facebook rss twitter

Review: Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 Vapor-X 512MB: last throw of the RV770 dice

by Tarinder Sandhu on 20 March 2009, 13:26 3.5

Tags: Radeon HD 4850 512MB Vapor-X, Sapphire, PC

Quick Link: HEXUS.net/qari2

Add to My Vault: x

Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts

Company of Heroes: OF (high-end) 1,680x1,050 4xAA 0xAF
eVGA GeForce GTS 250 SC 1GBXFX GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MBSapphire HD 4850 Vapor-X 512MBXFX Radeon HD 4850 XXX 512MBSapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB
58.2655.749.0851.2159.55


Company of Heroes: OF (high-end) 1,920x1,200 4xAA 0xAF
eVGA GeForce GTS 250 SC 1GBXFX GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MBSapphire HD 4850 Vapor-X 512MBXFX Radeon HD 4850 XXX 512MBSapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB
48.4845.2941.7643.6551.96


Company of Heroes: OF (high-end) 2,560x1,600 4xAA 0xAF
eVGA GeForce GTS 250 SC 1GBXFX GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MBSapphire HD 4850 Vapor-X 512MBXFX Radeon HD 4850 XXX 512MBSapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB
30.9326.7927.728.7533.85


Company of Heroes: OF, run via DX10 and high-quality settings, is harder on the cards. Here, the Radeon HD 4870's ~20 per cent performance advantage really begins to tell.