I really liked the Sapphire HD4850, it's an affordable video card that will allow you to play DirectX10 games with decent performance. Also the card is HDCP compliant hence you can watch Blu-Ray movies and once you do, you will never want to go back to DVD's.

Pros:

Fast mid-level performance
Direct X10
Great overclock potential
On-Chip HDCP
Affordable

Cons:

Loud stock fan
Low FPS at high quality settings

Score: 7/10
Solid DX10 Performance

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The Card
NFSU & Far Cry 2 DX9
Crysis & DX9
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DX9 Overclocking
DX10 Overclocking
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Sapphire Radeon HD 4850

Conclusion

Date reviewed: March 17th, 2009

Author: Chris

Fast mid-level performance Direct X10 Great overclock potential On-Chip HDCP Affordable

Loud stock fan Low FPS at high quality settings

Fast mid-level performance
Direct X10
Great overclock potential
On-Chip HDCP
Affordable

Loud stock fan
Low FPS at high quality settings