AMD Announces Sub-$150 HD 4830 Graphics Card Running DX10.1
AMD Announces Sub-$150 HD 4830 Graphics Card Running DX10.1
Posted 10/23/2008 at 9:42am
| by Paul Lilly
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While the merits of DirectX 10.1 support is still being debated, AMD continues to champion the instruction set in its latest generation of videocards, including the new HD 4830. Best of all, the new graphics card carries an MSRP of less than $150.
There was a time when no self respecting gamer would ever dream of owning a sub-$150 GPU, but today's generation of gamers needn't be so discerning. Built using a 55nm manufacturing process with 956 million transistors, the HD 4830 comes equipped with a respectable 640 stream processors, 32 texture units, and 16 ROPs. And unlike some other budget-priced videocards in recent years, the memory bus checks in at 256-bit rather than 128-bit, making it a solid contender for mid-range gaming duties, at least on paper.
The HD 4830 is being positioned to compete with Nvidia's 9800 GT. AMD claims its new videocard "delivers better performance" than the aforementioned competition in several titles, a notion supported by a cursory glance at benchmarks across the web.
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Tekzel
October 24, 2008 at 6:54am
It looks like I am going to get an ATI video card for the first time in a very, very long time soon. I am eyeballing a 4870 with 1GB of video memory for christmas, I would get one of these to upgrade my wifes Nvidia 6600GT with, except she is getting my 7800GT. Not sure that this would be an upgrade over the 7800. But, this does look like a decent little card for a cheap gaming rig.
BrookV
October 23, 2008 at 12:03pm
After squeezing every living drop of jaw dropping performance from my 7300 gt (a VERY under rated card), I decided it was time to fight back the lag on my MMO ventures and up my video card again.
I know Nvidia has lost a lot of favor the past few months, but that didn't sway me from picking up my 9600 gt superclocked card from EVGA. $89. I'm cheap and happy to admit it.
I bought a $400, 4300 gt when it came out back in the day and even though the card rocked my sox, I vowed never to lay down that kind of coin for a card again. I'm happy to stay in the $100 range and happy to wait for the $400 and $600 cards to fall into my bracket (they always do!). Besides, benchmarks are great for my 1280x1024 resolution I run at on my 19" lcd. I'm not running 24" widescreens and have no immediate plans to do so. I get insane frame rates that meet and exceed all the benchmarks that are being made at resolutions higher than that on bigger monitors. So keep your monitor size in mind when really looking over all those benchmarks and see if they really apply to the resolution your realistically going to use! You might be very surprised at the coin you can save! I certainly was! :)
Maybe by the time I'm ready to upgrade again, the AMD ATI marriage will be a bit more polished. ATI still has a lot of catching up to do, but they are doing a damn good job of it. Better shape up and right your wrongs, NVidia!
Don't make me have to get my Nvidia tattoo covered up with a big ATI logo!
fdwhacker
October 23, 2008 at 11:10am
AMD might finally start making good parts and not just low end ones. The 4870 X2 ROCKS!!
maniacm0nk3y
October 23, 2008 at 10:07am
Paper can be torn. lol. Rock solid? Maybe. Now to play the waiting game and see if this venture was worth it for AMD.
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