HIS Radeon HD 4850 IceQ 4 TurboX 512MB video card review
Elite Bastards
21 January 2009
Conclusion: If there are two things guaranteed to make any graphics board faster, it's the use of the word "Turbo" or the addition of an "X" or three to the product's name, which
Summary: Well, what a surprise ... we found the HIS ICEQ4 Radeon HD 4850 to be one of the fastest graphics card in its class. It outperforms all of the Radeon HD 4850s we've...
Conclusion: pre-overclocking the IceQ heatsink managed to keep the toasty RV770 core at respectable temperatures and exhausted the hot air out the rear of the case.
Conclusion: Even with the large copper Zalman cooler, however, we found that overclocking Sapphire's Toxic card wasn't as healthy a proposition as it was with the HIS card. Our
Pros: IceQ4 Cooler, Great overclocking results, Sub-$200 card with great performance, Uses an all copper, low noise-output heatink from Zalman, Factory overclocked, Comes wi...
Cons: Requires two slots to install, Runs hotter than the competition while at idle, Another dual-slot cooler, Not as great an overclocker as the HIS card
Conclusion: The reference Radeon HD 4850 which we tested earlier offered an attractive blend of performance and price, but was undone by its rather excessive power consumption and
Excerpt: This test is dedicated to HIS's Radeon HD 4850 . The Radeon HD 4850 is a RV770 GPU based video card and comes with 512Mb of GDDR3 graphics memory.
HIS HD 4850 IceQ 4 TurboX 512MB PCI-E Graphics Card
Overclock3D
10 July 2008
Conclusion: Make no mistake, the HIS HD 4850 IceQ 4 TurboX is the crème de la crème of 4850 series cards. With its superb after-market cooling and fearlessly high factory overclock...
Pros: • IceQ 4 cooling keeps temperatures well in-check., • Custom touches such as gold-plated DVI's and Blue PCB., • Fearless overclock + a little room left to have some fu...
Cons: • Nothing. (Chants: bring on the HD 4870x2 IceQ 4 TurboX!!)