Many sources have pulled out the big number of two million Radeon 4000 series sold since the launch. This has to be one of the most successful, if not the most successful, performance card manufactured and marketed from ATI.

The number has to be divided between the more affordable 4850 and a bit more expensive and faster 4870, and it probably works in 4850's favor.

This is a great victory for ATI and they’ve really messed up Nvidia's dominance in this market, making Nvidia rethink its lineup and strategy, dragging GTX 260 down to this market and getting its 9800 GTX+ to fight 4850 rather than 4870. GTX 260 these days with a new driver does looks more attractive, but we believe that the damage was already done and that it might be a tad too late for a miraculous recovery.