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Sapphire HD4850 X2 review

It's big and beefy but can it compete with NVIDIA's monolith?

Our Score 3.5

Last reviewed: 2008-11-06November 6th 2008

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Product Summary

Radeon HD 4850 X2

Sapphire HD4850x2

Price at launch

£310.00

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It's big...

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