Sapphire HD 4850 Toxic 512 MB

, on Aug 5th, 2008, in Graphics Cards. Manufacturer: Sapphire

Introduction

A while back AMD has launched their Radeon HD 4850 and 4870 Series. Both cards were quickly accepted by enthusiasts and gamers as one of the best new product releases this year. Now AMD has given permission to the AIBs to create their own customized and overclocked products, first of the HD 4850 and later of the HD 4870.

Sapphire as the biggest AMD AIB has released several HD 4850 Toxic variants. We have the overclocked 512 MB version with a Zalman cooler on our test bench today.

	Radeon HD 3850	Radeon HD 3870	GeForce 9600 GT	GeForce 8800 GT	GeForce 9800 GT	Radeon HD 4850	Sapphire HD 4850 Toxic	GeForce 9800 GTX	GeForce 9800 GTX+	GeForce 8800 GTX	GeForce GTX 260	Radeon HD 4870	GeForce GTX 280
Shader units	320	320	64	112	112	800	800	128	128	128	192	800	240
ROPs	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	24	28	16	32
GPU	RV670	RV670	G94	G92	G92	RV770	RV770	G92	G92	G80	GT200	RV770	GT200
Transistors	666M	666M	505M	754M	754M	956M	956M	754M	754M	681M	1400M	956M	1400M
Memory Size	256 MB	512 MB	512 MB	512 MB	512 MB	512 MB	512 MB	512 MB	512 MB	768 MB	896 MB	512 MB	1024 MB
Memory Bus Width	256 bit	256 bit	256 bit	256 bit	256 bit	256 bit	256 bit	256 bit	256 bit	384 bit	448 bit	256 bit	512 bit
Core Clock	670 MHz	777 MHz	650 MHz	600 MHz	600 MHz	625 MHz	675 MHz	675 MHz	738 MHz	575 MHz	576 MHz	750 MHz	602 MHz
Memory Clock	828 MHz	1126 MHz	900 MHz	900 MHz	900 MHz	993 MHz	1100 MHz	1100 MHz	1100 MHz	900 MHz	999 MHz	900 MHz	1107 MHz
Price	$99	$125	$110	$140	$160	$170	$210	$185	$200	$295	$270	$275	$430