The Test Rig:
- Case: Cooler Master ATCS 840
- OS: Windows Vista Ultimate x64 -SP1
- Motherboard: ASUS M3A78 Pro
- CPU: AMD Phenom II X3 720
- Video: Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon HD 4890
- Power Supply: In Commander 850W PSU
- Memory: 2GB of Super Talent DDR2-1000
Benchmarks and Games Used:
- 3D Mark Vantage
- Unigine Tropics
- Crysis Warhead
- Far Cry 2
- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
- Left 4 Dead
For testing, the Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon HD 4890 will not be overclocked, however, the GPU itself is already overclocked from the factory at 870MHz. The temperature from the card is showing 50 Celsius even after being on for the majority of the day. The default settings for the fan have it set at 50%, which is not audible at all. The fan does not really become audible until set to around 80% and at that the temperature shot down to around 45 Celsius before returning it to 50% for the testing.
Everything dynamic and very positively! 🙂
Thank you
Thanks Erik, made my decision on what 4890’s im putting in crossfire
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.
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