will take the time to see how the GeForce 9800 GTX+ fairs against that. - TweakTown

Leadtek WinFast PX9800 GTX+ 512MB Graphics Review

We last took a look at Sapphire's Radeon HD 4870 Toxic graphics part back in October, thanks to its 512MB variant, and overall we were really rather impressed with it. Between its clock speed boosts which added a little sheen to the board's performance levels and an excellent, quiet vapour chamber technology powered cooler, it proved itself to be one of our favourite Radeon HD 4870 solutions. Now the Radeon HD 4870 Toxic makes its return, this time offering the same cooling solution and factory overclocks, but throwing a 1GB frame buffer onto the board to give some extra impetus to the card when it comes to high resolution gaming. Can Sapphire repeat the success of their 512MB Toxic part? - Elite Bastards

Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 1GB Toxic Version Review

As you might have seen our initial goal for raising some funds around the development for NiBiTor did fail, though we did get some interest from users so we are left with mixed feelings. As such you all have got a new chance to show if you want us to release new NiBiTor versions. And no we won't do such fund raisings every release, maybe just once a year and that merely to thank and support the developer and show your appreciation!

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We expect that ATI will drop the price of the Radeon HD 4870 X2 cards soon, as NVIDIA will launch the GeForce GTX 295. Until it releases a chip that will replace their RV770 they just don't really have any products to fight NVIDIA's latest update. The 40nm chips are going to launch toward the middle of the year, at least the performance part will and you do know that the R700, well the Radeon HD 4870 X2 actually has two of these RV770 chips. Once ATI releases a 40nm successor to the chip, you can expect a newer dual chip card. The price drop is imminent they simply have to do it and this will put some additional pressure on the already shaken NVIDIA, although they lack the performance edge. - FudZilla

ATI Just Doesn't Have GeForce GTX 295 Dual Answer

By now we all know that NVIDIA is trying to transition their graphics cards to the 55nm manufacturing process. The transition began with the GeForce 9800 GTX+ and has made its way into a few hand picked GeForce 9800 GT models which have yet to find their way to retail. Many of us have been waiting for the shrunken down cores to eventually trickle down into the newer cards, namely the GeForce GTX 200 series. So let's be honest for a second, the GeForce GTX 280 and GTX 260 cards are power sucking monsters which are not only expensive for NVIDIA to produce but also don't fit very well with the environmentally friendly aspect of today's marketplace and consumers demanded it. - Hardware Canucks

EVGA e-GeForce GTX 260 (55nm) SuperClock Review

Next generation NVIDIA in the 40nm manufacturing process will share the basic design concept with the GT200 design. This architecture was introduced at 65nm and was rather hot, and forced NVIDIA to make very big chips, but eventually the architecture was flexible enough to shrink to 55nm and bring some new products such as GeForce GTX 285 and GeForce GTX 295 all based on 55nm GT200b chips. The original idea was carried from 65nm to 55nm technology. The future will bring a similar concept but at 40nm process and you can easily expect more shaders, higher clocks and less heat dissipation from these new GPU's. Though that is somehow the usual you can expect with new products. - FudZilla

NVIDIA 40nm Chipset To Be Similar As GT200 Design

We have to admit that until the Radeon HD 4830 card arrived on our door step we really hadn't heard of it, a bit like what happened to NVIDIA a while back when everyone was more interested in seeing what ATI was doing with the new Radeon HD 4800 series. Now the tables have turned and everyone is paying more attention to the new NVIDIA cards due out rather than what ATI is doing at the moment. The Radeon HD 4830 is the latest card to enter the Radeon HD 4800 series line-up and is the lowest of the bunch. The thing is though, we really do wonder how much lower it is than the Radeon HD 4850, which is one of the best valued cards on the market to date and wonder what will remain. - TweakTown

MSI Radeon HD 4830 512MB OC Edition Card Review

The GeForce GTX 295, the fastest dual GPU card from NVIDIA's lap, is going to launch on January 8th. At this time, some partners should have some limited availability of these products and we expect it to be priced in the $450-500 price range. The best case scenario is that they will sell for a bit more than $450. This dual GPU board won't be cheap, but some overclocked GeForce GTX 280 are selling for more than $400 and you can expect that the GeForce GTX 295 is significantly faster than any of the good old GeForce GTX 280. As we mentioned before, the GeForce GTX 280 will shortly be replaced by GeForce GTX 285, a bit faster and 55nm version of the graphics card. - FudZilla

Newest GeForce GTX 295 Fast But To Cost Over $450