Sapphire HD 4850 X2 Video Card Review

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Title: Sapphire HD 4850 X2 Video Card Review
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"The new Radeon HD 4850 X2 that is being launched today is simply two Radeon HD 4850 video cards in a single board working in CrossFire mode, being a cheaper option to the Radeon HD 4870 X2, which is t..."

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[Olle P]

The black cover over the coolers seems to restrict the airflow too much, especially the airflow to/from that central heatsink.
It should probably run a lot cooler without that cover.

Then we have the 2GB RAM, using up half of the 4GB available with 32-bit OS.
I'd not use a graphics card with more than 1GB RAM until I start running 64-bit OS or higher.

And my final question, applicable to all graphics cards:
- How well does it perform with Windows XP?

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Olle