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Review: Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 Vapor-X 512MB: last throw of the RV770 dice

by Tarinder Sandhu on 20 March 2009, 13:26 3.5

Tags: Radeon HD 4850 512MB Vapor-X, Sapphire, PC

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Enemy Territory: Quake Ware

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (high-end) 1,680x1,050 4xAA 16xAF
eVGA GeForce GTS 250 SC 1GBXFX GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MBSapphire HD 4850 Vapor-X 512MBXFX Radeon HD 4850 XXX 512MBSapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB
73.3772.564.767.581.85


Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (high-end) 1,920x1,200 4xAA 16xAF
eVGA GeForce GTS 250 SC 1GBXFX GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MBSapphire HD 4850 Vapor-X 512MBXFX Radeon HD 4850 XXX 512MBSapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB
58.958.1754.4356.969


Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (high-end) 2,560x1,600 4xAA 16xAF
eVGA GeForce GTS 250 SC 1GBXFX GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MBSapphire HD 4850 Vapor-X 512MBXFX Radeon HD 4850 XXX 512MBSapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB
36.6736.234.1335.944.25


The performance gap between fastest and slowest increases to some 25 per cent here. The Radeon HD 4870's keen pricing, sub-£150 now, makes lesser GPUs look poor.