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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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Videocard Power Consumption Measurements

As the AMD and Intel move to smaller chip sizes, ATI is following suite.

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The Asus EAH4850 uses a single 6-pin PCI Express power connector in addition to the power it draws from the x16 PCI Express slot. This is a little less complicated than some of the high-end videocards that have been arriving at PCSTATS test labs lately... which demand the newer 8-pin PCI Express connector.

Let's take a look at how much power the Asus EAH4850 draws in a typical computer system.

Total System Power Draw Comparisons

Here's how the Asus EAH4850 videocard stacks up in real life against a couple different cards We have no way of directly measuring video card power draw, so PCSTATS measures total system power draw and compares that in 3D loaded (max value recorded in 3DMark06) and idle states (at Windows desktop).

The power supply used in each test is an A-PFC compliant PC Power and Cooling 750W model.

PCSTATS Benchmark ReportVideocard Power Consumption (Total System Power Draw)
Idle at Desktop Points Ranking
Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 177
Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 153
Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire) 222
MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 165
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT CrossFire 195
Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 120
Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A 160
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A 150
nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 166
Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 152
Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 151
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 196
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE 183
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E 165
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH 140
3D Loaded: Points Ranking
Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 421
Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 390
Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire) 610
MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 330
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT CrossFire 549
Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 202
Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A 333
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A 252
nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 313
Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 220
Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 221
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 345
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE 315
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E 277
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH 213
(OC) 3D Loaded: Points Ranking
Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 426
Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire) 630
MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 339
Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 231

[*This figure represents total system power consumption in Watts, either with the system at idle, or the peak value recorded while running 3DMark06. ]

Here we see the fruits of AMD's labour. Under load power draw goes up from 120W to 202W, again making the Asus EAH4850 a very low-wattage card. During overclocking the graphics card has minimal impact on power draw, and total system power draw sits at a low 231W, particularly when compared to that dual Asus EAH3870X2 Crossfire system and its 630W peak power draw!!

Speaking of overclocking, PCSTATS overclocking test results are up next!

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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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