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Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M/A Radeon HD 4850 Videocard Review
Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M/A Radeon HD 4850 Videocard Review - PCSTATS
Its a good time to be on the market for a new video card. After floundering in second place behind nVidia for the past few years, ATI's Radeon 48xx-series videocards promise to boost AMDs marketshare back up to a healthy margins by delivering fast framerates for a very competitive price.
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External Mfg. Website: ASUS Nov 17 2008   V. Khamphilovong  
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Advanced Videocard Benchmarks: Quake 4, FEAR

ID Software Quake 4 1.3

Source: id Software

Quake 4 is the latest shooter from ID and is based on the Doom 3 engine. Tweaked to for more eye candy, Quake 4 promises to be tougher on videocards and systems than its predecessor was. Quake 4 also does not have a 60 fps limiter like Doom 3, with the Ultra setting, graphic textures can surpass the 500MB mark! Each test is run three times and with the third run being recorded.

PCSTATS Benchmark ReportID Software Quake 4 1.3 Custom Demo UQ 1600x1200 - AA/AF Tests
8x AA: Points Ranking
Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 140.2
Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 101.3
Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire) 134.1
MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 97.5
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 103.1
Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 126.7
Diamond HD 3650 PE 512 8
nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 151.6
Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 130.7
Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC 131.3
Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 128
Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN 123.4
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 152.5
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 130.7
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 124.3
Palit 8800GT Super+ 1GB 134.4
Foxconn 8600GTS-256 71.8
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 74.9
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS 58.8
8xQ AA / 8x AF Points Ranking
Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 142.2
Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 105
Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire) 133.6
MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 97.8
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 123.9
Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 126.7
Diamond HD 3650 PE 512 26.7
nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 137.3
Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 106.2
Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC 105.2
Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 105.2
Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN 98.2
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 121.5
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 99.8
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 91.8
Palit 8800GT Super+ 1GB 87.6
Foxconn 8600GTS-256 51.7
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 53.2
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS 58.7
16xQ AA / 16x AF Points Ranking
Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 132.4
Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 72.5
Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire) 92.9
MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 67.9
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 102.2
Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 122.9
nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 127.4
Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 93.8
Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC 93.9
Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 91.6
Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN 86.5
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 100.3
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 69.9
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 68.5
Palit 8800GT Super+ 1GB 83.1
Foxconn 8600GTS-256 31.6
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 32.2
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS 73.75

Turn up the image quality settings up to 16x and the Asus EAH4850 starts to extend its dominance into Quake as well. A pair of 9600GTs in SLI mode can keep up, but you can double your 4850s fairly easily as well.

Sierra FEAR 1.08

Source: Sierra

FEAR is Sierra's latest first person shooter which relies heavily on DirectX 9 features. With its "Soft Shadows" feature enabled, even the fastest videocards run at a crawl, FEAR is definitely the new benchmark for future FPS games to follow.

PCSTATS Benchmark ReportSierra FEAR SS Disabled 1600x1200 - AA/AF Tests
8x AA: Points Ranking
Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 145
Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 69
Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire) 126
MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 38
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 37
Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 52
Diamond HD 3650 PE 512 26.7
nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 120
Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 65
Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC 69
Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 69
Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN 63
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 65
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 39
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 36
4x AA / 4x AF Points Ranking
Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 203
Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 117
MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 110
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 81
Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 77
Diamond HD 3650 PE 512 12
nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 133
Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 71
Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC 76
Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 77
Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN 71
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 79
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 48
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 45
8xQ AA / 8x AF Points Ranking
Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 144
Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 68
Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire) 125
MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 39
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 59
Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 52
Diamond HD 3650 PE 512 8
nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 82
Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 43
Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC 46
Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 46
Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN 42
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 64
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 29
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 27
16xQ AA / 16x AF Points Ranking
Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 75
Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 40
Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire) 40
MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 41
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 36
Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 52
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A 63
nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 37
Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 36
Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC 40
Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 36
Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN 33
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 38.5

The ASUS HD4850 clocks in at 52 fps, again competing with the 9600GT SLI setup well enough.

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Contents of Article: ASUS EAH4850 HTDI/512M/A
 Pg 1.  Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M/A Radeon HD 4850 Videocard Review
 Pg 2.  AMD Radeon HD 4850 Technology
 Pg 3.  Videocard Power Consumption Measurements
 Pg 4.  Overclocking the Radeon EAH4850
 Pg 5.  Videocard Benchmarks: 3DMark06
 Pg 6.  DX10 Videocard Benchmarks: 3DMark Vantage, Crysis
 Pg 7.  DX10 Videocard Benchmarks: Call of Juarez
 Pg 8.  DX10 Videocard Benchmarks: Lost Planet
 Pg 9.  Videocard Benchmarks: FEAR
 Pg 10.  — Advanced Videocard Benchmarks: Quake 4, FEAR
 Pg 11.  Advanced Video card Benchmarks: Crysis, Quake 4

 
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