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We proceed with out low-rating and high-texture ramblings that 3D graphics in games has gone too far from reality. For example, note how programmers and designers try to make their scenes look more 3D-like and distort the perspective. Weve taken two p...
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rbmods.com Updated: 2011-09-23 22:05:51
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Sapphire HD4890 Toxic VideocardPosted on: 7/14/2009 1:46:41 PMThe videocard market is slowly moving forward and today we are taking a look at a HD4890 from Sapphire. We are going to compare this vs some high end and a mid range card to see what kind of...
Fast, Good fan, Well packed, Stable, Memory overclocks well...
Core overclocking...
I think I saw this card selling for 250$ at Newegg which is quite reasonable for this type of card. The new cooling makes it a bit more silent than other cards which is always good. Overall I have been very happy with the performance of it during our...
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Can you guys believe it has already been 11 months since ATI released their Radeon HD 4870? Time flies and ever since that first review we were convinced that the RV770 GPU empowering this graphics card would become a very nice and much needed success...
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The HD 4890s continue to roll out of the factories! Today we will be looking at HD 4890 Vapor-X from Sapphire. Right now, in the world of video cards, things are in a bit of a lull. A period of low activity. Sure, the first 40nm GPU came out in the HD...
The HD 4890 Vapor-X is another all-around great effort from Sapphire. The Vapor-X cooler is a solid performer: not very noisy, and as chilly as the Vapor-Xs arctic box-art alludes to. The bundle is complete -- especially nice to see that HDMI-DVI ad...
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firingsquad.com Updated: 2011-09-23 22:05:53
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Sapphire Toxic HD 4890 ReviewTheres an arms race brewing among ATIs board partners. Now that ATI has a GPU that can easily scale to frequencies like theres no tomorrow, ATIs board partners are currently locked in a clock speed war for all the bragg...
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Sapphires new HD 4890 Toxic Vapor-X uses Sapphires exclusive Vapor-X chamber cooling technology which is designed to move heat away from the GPU as quickly as possible. Think of it as a cooling baseplate that has a heatpipe in it.In addition to the V...
Quiet, High default clocks, Voltage control support for memory and GPU voltages, Six Eightpin power connector, Nice aesthetics...
Very limited overclocking potential, No support for CUDA / PhysX...
It looks like Sapphire has struck gold with their HD 4890 Toxic Vapor-X. The card offers considerably improved performance over the HD 4890 reference design and can beat the GeForce GTX 280. It does all that without being noisy, it is much quieter than...
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benchmarkreviews.com Updated: 2011-09-23 22:05:53
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Benchmark Reviews offers a summary rating for each product we test. Although our rating and final score are made to be as objective as possible, please be advised that every author perceives these factors differently at different points in time. While...
Exceeds overclocked GTX 285 gaming performance, Costs much less than competing alternatives, Outstanding performance for high-end games, Supports DirectX 10 and Shader Model 4.1, 960 MHz RV790 GPU (overclocks to 975 MHz), 1 GB of 1050 MHz GDDR5 vRAM (4...
Fan exhausts some heated air back into case, Maximum postprocessing Anti Aliasing is limited to 8x, 65W power consumption at idle, 316W under load, Expensive premiumlevel product...
Benchmark Reviews offers a summary rating for each product we test. Although our rating and final score are made to be as objective as possible, please be advised that every author perceives these factors differently at different points in time. While...
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cluboc.net Updated: 2011-09-23 22:05:54
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Sapphire HD4890 1GB Toxic PCI-e Video Card The last few months have been very exciting here at the Club, especially in the world of graphics cards. Since the beginning of April, we have had the pleasure of not only looking at the performance of the b...
The Sapphire HD4890 Toxic edition adds a couple very nice bonuses to the already great HD4890 package, which makes it all that much more tempting. The Toxic edition of this card is not only in the upper echelon of cards in terms of stock core clock...
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hitechlegion.com Updated: 2011-09-23 22:05:54
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Just the other day, I went to a friend’s house to fix one of his computers since he was having a problem with his video card crashing for no specific reason. The first thing I noticed as I walked into his computer room was how much warmer it was than t...
Quiet, PreOverclocked, Easily Overclockable using ATI Overdrive, Optimized for the New AMD Dragon Platform, Efficient Heatsink and Fan (VaporX)...
Can lose some FPS in certain games when Overclocked...
If you are looking to upgrade your system, or just your video card, and desire the coolest quiet preoverclocked performance a video card can give straight out of the box, do not overlook the Sapphire HD 4890 Toxic. With the Vapor-X cooling system, thi...
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