According to AMD representatives , the video card radeon HD 4850: single graphic card will be the main competitor to the geForce 9800 GTX, while two Radeon HD 4850 will be up to 30% faster than a single GeForce GTX 280. In this case two video card radeon HD 4850 will cost $400, while the GeForce GTX 280 recommended price is $649.
Today associate got some information about the Radeon HD 4850 , Too bad that the Catalyst driver still in the beta release moreover associate was not enable to test the 4850 video card in Crossfire regime .
The system used was :
Processor : Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770
Motherboard : Asus Striker II
Memory : 4 GB DDR3 1066
OS : Windows Vista SP1
Nvidia Driver : Forceware 177.34
Ati Driver : Catalyst 8.5 , Catalyst beta for the Radeon HD 4850
If we considers that the Radeon HD 4850 already cost $199, then we should wait for a reduction in the prices of GeForce 9800 GTX. In any case the radeon HD 4850 video card proved it's ability to complete with the 9800GTX .