Weighing in with a GPU of 575MHz, GDDR3 of 900MHz and a 256 bit wide memory bus, the HD 4830 has a hard time keeping up with the new HD 4770 even though they are almost exactly the same price, the HD 4850 is only a competitor if you want to spend almost $50 on an extra handful of frame rates. That doesn’t mean that you should skip this card entirely if you find it in a bargain bin or deeply discounted; you can see from Techware Labs that this card does have enough performance to handle most games.

“Often overlooked in the eternal arms race for the biggest, baddest, most powerful video card on the market; ATI has also been putting out scaled-down versions of their 4000-series GPUs that are intended for the budget conscious gamer. Today we’ll be looking at the HD 4830, a smaller sibling to ATI’s powerful HD4870. Find out whether this little brother is a mighty mite, or just falls short.”

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