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Release Period- Jun-2008
Radeon HD 4850 Review
Radeon HD 4850 is a high-end GFX based on the 55nm, third unified shader architecture, R700.
It's based on the RV770 PRO Core and offers 800 Shader Processing Units, 40 TMUs and 16 ROPs a 256-bit memory interface of standard GDDR3. The central unit runs at 625MHz and the memory clock runs at up to 993MHz.
Some of today's modern games should run fluently at high settings but with modest resolutions. DirectX 11 games aren't supported.
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Radeon HD 4850 Performance Specification
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625 MHz
RV770 PRO
512 MB
993 MHz
256 Bit
GDDR3
63.6GB/sec
55nm
40
25 GTexel/s
16
10 GPixel/s
800
DX 10.1
4.1
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Core 2 Duo E8600 3.33GHz
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absolitude
04:35 Apr-24-2013

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so, mine is a hd4850 1gb 256bit gddr5, not listed here or nearly anywhere.. first i thought i was owned, but i already checked it with the gpuz tool.. it really is 1gb 256bit gddr5
armydogtag6
19:49 Mar-20-2013

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hey is this card woth 35 Euros?
thats about 40 dollars...
tzzsmk
21:06 Mar-20-2013

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my GT650M is according to GD 6% worse than this^^;
I can play most games at 1600×900 high settings,
only problem of HD4850 is only 512MB memory, some games will have problem
with it...
armydogtag6
22:32 Mar-20-2013

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Ok thanks ..let me rephrase my question :)
;Will this GPU run LA Noire and Assassin's Creed on med-high?
thanks in advance! :)
oh and..i have a 420W PSU...will it even work?
Kandalf
23:46 Mar-20-2013

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can't you even buy like a gtx 650 instead?? its only 100€, i just upgraded this card yesterday for a gtx 660 lol, seriously buy a gtx 650 if you can.. with a GTX 650 you will be able to max out those games
tzzsmk
09:11 Mar-21-2013

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@^^ HD7750/7770 is better option :)
armydogtag6
15:07 Mar-22-2013

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Thanks for the help!
tzzsmk
19:42 Mar-11-2013

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some updates on ranks? now my GT650M is 5% worse...
dylantje12345
19:07 Mar-12-2013

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Jup, i figured xd they first gave it 5 :)
Pip
20:52 Mar-15-2013

This GPU and many more of older series were quite underrated. It's not better than yours due to the old drivers.
Akatzukiest
01:49 Nov-26-2012

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hm
VasilisV
18:42 Oct-27-2012

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Guys i need help.Can i run this card on a 500w psu an gigabyte motherboard GA-MA69VM-S2 ? I can get this for 50 pounds really cheap.Thank you.
BilliTomoose
16:46 Nov-01-2012

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Easily, i am running it on 400W Dynex PSU with a quad core Q6700 ;)
kalkucha
09:56 Feb-16-2013

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lol, officials are often wrong, i can say it from my experience, becouse in my very very old pc i was running GF FX 5900 on 230W (very bad psu) though recomended was minimum 350 and now i run my GFX on 240W and ia play everything without sistem damage or something like this :D so i think he just can easily go for much better card :D... good luck to you guys !
tzzsmk
08:37 Sep-26-2012

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yess, my laptop gfx is 1% better :D
dylantje12345
17:49 Mar-15-2013

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Not anymore mate, they first gave it a 5, now a 7:D
tzzsmk
18:26 Mar-15-2013

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aww, now 5% worse...
mrkac1994
15:51 Sep-03-2012

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So guys can someone tell what to do,i need help.I can buy this one or HD 4830 for very low price but i need to know which one will be better wiht my PSU?? Difference betwen those 2 cards is maybe 10 or 13% so it dosen't realy matter which one i will take,I just need to know which card requires less power to work great with my PSU :)
AxeAwesome
17:12 Sep-03-2012

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http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp ;) it's prety accurate
mrkac1994
17:47 Sep-03-2012

@AxeAwesome that's great thing you sent me but it takes realy long....I just need someone to compare those 2 cards and my PSU and tell me,it's easier :))
kibber440
19:00 Sep-03-2012

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I ran a 4830 for a while on a 460 PSU... no problem at all. Also the 4850 should be no problem for your PSU. so the choice is up to you... (also if you overclock the 4830 it will be able to rum about as fast as the 4850 ;))
mrkac1994
20:09 Sep-03-2012

@kibber440 That's great news :DD I don't wan't to overclock cuz' it will shorten lifespan of the card,but anyway I'll get one of those 2 cards,I'll see which one will cost less....Thank you very,very much,helped me ALOT :DDD
kibber440
20:36 Sep-03-2012

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no problem dude!
AxeAwesome
10:02 Sep-02-2012

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wth i compared this with 4870HD and it says this is better?Can someone tell me what just happened?
dylantje12345
17:52 Mar-15-2013

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I think its because 4850 is better cooled. My friend told me that 48''50'' is better cooled because its 50.
shazak
17:48 Jul-21-2012

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Is 7750 better thn ths card in games...
BilliTomoose
19:24 Jul-21-2012

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Yes, it sure is... :)
BilliTomoose
07:09 Jul-21-2012

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Hey! Here on gd it's written that it needs 30A but my psu supports 14A on+12V rail and this card is running fine, temp. fine, everything... i benchmarked it and got 1310 marks on passmark 7 similar to their 1332 rating... so what do u say? is it fine..?
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