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HIS has won over 1700 awards with AMD graphic solutions from major media worldwide.
" Even after all of this time since the HD 4850 was introduced, it still proves to be a powerful card, capable of playing all of the latest games. Combine that with the added benefit of 1GB of RAM, and HIS's incredible cooler, and you have a incredible combination of power that will live long into the future. The HIS HD 4850 1GB adds many advances to the HD 4850, allowing it to function far into the future as a viable graphics solution" - Earn 9 out of 10 and receives the Bjorn3D Golden Bear Award
TestSeek.com
TestSeek Editor's Choice
CaseAndCooling's Silver Award
" HD 4850 original was excellent, this model HIS IceQ4 makes almost perfect. " - Scores 9.5 out of 10 in Erenumerique.fr review
" The level of noise generated by Radeon HD 4850 IceQ4 TurboX is low. It won the 3DMark Vantage Test and beat Asus EAH4850 & MSI 4850 in Crysis FSAA8 + AF16 Test" - Review by CHIP Ulkraine
" If there are two things guaranteed to make any graphics board faster, it's the use of the word "Turbo" or the addition of an "X" or three to the product's name, which thus makes HIS' Radeon HD 4850 IceQ 4 TurboX a work of perfection......the IceQ 4 TurboX does impress on the performance front, ramping up performance nicely from the already fast reference Radeon HD 4850 to make for an even more tempting offering which can hold its own in the vast majority of modern titles at 1920x1200, even with some level of multi-sample anti-aliasing enabled. " - Elite Bastards' Performance Award
State of the Art - best performance Graphics January 2009
" Interestingly in Unreal Tournament, the HIS card beats both of the bigger cards at lowest and highest settings in Vista. The HIS 4850 IceQ 4 Turbo is a pretty quiet card. At idle it's almost inaudible unless you get your ear near the fan " - XSReviews's 9 Stars Award
" It may be as simple as mounting its successful IceQ range of VGA coolers on the popular Radeon HD 4850, but HIS' take on this - HIS Radeon HD 4850 IceQ4 Turbo X - scores for both its gaming performance and low operating temperatures. A power draw that's lower than the reference design makes it one of the best Radeon HD 4850 cards we have seen this year. " - Hardwarezone's Best of 2008 Editor's Pick
" On performance, the IceQ is the fastest version of the 4850 we've seen yet......faster than the Toxic Edition of the Sapphire " - PC Advisor Recommended
" As with all HIS videocards I have reviewed in the past, this product pulls through and does exactly what HIS intended it to do. HIS intended to bring a videocard that is overclocked right out of the box while providing a very stable gaming experience thanks to their attractive and very efficient cooler. To say the least, they did accomplish their goal. " - Tweaknews's Top Rank Award
" We continue to see quite good gains with the HIS offering over the stock Sapphire one. Moving to Crossfire under Far Cry 2 also yields some excellent performance increases with 2560 x 1600 becoming playable......This is a great card and if you’re looking for a very fast HD 4850 which comes with a great cooling solution, the HIS HD 4850 IceQ4 TurboX is highly recommended. Now the only thing to decide is whether or not to buy one or two. " - TweakTown's "Must Have" Editor's Choice
" We found the HIS ICEQ4 Radeon HD 4850 to be one of the fastest graphics card in its class. It outperforms all of the Radeon HD 4850s we've tested to date. The performance is simply astonishing. Just look at the results ... they speak for themselves. " - CPU3D.com Highly Recommended Award
" On performance, the IceQ is, unsurprisingly, the fastest version of the 4850 we've seen yet...... Since it’s also the best card available for around this price, that makes it a pretty impressive product." - PCadvisor UK Review
IXBT Original Design Award
" The system of cooling used in video card HIS Radeon HD 4850 IceQ 4 TurboX, also receives the highest estimation from our party, that has shown excellent quality of cooling at low noise level. It is simply beautiful. It deservedly receives the award «3DNews recommends!» " - 3DNews Recommended
"To some extent I feel that it should be the rolemodel for all coolers as it is very silent, well designed and very effective. It deserves 5 points." HwT.dk "Silver Award"
" The HIS card is a viable all round purchase. It performs great, looks stunning, and can be obtained at an extremely competitive price......Even with the aggressive out of the box pre-overclocking the IceQ heatsink managed to keep the toasty RV770 core at respectable temperatures and exhausted the hot air out the rear of the case. Additionally, the cooling configuration is quiet and is more than likely to be almost inaudible in the majority of enthuasiast systems. "
" The efficiency of HIS product is on average higher for 9% than other radeons hd 4850, the newest Turbo X takes the first place in this group of graphic cards. The cooling is quiet and efficient.....Because of high efficiency and nice price the new card is a very good alternative to more expensive radeon hd 4870." - Chip Laboratory NOMINATION - Graphic Cards of Year 2008!
Noticias3D Recommend
" The HIS Radeon HD 4850 IceQ 4 Turbo is a well rounded Radeon HD 4850, as it takes an already great product and makes it even better. Also, the much improved cooler means that placing two of these graphics cards in Crossfire is more realistic, as they won't cook your system. Overall we have been highly impressed with the HIS Radeon HD 4850 IceQ 4 Turbo and would certainly recommend it to anyone looking at purchasing a new Radeon HD 4850 graphics card. " - Legion Hardware's Performance Award
" While only a fairly small overclock on the default 685/1100 settings, this certainly shows that HIS have pushed every ounce of performance out of the card already with the factory overclock. The IceQ 4 cooling system also did an excellent job of keeping the card cool, running at around 40c idle and 60c under heavy extended load (rthdribl)......As the results over the previous pages have shown, the HIS manages to pull ahead of the stock clocked Sapphire card by around ~10fps in most games at certain resolutions with even more room for improvement if you decide to further overclock the card."
" HIS the best product 2008 infokomputer in Indonesia "
"HIS's overclocked 4850 is quite a bit faster than Nvidia's closest competitor, the GeForce 9800 GTX+......The HIS Radeon HD 4850 IceQ 4 TurboX is impressively faster than Nvidia's GeForce GTX 280 almost right across the board......At the threshold of playability, it's around ten percent faster than Nvidia's GeForce 9800 GTX+ and less than five percent faster than a stock clocked Radeon HD 4850. "
PC Format
" It does help to maintain the 4850's advantage over Zotac's overclocked GeForce 9800GT. If you own a 22-inch widescreen monitor, this card is a perfect match. It will drive any game maxed out at 1,680x1,050 with buttery smothness " - PCFormat Gold Award December 2008
BuyCOMs Magazine
BuyCOMs's Gold Award
" After OC this model is hot on 4870's heels and is faster than 9800 GTX+ "
Vietnam Overclocker Zone Forums Review
Hot Hardware
" The IceQ4 cooler that's on this card really hit the mark, offering lower temperatures than we're used to seeing for the HD 4850 without any extra heft. HIS has also pumped up the core speed on this TurboX......While overclocked, we managed to get tantalizingly close to numbers posted by the HD 4870, which is priced nearly $100 more than the HD 4850. With prices currently hovering just under $200 for the HIS Radeon HD 4850 IceQ4 TurboX, we think this card is a solid buy. " - HotHardware.com
" Two other features show how ingenious HIS was when developed the IceQ4 - keeping the reference card with its great cooler and adding the extra one in aluminium -cheaper, lighter and more resistent......No wonder the IceQ4 has received lots of press awards around the world! Besides working in total silence, its performance is excellent.!!......The factory overclock is a real push on the HIS HD 4850IceQ4 TurboX to compete with its "rival " 9800GTX+......We have a competetive scenario. In the 3Dmark03 HIS overclock was enough to make the 4850 faster than the 9800GTX+......for GRID it enlarges even more the meaninful adavantage of the 4850 (about 20%). "
PC World Good Value Award
" If your 're in the market for a great video card that won't break the bank and performs very well, has reasonable temperatures and an excellent cooler, this is it! "
PC Market
" The cooling effect is much better than the reference cooler, allow you to maximize your overclocking potential. "
The 4th generation of IceQ cooler allows the GPU to reach the frequency of 685MHz in a silent and cold manner.
XtremPC
XtremPC review
" And the winner is HIS HD4850 IceQ4 Turbo. Among the other cards, only IceQ4 cooling system manages to lower the heat of 4850 GPU to a level which we have been expecting for a time. HIS has the best solution for cooling and power consumption with IceQ4. They has sacrificed from FPS but come with the most cost effective model of HD4850 which is only %10 above the cheapest overclocked models of other 4850s which can not even cope with HIS HD4850 IceQ4Turbo edition. The price difference really does worth for this cooler! "
TechPowerUp's Editor's Choice
TechPowerUp Editor's Choice
4.5 out of 5 stars (Excellent Award)
" Again, the HIS Radeon HD 4850 IceQ 4 Turbo X showed that a little overclocking can go a long way as it posted results that trumped the standard HD 4850 and GeForce 9800 GTX+...... In Crysis, the HIS Radeon HD 4850 IceQ 4 Turbo X continued its fine form by posting significantly faster scores than the standard HD 4850 and the GeForce 9800 GTX+ "
" HIS certainly did well with the ICEQ4 TurboX edition of their Radeon HD 4850. It comes customized, slightly overclocked and even then is tweakable. "
Performance Award
" With a notable performance boost over reference designs and with a £135 etail price,the HIS HD 4850 IceQ4 TurboX is a quality proposition.Recommended if you're budget is south of £150. "
" HIS Radeon HD 4850 TurboX 進一步強化了散熱器設計, IceQ4 散熱效果令人滿意,改用時脈更高的記憶體顆粒,加上核心預設超頻,效能相比一般公板設計的 Radeon HD 4850 更強勁 "
" HIS has done a great job with their tuned up Radeon HD4850. " " HIS by tooling up their IceQ4 Cooler not only made their card silent but were able to do that and make the card operate some 20 degrees C cooler than others. "