After their rather disappointing Radeon HD 3800 series, ATI took the world by surprise with the Radeon HD 4800 generation of graphics boards. Since their launch back in June, ATI has reclaimed its presence in the market and has been steadily eating away at NVIDIA's marketshare. We have had the opportunity to check out several cards from the Radeon HD 4800 series lineup and today we look at one of the newest additions to the family, the Radeon HD 4830. This particular model, the Extreme AH4830, comes to us from ASUS and sports a custom cooler and factory overclocked memory. We'll put it through its paces and find out how it compares to its two closest siblings. - Benchmark Reviews

ASUS Extreme AH4830 512MB Graphics Style Review

When buying a graphics card everyone wants the fastest product they can get for their money and those that are successful get acclaim across the globe which inevitability leads to more sales. Throughout product lines the same can be said and even in low-end parts the model which is known to overclock best regularly sells more than the competition. In the Radeon HD 4870 family there have been numerous overclocked models released in the last few months but few go to the extreme level shown by today's product, the PowerColor Radeon HD 4870 liquid cooling solution. This is actually the first water cooled version that we see to hit the market shortly and tuning the game experience up a notch. - DriverHeaven

PowerColor Radeon HD 4870 LCS Video Card Review

NVIDIA is planning to have its 55nm GT200 cards in retail and/or etail by early December. The company has started shipping these chips a few weeks ago and evaluation boards have been manufactured a few weeks ago too. Now the wait is purely logistic as it takes a long time to get the cards from Taiwan and China back to the western world. We learned that new cards should overclock better, but the first wave will be clocked at the same speeds as the GeForce GTX 260, with 216 shaders and we suspect that the GeForce GTX 280 cards will also get a new 55nm chip. The new chip should have drastically lower power consumption, should overclock higher and luckily we won't have to wait much more. - FudZilla

NVIDIA's 55nm GT200 Show Up In Retail In December

While ATI and NVIDIA keep trading punches in the never ending battle for the high-end throne, we chose to take a look at the more sensible side of things and test another mainstream card. We are as looking as some kind of special version of the Radeon HD 4850 with a custom cooling and improved settings to get to a higher level of gaming experience and as such greater performance. The Radeon HD 4850 is currently the best mid-range card that money can buy, and Club3D's overclocked version can be found for as low as $189, while the lowest priced reference Radeon HD 4850 card can be found for just under $164, so let's see if it's worth the additional $25 or so, for what you get as extra? - FudZilla

Club3D Radeon HD 4850 OC ZEROtherm Card Review

ATI continuously presents new models of graphics cards, using new GPU to the maximum and filling gaps in their product lineup. ATI solves every problem with simple solution that can be summarized something like this, what is better than a Radeon HD 4850? Two Radeon HD 4850's of course. The result is logical and now after the Radeon HD 4870 X2 we got in our lab the new Radeon HD 4850 X2 that should position itself in between the Radeon HD 4870 and Radeon HD 4870 X2 edition. The graphics card that we got is signed by Sapphire. And as such currently Sapphire is the only manufacturer that has released a Radeon HD 4850 X2 graphics card and stands alone on the market. - InsideHW

Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 Version Design Review

Agreed, 2008 has been a fantastic year for AMD. We have seen them release a portfolio of great cards with extremely competitive pricing to challenge NVIDIA. The Radeon HD 4850 has been one of their most successful cards, with its combined price to performance ratio capturing the hearts of many consumers. One of the most documented issues with these cards however are the running temperatures, especially when overclocked. These cores can get hot with the reference heatsink which can raise temperatures inside a chassis. Fortunately, for those who do not wish to void their warranty by replacing the heatsink, AMD's partners have been busy producing cards with custom cooling. - DriverHeaven

Club3D Radeon HD 4850 OC Graphics Edition Review

Regardless of profession, everyone likes kicking back and playing a game for a while. And in order to enjoy graphics and today's stunning effects, you will need an adequate board capable of handling the massive data processing burden. If you encounter stuttering, it usually means that your card can't take handle the task. Well in that case, you should lower the resolution or detail settings, but not before you try one often overlooked thing and that is installing new drivers. The more advanced users might think it's funny that we'd even discuss this issue, but many users never update their drivers after installing the card for the first time. However, the better the drivers, the better you'll utilize the hardware. - FudZilla

Zotac GeForce GTX 260 AMPē! Graphics Style Review

Well every now and then a manufacturer tries to do something odd, you know something different with a product. That is much respected, as we like diversity, products that bring in some x-factor or just something that's fresh and new. Now, sometimes that works out really well, and sometimes it just doesn't. Even after spending two test days with the product we are looking at today. We still haven't made up our mind with what the conclusion for this product is going to be like. Meet Palit's Revolution 700 Deluxe. It's a Radeon HD 4870 X2 with 2GB memory based graphics bard that comes with custom cooling, slightly higher memory clocks and some serious connectivity to get you going for more. - Guru3D

Palit Revolution 700 Deluxe (R700) CrossFire Preview

We first took a look at the PowerColor Radeon HD 4850 video card back in July, shortly after the official release of AMD's much anticipated Radeon HD 4850 and HD 4870 series GPU's. We concluded that, on balance and at that time, it was a better choice than its NVIDIA rivals and we gave it our gaming award. Moving on we see that several brands has released some special version that come with custom cooling and clock speeds. Of course having their own particular design to improve performance and gaming experience. With a price premium of circa $30 above the cost of a reference clocked Radeon HD 4850, does the PowerColor Radeon HD 4850 PCS+ deliver enough to warrant its increased price? - Hexus

PowerColor Radeon HD 4850 PCS+ CrossFire Review

Since the release of the Radeon HD 4800 series of graphics cards based on ATI's Radeon processor, competition between the GPU developers has become tougher in every market sector. It would be even more correct to say that NVIDIA, after having ruled unchallenged in nearly every price category for a while, has now got problems fighting for customers. What will have greater effect on graphics cards' performance, twice the amount of video memory or a more powerful GPU? Find out from our new article featuring the Palit Radeon HD 4870 1GB Sonic Dual edition and the Leadtek WinFast GeForce GTX 260+ Extreme, where both cards have been improved over the previous versions released initially. - X-Bit Labs

Leadtek WinFast GeForce GTX 260+ Extreme Review

One of the greatest things about the fabrication processes is that they can be shrunk. Assuming that your architecture is forward thinking enough, and it navigates issues with power plane mapping and transistor leakage and all that, you can take your design, make it smaller, run it faster and use less power. ATI has reaped great successes going from 65nm to 55nm, and NVIDIA is going the same way with their G92 parts. This process will take their GeForce 8800 GT, an excellent performer at the time of its release, rename it GeForce 9800 GT and reap away. We mean, that would be the way to do it if you wanted to make any sense whatsoever. Because this is a regular old 65nm part. - TechLounge

Zotac GeForce 9800 GT 512MB AMP Graphics Review

If there's one thing that's more true today than ever, it's that you can get some incredible gaming performance for not too much money. Taking a look at a GPU like a GeForce 9600 GT can prove that. At about $80, it's affordable for almost anyone, yet can handle some games with modest settings just fine at super high resolutions. There's definite value in GPU's today, and it's great to see. The next step-up from the previously mentioned card is of course the GeForce 9800 GT, which features a slower core and shader frequencies, but almost doubles the number of cores, effectively giving us a card that's close to being equivalent to the original GeForce 9800 GTX, save for higher frequencies. - Techgage

ASUS GeForce 9800 GT Matrix Graphics Card Review

HIS has been known to produce affordable mainstream graphic cards for the Asia market. They are one of many board partners for AMD, producing Radeon cards for the masses. Having enjoyed plenty of success with its large market share in Asia, they now look to expand their business into other countries. But in order to do this you need to spend a bit of money to market your product, especially your brand name. Unfortunately, the graphics card market in Europe is already very saturated and what's more little is known about them in Europe. Where as some of the bigger brands can splash their cash in marketing, HIS have been more cautious with their money and as such have trust in their products. - TweakTown

HIS Radeon HD 4850 TurboX IceQ4 Cool Style Review

NVIDIA's GT200 series has had quite a rough ride since its introduction several months ago. First of all, it failed to hold its ground against ATI's RV770 based products. The GeForce GTX 260 with 192 shaders was slower than a Radeon HD 4870, while the GeForce GTX 280 couldn't match the performance of ATI's dual GPU based Radeon HD 4870 X2. Apart from less than stellar performance, there was the question of the rather high price. And just weeks after launch NVIDIA dropped prices significantly, but a bitter taste still remained, especially if you were one of the early adopters. In the meantime some things have changed for the better with NVIDIA stepping up for a new battle ahead. - FudZilla

EVGA e-GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 SSC Card Review

NVIDIA is launching today their newest version of GeForce GTX 260 with 216 processors instead of 192 to better compete with the Radeon HD 4870. In fact NVIDIA is pitching to websites that this new GeForce GTX 260 is faster than the Radeon HD 4870 for the top latest games released recently. This refresh as we can somehow call it, comes right in time for the shopping period and brings back great performance to the NVIDIA camp to gain the hearts the gamers. And of course NVIDIA wants to show that with the newest games that are just released in combination with their new GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 graphics card which will bump the gaming experience and performance. - Hardware Secrets

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Cool Style Review

It felt like just yesterday when Sapphire mailed us their Sapphire Toxic HD 4850 and it was only a few days ago since we completed the article on the Sapphire Radeon HD 4550. Sapphire has made a grand entrance with two great products for us to look at and today they top themselves by sending a Radeon HD 4850 X2 video card. The last dual GPU card we looked at was the Radeon HD 3870 X2 and while it feels like ages ago, only just nine months has actually passed. But you can say some quite exciting months with several cards being introduced. Technology has come a long way since then and we're excited to see what the Radeon HD 4850 X2 graphics card has to offer. - Overclockers Online

Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 Dual-GPU Style Review

The holiday season is upon us and there are a slew of new game releases out for the PC. And one of the burning questions when buying games during a holiday season is what hardware to best run the games on. After all, while the integrated graphics of the Intel G45 chipset are much improved in features and performance over the previous generations, no gamer will want to play a game with those integrated graphics. Recent releases have taken the sub-$300 graphics chip to a new level of performance and features. However, as a gamer wanting the best out of a high-end system the specs of the $200-300 price range with the Radeon HD 4870 and GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 should be looked at. - Motherboards

XFX GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Black Design Review

Even as the market for graphics boards heats up this holiday season we do see companies like ASUS making an attempt to stand out from the crowded retail shelves. Trying to get away from the standard reference design graphics boards, the ASUS GeForce 9800 GT Matrix offers quite a bit above the rest including a custom cooler, overclocked specifications and software that will let users push the card even further. The GeForce 9800 GT edition from NVIDIA's line is actually a reincarnated GeForce 8800 GT. And it is a very confusing lineage that lends itself to a daytime soap opera. Though you can't argue with the results, their G92 based GeForce 9800 GT is a great performer for the price. - PC Perspective

ASUS Extreme N9800 GT 512MB Matrix Board Review

XFX always had nice treats to offer, and its GeForce line-up was always packed with super fast cards. Overclocking is not only a thing for enthusiasts and those who increase speeds to see what their hardware can take. Many would surely like that, but there's always a risk of damaging your card. XFX realized that most users don't know how to overclock their graphics board, and that finding the optimum speed where the card will run stable but provide noticeable performance gain is not easy at all. Though this time XFX has taken that out of your hands by providing an already overclocked version. So today, we check out their GeForce 9600 GSO XXX edition, the fastest one in its series. - FudZilla

XFX GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB TripleX Board Review

So we have heard that there is a big possibility that NVIDIA's dual GT200 55nm card that we mentioned before might slip to the first quarted of 2009 and launch in January. The graphics card was originally planned for December, but it looks like NVIDIA might not make it. Whenever such a card comes out, it will take the Radeon HD 4870 X2's performance crown, which is something that NVIDIA needs to operate under its parameters. The new board is likely to end up faster than the fastest ATI and NVIDIA will also bet on its better SLI optimisation, all in order to return the performance crown that it needs back so badly. And it has been quite some time now that NVIDIA is not figuring at the top of the chain. - FudZilla

NVIDIA Dual GT200 55nm Card Comes Likely January

If the GeForce 8800 GT was the gaming board made for the PC gaming masses everyman in 2007, well in 2008 it would be the Radeon HD 4850. The Radeon HD 4850 was the flagship initial release of the Radeon HD 4800 series, marking the a new resurgence of AMD in the discrete graphics card market. And it was the Radeon HD 4870 that wowed gamers by being able to keep up with the much more expensive GeForce GTX 280, and blew away even many more gamers with its impressive anti-aliasing ability. Though released at virtually the same time, the Radeon HD 4870's little brother was the product that offered some great high-end performance at a price point that was affordable by most. - NeoSeeker

MSI Radeon HD 4850 HDMI Ready Video Card Review

As time marches on, NVIDIA has gone from an extremely confusing line-up just a few short months ago to one that is quite a bit more streamlined. Within this same timeframe there have been a number of new cards released from both NVIDIA and ATI which have hit at different portions of the market. If you take a step back and look at what has happened since the release of ATI's R770 based Radeon HD 4870, though NVIDIA's role has shifted from taking and keeping the performance lead to desperately trying to react against unforeseen competition. The problem for NVIDIA was that both of ATI's new cards hit straight into price to performance section where NVIDIA didn't have an answer. - Hardware Canucks

BFG GeForce GTX 260 OCX MaxCore Version Review

Are you looking for a budget graphics card for your home theater PC with enough kick to really game with? So a graphics card that is energy efficient but also has enough power to play the latest and greatest games. If that's not enough for you how about you throw in 320 stream processing units, up to 1GB of memory and support for Microsoft DirectX 10.1 games, the ability to watch Blu-ray movies and play high definition content. What you would get as such is a very feature rich video card that just has to all, but also still keeping an eye on the budget. Well Sapphire has done just that with the Radeon HD 4650 OC edition graphics card. And perhaps even a bit more than just that. Not possible you say? - Modders-Inc

Sapphire Radeon HD 4650 OverClock Styling Preview

With ATI continuing to dominate the top end graphics cards market, they are releasing boards left, right and centre, to get even a firmer grasp on the top end of the industry. And indeed since their Radeon HD 3800 series the tables turned a bit in favor of ATI when it comes to the price to performance ratio. Now that is even more so with their Radeon HD 4800 series which offer even a better ratio, and can take on the competition easily. On that aspect AMD has swiftly moved their strategy and been able to regain again their part of the market share they had lost before. Now today we're looking at their Radeon HD 4830 card, which promises some top performance with a reasonable price tag. - XSReviews

Sapphire Radeon HD 4830 512MB Video Style Review

NVIDIA has stopped producing their 65nm based GeForce GTX 260 with 192 shaders and all the GeForce GTX 260 that are coming from now on are 55nm and have 216 shaders. These cards will be available in early December and we are quite sure that they will overclock much better than the old ones. NVIDIA doesn't want to let ATI walk away without a fight and it's preparing a surprise or two for this month. The old GeForce GTX 260 with 192 shaders, the one that is clearly slower than Radeon HD 4870, is going for retirement and it will be replaced by the new GeForce GTX 260 with 216 shaders and most of these cards will end up with 55nm chips which will bring some extra performance. - FudZilla

GeForce GTX 260 With 192 Shaders Near End Of Life?