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Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon HD 4890

Packaging:

The Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon HD 4890 box has an artic/winter theme. It comes in a blue, white and grey box displaying a penguin on ice and the specs and features on almost all sides.

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Box front Box rear

Once the box is opened the bundle contains: a manual, the installation/driver cd, CyberLink DVD Suite, CyberLink PowerDVD, a full version of 3DMark Vantage, an HDMI to DVI adapter cable, two molex to PCI-E adapters, a “Fueled by Sapphire sticker, and the CrossFire bridge (which can always come in handy).

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Manual (2) molex to PCI-E adapters
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HDMI to DVI adapter Installation/Driver CD
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3DMark Vantage: Advanced Version Cross Fire Bridge

A Closer Look:

The video card itself is packaged in a very nicely padded bubble-wrap anti-static bag. It also displays a giant warning stating: “You MUST connect this graphics board to the computer’s power supply.”

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4890 Vapor-X in anti-static packaging Warning up-close

Out of the anti-static bag the design of the card has a very sleek black glossy hovercraft-like look. The Vapor-X cooling solution contributes to the overall look and design. The GPU is powered by (2) 6-pin connectors. One of the many key features of this GPU is the combination of display outputs. There are 4 to be precise: a VGA, DVI, HDMI and Display Port. The HDMI output also supports up to 7.1 audio. You are able to use dual monitors using the HDMI to DVI adapter that came with the bundle.

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Top view of video card All the display outputs
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8 Comments... What's your say?

  1. Joker July 14, 2009 at 9:11 am

    Everything dynamic and very positively! 🙂
    Thank you

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

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

    • 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.

  3. 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

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