HEXUS.net compared the ATI Radeon HD 4850 against mid-range and high-end GPUs. Here's an excerpt:

Looking at both the mid-range and high-end benchmarks, the all-new Radeon HD 4850 is comfortably faster than the card it replaces, the Radeon HD 3870. Benchmark numbers are up, generally speaking, to GeForce 9800 GTX levels, and it's no wonder that NVIDIA's felt compelled to hacksaw pricing by 30 per cent, bringing it in line with the red team's new star.

Clouding the high-end space further - and we'll include benchmarks from these three SKUs - are the $229 (£145) GeForce 9800 GTX+, $299 (£179) Radeon HD 4870, and $399 (£250) GeForce GTX 260. We'll be adding them to the comparison list for a larger round-up next week, as well as looking at varying CrossFire and SLI performance, especially with respect to the HD 4850 and GeForce 9800 GTX parts. Our HEXUS.bang4buck graph will be rolled out to determine which products offer the most performance-oriented value, so, please, head back for an in-depth look at the architecture and, of course, numbers.

Yeah, competition is good thing 8) :lol: