Testseek.com have collected 25 expert reviews of the Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 Toxic 512MB GDDR3 PCIe 11132-04-40R and the average rating is 86%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 Toxic 512MB GDDR3 PCIe 11132-04-40R.
August 2008
(86%)
25 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
On the face of things the Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 TOXIC looks like a pretty poor choice for those looking to grab a budget graphics card. It finds itself in the no-mans land of being a good £30 more expensive than the cheapest HD 4850 cards on the mar...
Great performance, Over Clocking Ease, DX 10.1, Nice Bundle, Ease of Install, Crossfire Ready, Good Power
Initial Sample Clocks Were Set Wrong (1150 not 1100) This has been corrected by Sapphire, No Game in Bundle, Ruby Didnt Show Up In Person
The Sapphire HD Toxic 4850 can be viewed in the same terms as the 8800 GT phenomenon. It spits out frame rates and synthetic benchmark numbers effortlessly. It over clocks (on the core) like a dream and provides hours and hours of seamless gaming that...
Abstract: Sapphire Technology has been one of ATIs closest AIB partners and one of their largest. Sapphire manufacturers a plethora of ATI graphics cards and they always seem to be quite popular with enthusiasts for their reliability, top-notch features, and c...
Noisy cooler, High price premium, Dual slot cooler, Regular HD 4850 has better price/performance, No native HDMI output
I have a bit mixed feelings about the Sapphire HD 4850 Toxic. The inclusion of the Zalman VF900 cooler is a great choice, but the fixed fan speed is not. Since the fan is always running at the same speed of around 1700 RPM, it will obviously lower the ...
Abstract: As we mentioned right at the start of this article, we already know plenty about what makes the Radeon HD 4850 such a tempting graphics upgrade proposition, thus todays question is - What makes Sapphires TOXIC board a better choice? From a pure cloc...
Mit der Radeon HD 4850 Toxic traut sich Sapphire als einer der ersten Boardpartner von ATi, nicht nur die Taktraten in die Höhe zu schrauben, sondern darüber hinaus ein anderes Kühlsystem zu verbauen. Richtig gelungen ist das Experiment aber nicht. Z...
Great performance for the asking price, reduced card size, Zalman heat-pipe fan keeps things nice and cool
Fan obscures adjacent expansion slot, no ninja babe artwork
The Sapphire TOXIC HD 4850 (512MB GDDR3 PCI-E) is an excellent factory-overclocked graphics card that will offer mainstream gamers plenty of bang for their buck. Cool, fast and energy-efficient: whats not to love? ...
The decision to go down the Zalman cooling path was a good idea; it’s helped drop the temperatures to a level we’re a lot more comfortable with and makes us feel more confident about having the card overclocked.As we previously mentioned, whil...
Performance, Cooling performance, Additional headroom for overclocking, Bundled software, HD capabilities, Price, Aftermarket cooling...
Did not win all the benchmark tests...
The biggest complaint about the HD48xx series of video cards has been the performance of the cooling system on the cards - more so the HD4850 variant than the HD4870. Load temps in the 90+ Celsius range are a little unnerving for those that pay attent...
