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Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon HD 4890

  • Written by: Erik on Jul. 10, 2009
  • 8 Comments
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Features:

  • TeraScale graphics engines
  • 800 stream processors + 230GB/sec of memory bandwidth
  • Unparalleled anti-aliasing (AA) and anisotropic filtering
  • Dynamically conserve energy at idle or when demand is low
  • ATI CrossFireX technology with quad GPU support
  • GDDR5 Performance

Specifications:

Grahics Controller
  • ATI Radeon 4890 GPU
System Requirements
  • PCI Express based PC is required with one x16 lane graphics slot available on the motherboard.
  • 500 Watt or greater power supply with two 75W 6-pin PCI Express power connector recommended (600 Watt and four 6pin connectors for ATI CrossFireX technology in dual mode).
  • Certified power supplies are recommended.
  • 1GB of system memory of higher.
  • Installation software requires CD-ROM drive
  • DVD playback requires DVD drive.
  • Blu-ray / HD DVD playback requires Blu-ray / HD DVD drive.
  • For a complete ATI CrossFireX system, a second SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 4890 graphics card, an ATI CrossFireX Ready motherboard and one ATI CrossFireX Bridge Interconnect cable per board are required.
Operating System
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows XP
  • Windows XP x64 Edition
  • Windows Media Center Edition 2005
Monitor
  • High-resolution MultiSync or multi-frequency
  • Monitors or any other type of VGA monitor
External Connectors
  • DisplayPort Output
  • HDMI Output
  • DVI-I Output
  • VGA Output

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  • 8 Comments
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8 Comments... What's your say?

  1. derekpm July 12, 2009 at 12:00 pm

    Rather interesting. Has few times re-read for this purpose to remember. Thanks for interesting article. Waiting for trackback

    Reply
  2. Dan Shannon July 13, 2009 at 12:11 am

    Thanks Erik, made my decision on what 4890’s im putting in crossfire

    Reply
    • SgtBilko August 5, 2009 at 9:41 am

      Hi Dan, I’m very interested to hear if you indeed set 2 cards in CrossfireX.
      I ran 2 in CrossfireX and was very disappointed with the temps (over 105° celcious) when playing COD4 multiplayer. Of course alll settings were maxed out but that shouldn’t be a problem for these cards. I hope you had a better experience.
      I have a well ventilated cabinet and good fans, so I don’t think that is the problem.
      I have sent them back and am now waiting on a result from the e-tailer.
      I hope they are faulty, if not then I’m afraid I’m not vapor-X’s biggest fan.
      Please let me know how you got on.

      Reply
  3. Joker July 14, 2009 at 9:11 am

    Everything dynamic and very positively! :)
    Thank you

    Reply

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