Gainward has an interesting card in its ATI line-up. They just launched a new card Gainward HD4850 512MB DisplayPort Golden Sample Goes Like Hell edition and this might be the first and only HD 4850 card with GDDR5 memory. The big distinction between 4870 and 4850 is that first uses GDDR5 and is clocked higher, while 4850 normally uses GDDR3 memory.

Gainward has a hybrid, they have a 700MHz clocked GPU and 512MB GDDR5 memory that works at 3600MHz and uses a 256-bit bus. It comes with DisplayPort, DVI, HDMI and VGA. This is something between the HD 4870 and HD 4850 spec and it definitely has better specs than any 4850 due to its GDDR5 memory and higher clocks.

We don’t know the price at press time but this card, if overclocked to close to 750MHz core, should be able to match the performance of HD4870, likely at a lower price.