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The policy price for the Radeon HD 4850 X2 is two high , it will be only 5-7% cheaper than the Radeon HD 4870 X2. In this case we deal with the version with 2 X 1 GB memory. The more accessible version radeon HD 4850 X2 with 2 X 512 MB GDDR3 memory ,which will cost $500, is almost 20% cheaper than the standard radeon HD 4870 X2.
Today appeared many review of the radeon HD 4850 X2 from Sapphire production. In particular, Associate explained, that Radeon HD 4850 X2 will exist only from Sapphire, although it excluded the possibility of video card release by other AMD partners . Let us note for example that PowerColor company , will not release the radeon HD 4850 X2 due to high price / performance ratio.
Associate proved that the Radeon HD 4850 X2 in the version with 2 X 1 GB GDDR3 memory is faster than the GeForce GTX 280 in the majority of gaming tests.
In this case the difference between the Radeon HD 4850 X2 and Radeon HD 4870 X2 , in some games and regimes is almost absent, and in some cases it reach the value 15%. The low-end version radeon HD 4850 X2 (2x512 MB) has all chances for success, but the smaller memory capacity will limit its performance in heavy graphic regimes. Related Products :
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