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ATI Radeon HD 4890
$260.00
Released April, 2009
The Pros:Significantly faster (10%+) than the earlier 4870 for higher resolution gaming (1680 x 1050+). Cheaper than the 4870 was when it launched. First AMD/ATI card offered overclocked directly from the manufacturer.
The Cons:Not much different than the 4870 for lower resolution gaming (1280 x 1024 . 1440 x 900 etc...). Expensive. High power draw and heat output.
Introduced on April 2nd 2009, the AMD ATI Radeon HD 4890 is a high end, single GPU graphics card design. Featuring a tweaked RV770 GPU, the RV790 features a ring of decoupling capacitors and several fundamental design improvements in order to allow the chip to run at enhanced timings over the 4870.
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The first ATI card to be offered overclocked directly from manufacturers, it will come either stock (850MHz) or overclocked (900MHz+). The HD 4890 will cost somewhere in the vicinity of $260.
Features
- Fabrication Process: 55nm
- Transistors: 959m
- Stream processors: 800
- Texture Units: 40
- Maximum theoretical memory bandwidth: 115GB/s
- Maximum power consumption: 190W
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Pros & Cons
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5
significantly faster (10%+) than the earlier 4870 for higher resolution gaming (1680 x 1050+)
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cheaper than the 4870 was when it launched
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first AMD/ATI card offered overclocked directly from the manufacturer
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4
easily overclocked (1GHz isn't too difficult) - further improving speed and value compared to competing products
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3
not just an overclocked GPU - significantly redesigned and tweaked
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overclocked GPUs will be certified by ATI before being used by card manufacturers
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4
not much different than the 4870 for lower resolution gaming (1280 x 1024 . 1440 x 900 etc...)
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2
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high power draw and heat output
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outperformed by Nvidia's competing card at approx. the same price (GTX 275)
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