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SAPPHIRE HD 4830 512MB GDDR3 PCI-E
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| The new SAPPHIRE HD 4830 shares the award winning graphics architecture used in the existing HD 4800 series and offers the same features, but with an optimised specification and lower price point to deliver the best performance in its price category. With 640 shader engines and clock speeds of 575 MHz (core) and 900MHz (memory), it offers similar overall performance to the HD 4850 model but at a reduced price point. | | |
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| Specification | | Output | 2 x Dual-Link DVI
1 x TV-Out
| | GPU | 575 MHz Core Clock
55 nm Chip
640 x Stream Processors
| | Memory | 512 MB Size
256 -bit GDDR3
1800 MHz Effective
| | Software | Driver CD
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All specifications and accessories are subject to change without notice. Please check with your supplier for exact offers. Products may not be available in all markets.  | ATI Stream Technology Accelerate the most demanding applications with ATI Stream technology and do more with your PC. ATI Stream Technology allows you to use the teraflops of compute power locked up in your graphics processer on tasks other than traditional graphics such as video encoding, at which the graphics processor is many, many times faster than using the CPU alone. |
 | ATI Avivo HD (DVD/HD-DVD/Blue-ray Playback) Watch the hottest Blu-ray movies or other HD content at full 1080p display resolution and beyond and enjoy a more feature rich experience with enhanced Unified Video Decoder(UVD) |
 | ATI CrossFireX™ Multi-GPU Technology Triple or Quadruple with gaming power withATI CrossFireX™ Multi-GPU Technology.ATI CrossFireX technology supports up to four graphics cards to be used in a single system. |
 | PCI-Express 2.0 The latest PCI-Express 2.0 specification doubles data throughput from 2.5Gbps to 5Gbps allowing you to exploit the full performance potential of your graphics card. |
 | Dual-Link DVI Equipped with the most popular Dual Link DVI (Digital Visual Interface), this card is able to display ultra high resolutions of up to 2560 x 1600 at 60Hz. |
 | TV-Out Connect the TV OUT connecotor on your graphics card to the devices like TV and PVR, and you are able to have your PC experience on the TV.
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 | Microsoft DirectX® 10.1 With DirectX® 10.1 support you can play the latest HD games with unrivalled visual quality, astonishing realism and ultra-fast frame rates.Get unrivalled visual quality and intense gaming performance and for today and tomorrow with support for Microsoft® DirectX® 10.1
►For Microsoft DirectX® 10.1 support, Windows Vista® Service Pack 1 is required. |
 | OpenGL® 2.0 Support OpenGL standard specification defining cross-language. Using OpenGL API to speed up application software,such like Adobe,AutoDesk 2D/3D graphic design.
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 | Shader Model 4.1 Shader Model 4.0 feature set including vertex texture fetch (VTF)-a key feature used in many of today's shipping games. GPUs that don't support this feature will not be able to run these games or will have to default back to Shader Model 3.0, resulting in the loss of cool effects and details made possible by Shader Model 4.0. |
 | ATI Catalyst Control Center™ The ATI Catalyst Control Center™ software application gives you complete control over the performance and visual quality of your SAPPHIRE ATI Radeon™ based graphics card allowing for the best experience on your PC. |
 | Accelerated Video Transcoding Massively parallel architecture and support for common shader transcoding instructions accelerates video encoding / transcoding way beyond what was possible with the CPU only.
(Requires application support for ATI Stream technology and Digital rights management restrictions may apply) |
 | Dolby® TrueHD and DTSHD Master Audio™ Support Support for copy protected, high bandwidth, 7.1 channel surround sound over HDMI. Get a fully immersive, high definition audio experience with the latest Blu-ray movies. (Requires a DVI to HDMI dongle on some models, an HD capable monitor and a Blu-ray drive) |
 | Anti-aliasing features Supports advanced AA (Anti-aliasing) features to maximise your enjoyment of high definition gaming.
- Multi-sample anti-aliasing (2, 4 or 8 samples per pixel)
- Up to 24x Custom Filter Anti-Aliasing (CFAA) for superior quality
- Adaptive super-sampling and multi-sampling
- Gamma correct
- Super AA (ATI CrossFireX™configurations only)
- All anti-aliasing features compatible with HDR rendering
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 | Physics processing support Accelerates the performance of Fluid Dynamics, Cloth Simulation, Soft or Rigid Body Dynamics, Universal Collision Detection, Hair Simulation and Finite Element Analysis for the most lifelike gaming experience. |
 | ATI PowerPlay™ Dynamically manage power efficiency and take control of your performance with AMD’s revolutionary ATI PowerPlay TM power management technology delivering high performance features when needed and conserving power when the demand on the graphics processor is low. This seemless technology dramatically reduces the overall power consumption allowing for break-through energy efficiency. |
 | TeraScale Graphics Engine The TeraScale graphics engine in the ATI Radeon™ features over one teraFLOPS, nearly one billion transistors and numerous stream processors so you can enjoy the high resolutions and fast frame rates previously only available with dual-card systems. |
 | Windows® Vista support Integrate with Windows Vista to deliver the best 3D graphics control.
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- PCI Express® based PC is required with one X16 lane graphics slot available on the motherboard.
- 450 Watt Power Supply is required.
- 550 Watt Power Supply is recommended for CrossFireX™ System.
- 1 X 75Watt 6-pin PCI Express power connector is required.
- 2 X 75 Watt 6-pin PCI Express power connector is required for CrossFireX™ system.
- Certified power supplies are recommended. Refer to http://ati.amd.com/certifiedPSU for a list of Certified products.
- 1024 MB Minimum of system memory.
- Installation software requires CD-ROM drive.
- DVD playback requires DVD drive.
- Blu-ray™ / HD DVD playback requires Blu-ray / HD DVD drive.
- For an ATI CrossFireX™ system, a second same ATI Radeon™ graphics card, an ATI CrossFireX™ Ready motherboard and one ATI CrossFireX Bridge Interconnect cable per graphics card (optional) are required.
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| | Recommended by The Techlounge | | | SAPPHIRE HD 4830 512MB GDDR3 PCI-E |  Priced where this card is, with its, ah, "bombastic" overclocking, this card is a solid buy for any and all budget gamers. This card even begs the question, is it worth going after a 4850 or 9800 GTX? Well, of course it is, but if you've got to make every dollar count, this card's practically irresistible. I kind of wish that I was putting together a budget PC myself so I could run out and stick one of these 4830s in there. Or two, even, the price is so right. |  |
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| | Best Value | | | SAPPHIRE HD 4830 512MB GDDR3 PCI-E | | The ATI-powered HD4830 from Sapphire is showing promise at being one of the best bangs for the buck cards out there. The card retails at about $119 at most major online stores, and the performance numbers put it right under the HD4850, which is where it is supposed to be. This alone will make the HD4830 a hit for Sapphire and AMD. Am I over hyping the HD4830? Not at all, this is a great card for the money. The numbers prove it. I was happy to see that Sapphire went a difference route when it came down to cooling this new card. | |
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| | OCC Silver | | | SAPPHIRE HD 4830 512MB GDDR3 PCI-E | | For the price they offer the power needed to run today's games on medium to high settings with no problem and even take on cards that are designed to be faster than them. When put to the test the Sapphire HD 4830 stood its ground and even matched or beat scores of other cards in its class. I am very pleased to see they brought it to their HD 4830 line as well to aid in cooling. Sapphire did a great job in designing and building the HD 4830 for us. | |
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| | Highly Recommended & Good Value by BigBruin | | | SAPPHIRE HD 4830 512MB GDDR3 PCI-E | | The performance of the Sapphire Radeon HD4830 512MB graphics card definitely surpassed expectations. I am not exactly sure how I expected it to fare during testing, but it wound up looking more like an enthusiast grade card than an entry level offering. It should be able to handle just about any game without having to sacrifice too much in terms of frame rates or settings, making it a great option for the gamer on a budget. The positives are numerous, while the negatives are few; with most relating to cost cutting measures that let the card be so competitively priced. The bundle of accessories includes a variety of connectors, but there is no CrossFire bridge. The price and performance of the Sapphire Radeon HD4830 512MB graphics card help it earn the Bigbruin.com awards of "Good Value" and "Highly Recommended". | |
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| | Seal of Approval | | | SAPPHIRE HD 4830 512MB GDDR3 PCI-E | | Overall, I am completely pleased with the performance of the card. It beat the 8800GT OC in the majority of the test runs and, in my opinion, the image quality is slightly better. Now on to the final verdict. I’m impressed with the performance of the card mainly for what you have to pay for one. So, if you’re on short purse strings, but need a new video card to play some of today’s current games at reasonable settings, you should be giving the Sapphire HD 4830 a look. It’ll be worth your time. | |
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| | Best on the Planet | | | SAPPHIRE HD 4830 512MB GDDR3 PCI-E | | The Sapphire HD4830 is an amazing card for its low price. I was very pleasantly surprised at its performance. I was able to run most games maxed out without any performance issues at all and was even able to play Crysis Warhead at an acceptable resolution and settings.
The sub-$100 price tag means you can get all of this power without breaking the bank and you can even run multiple GPUs and still be under the prices of the next level up in GPUs. If you are looking for a good buy in the mainstream gamer price range but want to push for enthusiast performance you would not be wrong to pick up one of two Sapphire HD4830s for your system or as a gift from that gamer you know. | |
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| | Editor's Choice | | | SAPPHIRE HD 4830 512MB GDDR3 PCI-E | | I have to say that the card performed above my expectations. I played Call of Duty 4 for roughly 3 hours straight and the card maintained a good frame rate throughout each map. I estimate my frames to average out between the mid 90s to the mid 130s, sometimes hitting a lot higher depending on the location in the map of course. However, at 90-130fps game play was pretty smooth and rather enjoyable. Having played with the 8800GTS in the past and knowing just how strong it was in CoD4 I was pretty impressed with the Sapphire HD 4830's performance. For the price it just can't be beat, lol, heck buy two and run them in CrossFireX for a killer gaming setup for a fraction of the higher end cards. I can only imagine what two Sapphire HD 4830's in CrossFireX would do .... Whew!
Bottom line ... the Sapphire HD 4830 Rockz! | |
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| | Editor's Choice | | | SAPPHIRE HD 4830 512MB GDDR3 PCI-E | | When it comes to video cards the HD 4830 may very well be it companion in reaching numbers far removed from their stock setting. If you were to pay $164.00 for the E8400 Wolfdale and then add $119.00 for the Sapphire HD 4830 you would have the beginning of a very nice system for less than $300.00. Without a doubt the Sapphire HD 4830 is a card to consider either for your main system or a backup system simply because the cost to performance ratio is just to good to pass up. | |
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| | Approved by Phoronix | | | SAPPHIRE HD 4830 512MB GDDR3 PCI-E | | The Sapphire Radeon HD 4830 512MB had performed well ahead of the Radeon HD 4670 and not too far behind the Radeon HD 4850 512MB. The Sapphire Radeon HD 4830 retails for roughly $130 USD while the Radeon HD 4850 is currently going for $160 at least and the Radeon HD 4670 for at least $80. In our minds, the Radeon HD 4830 is a much better offering over the Radeon HD 4670 and should satisfy most casual gamers on Linux that aren't concerned with the best performance possible. For $130 USD the Sapphire Radeon HD 4830 512MB isn't a bad deal and is certainly a PCI Express 2.0 graphics card worth considering. | |
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| | Editor's Choice | | | SAPPHIRE HD 4830 512MB GDDR3 PCI-E | | We've already looking at the 4830 once and it definitely is a great card which is about 10% upper or lower performance from a Radeon HD 4850. If you're gaming at 1680x1050 or below then this is the perfect high-end card for you.
Overall, we're very happy Sapphire can provide a great card that rids the 4830's one problem which all 4800 cards have: heat, and do so at a great price. Sapphire's Radeon HD 4830 is available for an excellent $129 from MWave, which is basically the price of reference 4830 cards. For that price this is a fantastic deal and a no-brainer if you're looking for a 4830 card. Resolving the heat issue of the 4800 series removes the one flaw in the cards and is a great and practical movie on Sapphire's part. Sapphire's similar 4850 Radeon card is $172 though we've seen them closer in price at some other stores. | |
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| | Driver Heaven Gold Award | | | SAPPHIRE HD 4830 512MB GDDR3 PCI-E | | Sapphires Radeon HD 4830 is probably the most desirable card of the models tested today. Not only does it have excellent thermal performance and overclocking ability it also has the best bundle with all the cables and connectors required | |
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| | Golden Award | | | SAPPHIRE HD 4830 512MB GDDR3 PCI-E | | Radeon HD 4830 provides a good cost/benefit ratio for users looking for a video card on the USD 130 range that will provide an excellent performance for this price point. Of course if you can afford a Radeon HD 4850, go for it. But if you are a mainstream user that likes to play but doesn’t want to spend a lot of money on a video card, Radeon HD 4830 is a good option. Talking specifically about Sapphire’s model, we loved the fact that Sapphire decided to use its own cooler instead of using ATI’s reference model, which is heavy and heats a lot. | |
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