Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M/A Radeon HD 4850 Videocard Review 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.  84% Rating:    Table of Contents Filed under: Video Cards Published:  Author:  External Mfg. Website: ASUS Nov 17 2008   V. Khamphilovong   Home > Reviews > Video Cards > ASUS EAH4850 HTDI/512M/A

ID 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.

Sierra 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