SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 4850 DirectX 10.1 100258-1GL 1GB 256-Bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card

Pros: Being a gamer with an aging system, amidst an economy going to po0p... I decided to be frugal and push my A64X2 4200+ for another year or so. :) The biggest upgrade would be from the video card, and power limitations prevented me from going beyond a mid-range card. My 500W PSU canna take any more, cap'n. Choices were between a Nvidia GTX260 Core216 896MB (Non-OC) and an ATI 4850 1GB. For this purchase, I went with the price > performance mindset. The 4850 won out. Oh, and the whole Nvidia cover-up with their faulty 9, 8, and whatever-series-chip-that-we-still-don't-know-about, left a bad taste in my mouth. The whole thing hurt my trust in the company. I'm sure the GTX series wasn't affected, but ATI gave me happier thoughts this time around. :) This is the 3rd Sapphire ATI card I have purchased within the last 5 years. I'm satisfied with Sapphire, and always look them up first when deciding to purchase an ATI card. My last card was a BFG GF 7950 GTO, which was SOLID.

Cons: Ok, there is one gripe I have with the this card. Whenever I run a graphics intensive program (usually a game,) it gives off a slightly annoying static hum clicking noise. The noise varies with the load being processed by the card. It seems to die down after a while (or maybe my hearing becomes used to the noise?) Who knows... A little Internet research said this is quite normal for some cards, and will not harm the system. It is supposed to have something to do with the power coils on the card, whatever that means.

Overall Review: Whatever the case may be with the humming noise, it's not enough to bother me. I just rather people know about it, and won't be like WTFX o.0?! when they start up a game (like I did.) Heh.

Pros: This card works great and didn't break the bank. I use it to play video games - COD W@W and L4D.

Cons: Can't think of anything wrong with this card.

Pros: Great card for the price... stays cool even when overclocked... Runs all my games full graphics and what not averaging 60-90 fps between games....

Cons: It's kinda big... then again thats what you expect with new cards... blocks the slot below it but then again its not a single slotter and the nice big fan pays off in keeping it cool

Overall Review: Not recommended for crossfire as someone else said cause it doesn't vent outside the case but doesn't mean you cant do it...

Pros: 'puter refused to boot yesterday, was getting normal POST beeps from the board, but no boot screen. Suspected the Video Card had given up, and as I'm a heavy Photoshop user I needed a new good high level card as Adobe CS4 is now utilizing the graphics GPU - so being wrong would have still been money well spent. For modern Photoshop you now need a pretty good card, but not the gamers latest screamer or crossfire. I went for this, as 4850 is the newer generation from ATI, and reasonable $ now. 1Gb is plenty for my needs, and I can scroll around an huge 500Mb image with instant screen updates at 1:1. Ordered on NewEgg and paid for 24hr FedEx. It arrived at 9.38am the next day! Straight into the machine, connect up, and booted. amazing + nice to have guessed right about initial problem! Reset screen to 2560x1600 went to ATI site, downloaded latest drivers +CCC for Vista 64 and loaded those. All perfect now. 1Gb memory great at this price point.

Cons: takes up 2 slots. not silent, but not too noisy either.

Overall Review: First time I've ever used FedEx overnight with NewEgg (prefer to save with free shipping) and it didn't disappoint. I got no email tracking from NewEgg, and still not had a proper Invoice! anyways - great card.

Pros: Delivery was fast and the product was packed to prevent damage, as are all Newegg products I have purchased, and I bought several. The most bang for the buck. I bought it for it's memory and its GDDR3. I run a dual boot machine with Linux Mepis on the other drive and I bought this Sapphire product because it has Linux drivers available at the AMD site. I don't play a lot of games so it might be a little overkill for a web surfer but does really well with videos. No complaints.

Cons: None so far. I just wish I had the money to purchase the 4870 X2. But then, don't we all?

Overall Review: None.

Pros: Amazing video card - was worried about the quality of this product, but once I ran it through some tests am very satisfied. This card runs Crysis with A.A. and High settings likes its nothing. Beautiful

Cons: None

Overall Review: Newegg is KING

Pros: The card has beautiful and crisp graphics AND text. The card also overclocks quite well with STANDARD ATI drivers. The Asus model of the same chipset cost more, and was an absolute disaster. Asus' card used their out of date drivers, and their utilities. If I did not use their drivers, the card was recognized as generic "4000" series card in games and applications. No hope or help from them at all. The Sapphire was placed in my machine, picked up the ATI stock drivers and everything was beautiful! Sapphire did another great job. The card also runs cool even in my Seven year old Superpower Full Tower Steel case.

Cons: Did not buy two to crossfire.

Overall Review: Forget the $300 or $400 for an Nvidia 260 or 280 or 285 or anything higher. This card works great in high resolutions with the one gig of ram and has superior IMAGE QUALITY, if not the speed crown in games.

Pros: Huge upgrade over my 8600 gts. Maxes most games i throw at it besides Crysis which can be played at all high but not ultra with really nice framerates. Heard some bad things about the drivers for these cards and they can get hot but the driver works great and the max temp i get under load is 60 C which is cooler than my 8600 gts under load.

Cons: none really got exactly what i wanted.

Overall Review: switching back to ATI is a good feeling