Not every Radeon HD 5830 is made equally thanks to ATI’s decision not to produce a stock card, but XFX is confident its offering has the edge thanks to a very competitive price tag and custom cooling. Is the HD 5830 a better choice now? We find out.
King of Performance? In the meantime, Alienware offers its 17.0 inch luxury notebook, M17x, with a wickedly expensive combination of two ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870s, also called HD 4870 X2. The HD 4870 doesn’t support DirectX 11, but is still one of the fastest mobile graphic cards. The HD 4870 X2 is supported by a Core i7-620M, which is clocked up to 2.66 GHz, so to prevent the performance from slowing down. Read in our review if the Alienware M17x is worth its expensive price and how the not exactly power saving components effect temperature, system noise and, battery life.
