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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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Far Cry 2, and Race Driver: GRID

Far Cry 2 1,680x1,050 4xAA MaxAF
eVGA GeForce GTS 250 SC 1GBXFX GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MBSapphire HD 4850 Vapor-X 512MBXFX Radeon HD 4850 XXX 512MBSapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB
45.5942.9839.5541.9950.03


Far Cry 2 1,920x1,200 4xAA MaxAF
eVGA GeForce GTS 250 SC 1GBXFX GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MBSapphire HD 4850 Vapor-X 512MBXFX Radeon HD 4850 XXX 512MBSapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB
39.2235.3233.4735.7243.23


Race Driver: GRID

Race Driver: GRID (high-end) 1,680x1,050 4xAA 0xAF
eVGA GeForce GTS 250 SC 1GBXFX GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MBSapphire HD 4850 Vapor-X 512MBXFX Radeon HD 4850 XXX 512MBSapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB
69.4969.5472.2275.1492.98


Race Driver: GRID (high-end) 1,920x1,200 4xAA 0xAF
eVGA GeForce GTS 250 SC 1GBXFX GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MBSapphire HD 4850 Vapor-X 512MBXFX Radeon HD 4850 XXX 512MBSapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB
57.4657.0961.4264.180.08


More of the same in the last two games. No card's performance is bad, and all will provide a decent games-playing experience at the 1,680x1,050 resolution.