14 Jun 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

This Radeon HD 4850 Gigabyte OC Edition graphics card is considered budget with poor modern game performance when playing anything more demanding than indie game requirements. DirectX 10 gaming system requirements will be met by this gpu.

How many years will the Radeon HD 4850 Gigabyte OC Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon HD 4850 Gigabyte OC Edition in your PC? You should definitely consider replacing this Radeon HD 4850 Gigabyte OC Edition graphics card, if it is still in your gaming PC.

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the Radeon HD 4850 Gigabyte OC Edition? Upgrading this graphics card would have us consider the 16 Series GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB which is 595% more powerful. This upgrade choice can also run 773 games from the most demanding games today. Alternatively if you want an upgrade suggestion for the Radeon HD 4850 Gigabyte OC Edition then a good choice would be R-500 Series Radeon RX 580 8GB as this is better than 676 of the top 1000 most demanding game requirements with 467% better performance as well.

FPS System Benchmark

0 FPS

High

Game

Red Dead Redemption 2

The Radeon HD 4850 Gigabyte OC Edition is released on 01 Jun 2009

Radeon HD 4850 Gigabyte OC Edition Game FPS Benchmarks On Ultra

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GPU

Architecture

R700 RV770 PRO

Process

55nm

TMUs

Texture Rate

28 GTexel/s

ROPs

Pixel Rate

11 GPixel/s

Shader
Processing Units

800

Driver Support

Release Price

Compatibility

Direct X

DX 10.1

Shader

4.1

Open GL

3.3

Resolution (WxH)

2560x1600

Notebook GPU

SLI/Crossfire

Yes the Radeon HD 4850 Gigabyte OC Edition graphics card can run in parallel to other GPUs using Nvidia SLI or AMD Crossfire technology

Dedicated

Integrated

Memory

1024 MB

Memory Speed

990 MHz

Memory Bus

256 Bit

Memory Type

GDDR3

Memory Bandwidth

63.4GB/sec

L2 Cache

0KB

Display Connectors

VGA Connection

DVI Connection

HDMI Connection

DisplayPort Connection

Clock Speeds

Core Speed

700 MHz

Power

Max Power

None

PSU

Power Connector

None

Recommended Hardware

Best CPU Match

Core 2 Duo E8600 3.33GHz

Best RAM Match

6 GB

Best Resolution

1440 x 900

GPU Upgrade

Radeon HD 5870 1024MB

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GD Value

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GD RATING

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Approved

Resolution Performance
1366x768	1600x900	1920x1080	2560x1440	3840x2160
-	5.8	4.4	2.5	1.7

Radeon HD 4850 Gigabyte OC Edition Game Requirement Analysis

Radeon HD 4850 Gigabyte OC Edition is a special edition of the high-end Radeon HD 4850.
The new features includes an increase in the central unit that went from 625MHz to 700MHz. A new cooling system is also available.
The overclocking is significant and benchmarks indicate it's around 4% when compared to the reference Radeon HD 4850.

Source [Pip]

CPU

Core i7-4790 4-Core 3.6GHz

Graphics Card

Radeon RX 480X 4GB

541%

RAM

13GB

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Radeon HD 4850 Gigabyte OC Edition Extras

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