Reviewed on June 24, 2008AMD's new ATI Radeon HD 4850 is a solid midrange 3D card that will run pretty much anything, and it boasts some forward-looking features to boot. It might be worth waiting for the price to drop just a bit, at which point this card will become much more attractive.TAGS:ATI Radeon, Nvidia GeForce, Diamond Multimedia Inc., NVidia, ATI Technologies, Radeon, AMD, card, 3D
Reviewed on January 30, 2008The 3D graphics card market changes too rapidly for us to get bullish about a card with premature driver software. The ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 shows promise, even outscoring Nvidia on many PC games, but we would still wait until AMD works out the kinks before handing over your $450.TAGS:Call of Duty, ATI Radeon, Radeon, ATI Technologies, Nvidia GeForce, AMD, NVidia, Unreal Tournament, DirectX, games, card, video card, PC
Reviewed on January 22, 2009Asus's EAHD4870X2 falls just short of the speed and relative value offered by Nvidia's competing high-end 3D card. Unless you have certain very specific needs, you'll get better performance and better power efficiency with Nvidia.TAGS:ASUS, NVidia, Nvidia GeForce, DirectX, Radeon, card, manufacturing, ATI Radeon, ATI Technologies, AMD, video