AMD may have released its first Evergreen GPUs mere weeks ago, but don't think it's slowing down for anybody. The company has followed-up with its first mid-range parts, belonging to the HD 5700 series. Performance is much more modest on these new cards, but no features have been scrapped. It's all here... DirectX 11, Eyefinity and more.
Have just $100 to splurge on a new graphics card? Is having low power consumption and low temperatures important to you? If so, the HD 4770 certainly deserves your attention. This budget card handled each one of our games at 1920x1080 just fine, overclocks like a dream and has power and temp numbers worth drooling over.
Believe it or not, despite the HD 4890's launch last month, the HD 4870 is still totally relevant, thanks to ATI's current pricing structure. There's a card for every budget, and if you're willing to spend around $180, you can get hooked up with a 1GB version of the card we're taking a look at today. It's silent, keeps cool, and still delivers great performance for the money.
It's not often we get to take two brand-new GPUs and pit them against each other in one launch article, but that's what we're doing with ATI's HD 4890 and NVIDIA's GTX 275. Both cards are priced at $249, and both also happen to offer great performance and insane overclocking-ability. So coupled with those and other factors, who comes out on top?
Gaming on a budget isn't as difficult as it once was, thanks to superb offerings from both ATI and NVIDIA that go for a modest price. But, what about the sub-$100 crowd? We'll find that out here, at least from the ATI side of things, with Sapphire's HD 4670 GDDR4 and HD 4830. Both feature great efficiency, and believe it or not, great overclocking as well.
| Title | Author | Date | Categories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 2GB | Rob Williams | January 7, 2009 | AMD-Based GPU |
| ATI HD 4870 1GB vs. NVIDIA GTX 260/216 896MB: Follow-Up | Rob Williams | December 8, 2008 | AMD-Based GPU |
| ATI HD 4870 1GB vs. NVIDIA GTX 260/216 896MB | Rob Williams | November 24, 2008 | AMD-Based GPU |
| Palit Radeon HD 4870 Sonic Dual Edition | Rob Williams | October 7, 2008 | AMD-Based GPU |
| Palit Radeon HD 4870 512MB | Rob Williams | September 1, 2008 | AMD-Based GPU |
| Palit Radeon HD 4870 X2 1GB - AMD Reclaims GPU Supremacy | Rob Williams | August 12, 2008 | AMD-Based GPU |
| AMD Tunes Back In with All-In-Wonder HD | Rob Williams | June 26, 2008 | AMD-Based GPU |
| ASUS EAH4850 512MB | Rob Williams | June 25, 2008 | AMD-Based GPU |
| ASUS EAH3870 X2 1GB | Rob Williams | February 18, 2008 | AMD-Based GPU |
| Sapphire X1050 and X1550 | Rob Williams | March 5, 2007 | AMD-Based GPU |
| ASUS EAX1950PRO 256MB | Rob Williams | December 12, 2006 | AMD-Based GPU |
| ASUS EAX1650XT 256MB | Rob Williams | December 5, 2006 | AMD-Based GPU |
| PowerColor X1650 PRO | Greg King | November 29, 2006 | AMD-Based GPU |
| ATI Radeon x1950 Pro Preview | Greg King | October 17, 2006 | AMD-Based GPU |
| PowerColor X1600 XT BRAVO Edition | Rob Williams | March 13, 2006 | AMD-Based GPU |