Date:
Tuesday , August 05, 2008
Author:
Matthew Krysiak
Editor:
Kyle Bennett
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MSI R4850-T2D512 Video Card

The ATI Radeon HD 4800 series has been making waves this past month and for good reason. Today we take a look at the budget-minded side of the 4800 series with the MSI R4850-T2D512. We see how it measures up in Crysis, Age of Conan, and Call of Duty 4 on a widescreen display. Has it any AA magic of its own?

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System Test Setup

For our test system platform we are using an ASUS Blitz Formula motherboard with an Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 processor at 3.66GHz, and 4GB of OCZ Technology DDR2 PC2-8000 Platinum. We are using the latest chipset drivers available and the latest BIOS at time of evaluation.

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Video Card Comparison Setup

All three video cards were evaluated at their default frequencies and with the latest drivers available at the time of the evaluation. For the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX we will be using ForceWare 177.39 BETA. The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT we will be using Forceware 175.19 WHQL. For the MSI R4850-T2D512 we will be using the Catalyst 8.7 driver. We also have Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista installed.

Evaluation Setup

Please be aware we test our video cards a bit differently from what is the norm. We concentrate on examining the real-world gameplay that each video card provides. The Highest Playable section shows the best Image Quality delivered at a playable frame rate. To get a better understanding of what we do, please read this page.