The ASUS EAH4850/HTDI/512M, built upon the ATI Radeon HD 4850 chipset, is a higher-end video card for desktop PCs. The graphics card has 800 stream processing units, 512MB of DDR3 memory, a 256-bit memory interface, and support for Microsoft DirectX 10.1 and ATI CrossFireX technologies.
The video card has a core clock speed of 625MHz and 993MHz memory clock.
The reviewed ASUS EAH4850/HTDI/512M PCI Express 2.0 card has a large and quiet Glaciator-branded cooler that expands card's thickness to two slots of the desktop computer case. The EAH4850 is HDCP-compliant and has a native HDMI output with 7.1 audio and two DVI ports. It reqires a 6-pin power cable from the power supply. The package includes the video card, a DVI to D-Sub adaptor, DVI to HDMI adaptor, HDTV-out cable, power cable, User Manual book, and two CDs (drivers and user's manual).
We have benchmarked the card on a PC with:
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 CPU at 3.16GHz
MSI Neo3-Fr 1.0 Motherboard
4GB Kingston HyperX DDR2 1066MHz Memory
Seagate 500GB 7,200rpm HDD
Cooler Master M620 620W Power Supply
Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit OS
8.10 ATI Radeon Drivers
The test results are:
3DMark 06
11665 3DMarks
4748 SM2.0 Score
5704 HDR/SM3.0 Score
2903 CPU Score
3DMark Vantage - Performance Mode
P6580 3DMarks
6617 Graphics Score
6473 CPU Score
Windows Vista Experience Index
5.9 Desktop Performance for Windows Aero
5.9 3D Business and Gaming Graphics Performance
Crysis
65.4fps @ 1280x1024, Medium, No AA
46.4fps @ 1280x1024, Medium, AA x4
41.5fps @ 1280x1024, High, No AA
34.4fps @ 1280x1024, High, AA x4
24.9fps @ 1280x1024, Very High, No AA
20.7fps @ 1280x1024, Very High, AA x4
57.9fps @ 1680x1050, Medium, No AA
34.6fps @ 1680x1050, Medium, AA x4
33.9fps @ 1680x1050, High, No AA
24.6fps @ 1680x1050, High, AA x4
19.3fps @ 1680x1050, Very High, No AA
Test Unsucessful @ 1680x1024, Very High, AA x4
World in Conflict (Demo)
81fps @ 1280x1024 Medium
48fps @ 1280x1024 High
34fps @ 1280x1024 Very High
78fps @ 1680x1050 Medium
41fps @ 1680x1050 High
31fps @ 1680x1050 Very High
F.E.A.R.
333fps @ Medium Settings (800x600)
256fps @ High (1024x768)
177fps @ Maximum (1024x768)
88fps @ Maximum and 1600x1200
Company of Heroes
59.8fps @ 1280x1024, Maximal Settings, DirectX 9, No Anti-Aliasing
59.7fps @ 1280x1024, Maximal, DX 9, AA x4
51.9fps @ 1280x1024, Maximal, DX 10, No AA
50.1fps @ 1280x1024, Maximal, DX 10, AA x4
59.3fps @ 1680x1050, Maximal Settings, DirectX 9, No Anti-Aliasing
59.1fps @ 1680x1050, Maximal, DX 9, AA x4
48.9fps @ 1680x1050, Maximal, DX 10, No AA
44.6fps @ 1680x1050, Maximal, DX 10, AA x4
Temperature Test
Around 39C on idle, fan at 50%
Up to 62C during 3DMark 06 test, fan at %50
If you want a high-end gaming video card and don't want to spend more than $200, the ASUS EAH4850/HTDI/512M can be a right choice. Along with the great peformance in even the most demanding games, the EAH4850/HTDI/512M and its Glaciator fan & heatsink also provide a very cool operation.
For extra frames per second you can overclock the card or get a factory overclocked EAH4850 TOP/HTDI/512M. ASUS also offers the EAH4850/HTDI/1G with 1GB of video memory.
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