ATI Radeon HD 4830 (Sapphire, Powercolor and HIS)

Zardon · Oct 31, 2008, 03:28 PM

Read The Review Here
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Just over a week ago ATI launched the Radeon HD 4830 which is the latest card in the 4800 series range and hits the market at around £99/$130. Unfortunately, due to a BIOS issue on the first batch of review sample cards (reference models and some retail branded) the full number of unified shaders was not available and performance was therefore negatively impacted (some reviews you have already read on other publications are actually wrong).

comp_ali · Oct 31, 2008, 04:45 PM

C00l I must have a look at that

LukeK · Oct 31, 2008, 04:58 PM

wow those AMD boards are pumping out some great framerates for the price. mega cards!

macbiter · Oct 31, 2008, 05:01 PM

totally. might order a sapphire for my media center, means i could play some games through the TV too at 720p. good value.

longhorn1000 · Oct 31, 2008, 05:02 PM

Just ordered the cheap HIS one for my second computer. very impressive. Also great to see DH taking time to get the right bioses rather than rushing the article. Some rather dodgy 4830 articles up last week.

Good job DH with accurate testing as always. Thats why I come here!

humonous · Oct 31, 2008, 05:05 PM

awesome to see coolers like sapphires. good overclocks too. Kid brother is going to get one for his birthday. should handle his WOW and WAR addiction well.

Nice review guys.

Matth · Oct 31, 2008, 05:53 PM

Went back to find a 4670 review, just to see if the "baby" of the 48xx range is soundly above the top of the 46xx.

So, there is now a full 3 way set in the 48's - 4830, 4850, 4870, oh, plus the X2 of course
In the 46, there is the 4650 (48 watt) and 4670 (close to maximum for no power connector)
In the 45, there is 4550 - at 20 watts max, entry level both electrical and computing power, but holding up well against other budget cards and maybe even against midranges of older card series.
In the 43, a 4350, even lighter than the 4550.

With the 4-series pretty much fully covered, I guess the 3's are effectively obsolete.

Oct 31, 2008, 03:28 PM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	ATI Radeon HD 4830 (Sapphire, Powercolor and HIS) Read The Review Here _________________________ Just over a week ago ATI launched the Radeon HD 4830 which is the latest card in the 4800 series range and hits the market at around £99/$130. Unfortunately, due to a BIOS issue on the first batch of review sample cards (reference models and some retail branded) the full number of unified shaders was not available and performance was therefore negatively impacted (some reviews you have already read on other publications are actually wrong).

Oct 31, 2008, 04:45 PM	#2
comp_ali Sniper Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Egypt Posts: 10,469 Rep Power: 339 System Specs	Re: ATI Radeon HD 4830 (Sapphire, Powercolor and HIS) C00l I must have a look at that

Oct 31, 2008, 04:58 PM	#3
LukeK DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 158 Rep Power: 61	Re: ATI Radeon HD 4830 (Sapphire, Powercolor and HIS) wow those AMD boards are pumping out some great framerates for the price. mega cards!

Oct 31, 2008, 05:01 PM	#4
macbiter DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 81 Rep Power: 0	Re: ATI Radeon HD 4830 (Sapphire, Powercolor and HIS) totally. might order a sapphire for my media center, means i could play some games through the TV too at 720p. good value.

Oct 31, 2008, 05:02 PM	#5
longhorn1000 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 70 Rep Power: 0	Re: ATI Radeon HD 4830 (Sapphire, Powercolor and HIS) Just ordered the cheap HIS one for my second computer. very impressive. Also great to see DH taking time to get the right bioses rather than rushing the article. Some rather dodgy 4830 articles up last week. Good job DH with accurate testing as always. Thats why I come here!

Oct 31, 2008, 05:05 PM	#6
humonous DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 164 Rep Power: 0	Re: ATI Radeon HD 4830 (Sapphire, Powercolor and HIS) awesome to see coolers like sapphires. good overclocks too. Kid brother is going to get one for his birthday. should handle his WOW and WAR addiction well. Nice review guys.

Oct 31, 2008, 05:53 PM	#7
Matth Flash Banner Hater Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UK Posts: 3,426 Rep Power: 93 System Specs	Re: ATI Radeon HD 4830 (Sapphire, Powercolor and HIS) Went back to find a 4670 review, just to see if the "baby" of the 48xx range is soundly above the top of the 46xx. So, there is now a full 3 way set in the 48's - 4830, 4850, 4870, oh, plus the X2 of course In the 46, there is the 4650 (48 watt) and 4670 (close to maximum for no power connector) In the 45, there is 4550 - at 20 watts max, entry level both electrical and computing power, but holding up well against other budget cards and maybe even against midranges of older card series. In the 43, a 4350, even lighter than the 4550. With the 4-series pretty much fully covered, I guess the 3's are effectively obsolete. __________________ Mary had a little lamb, Her father shot it dead Now Mary takes her lamb to school, Between two crusts of bread