Very good value for money. (Sapphire Radeon HD 4850)

Member Name: conizme

Product:	Sapphire Radeon HD 4850
Date:	07/06/09 (38 review reads)
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Advantages: Very good performance

Disadvantages: Bad cooler default speed.

The HD4850 is very powerful and will do most of your gaming needs easily,

The 4850 is a very good card, it is quiet, if you get a decent cooler for it, and it is very reliable.

There are a few reasons you should and shouldn't buy this card, but it is up to you to decide if it is good enough for your needs.

A few reasons you should buy this card is:

Extremely good value for money - Other, more expensive cards on the market are performing at a much lower standard than the 4850, but yet, are more expensive!

Quiet with a good cooler- By default, the 4850 is quiet, but that is because the fan is set to run at just 26%! This can be easily adjusted in the control center included, but when you make it higher, it gets louder, so the good option would be to buy a better cooler.

A few reasons not to buy this card:

Heavy competition - There is very heavy competition on this card, like the GTS250 and even the 4870, if you are going to buy this card, make sure you are going to keep it for a while, and not be persuaded to get the newer model which is much more expensive, for a small performance upgrade.

Well, er, I cant think of any more reasons not to buy it, :D

There are also two DVI ports on the back, and also a S-Video port, if you screen does not support DVI, and only VGA, The card comes with a DVI to VGA converter which is very useful.

Summary: Highly reccomended for moderate gamers!

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