AMD Radeon HD 4850 and 4870
Snatching the price:performance crown from Nvidia?
23rd July 2008 11:02 GMT
The main result that stands out from the figures is that HD 4850 has approximately double the performance of HD 3850 and it has more than enough oomph to play Crysis. HD 4870 offers 25 per cent more of the same and is superb for gaming.
Crysis Results

Average frame rates
Longer bars are better
3DMark06 Results

Longer bars are better


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