Pros & Cons
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- Good performance for the dollar.
- Great video processing.
- DX 10.1 support.
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- Runs a little hot.
- Sometimes slightly slower than comparable Nvidia-based cards.
AMD ATI Radeon HD 4830 Specs
| Graphics Memory: | 256 |
| No. DVI Output(s): | 2 |
| RAMDAC Speed: | 400 |
| System Interface: | PCIe |
| Video Inputs: | DVI |
| Video Interfaces: | DVI |
| Video Outputs: | DVI |
| Video Outputs: | HDMI |
For a while, ATI's lineup was missing a midrange, high-definition graphics card. No more. The $130 (street) ATI Radeon HD 4850 fills the gap and is ready to do battle against the Nvidia GeForce 9800GT. The latter has a slight edge in some benchmarks, but the cards are essentially even in many others, and both give you your money's worth. If your applications needs support for the PhysX graphics engine or uses CUDA (Compute Unified Device Architecture), which allows programs to offload processing to the GPU, go with a GeForce 9800GT (or 8800GT, which is essentially the same card). If you have software that relies on DirectX 10.1 or ATI's stream computing, choose the Radeon HD 4830.