ATI Radeon HD 4890 Roundup (ASUS, Diamond, HIS, Sapphire, XFX)

Test System & Setup

Processor: Intel Core i7 920(ES) @ 4.0Ghz (Turbo Mode Enabled)
Memory: Corsair 3x2GB Dominator DDR3 1600Mhz
Motherboard: Gigabyte EX58-UD5
Cooling: CoolIT Boreas mTEC + Scythe Fan Controller
Disk Drive: Pioneer DVD Writer
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB
Power Supply: Corsair HX1000W
Monitor: Samsung 305T 30” widescreen LCD
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate x64 SP1


Graphics Cards:

EVGA GTX 285 (Stock)
GTX 275 896MB (Stock)
Sapphire HD 4890 (Stock)
EVGA GTX 275 FTW
ASUS HD 4890 TOP
Diamond HD 4890 XOC
HIS HD 4890 Turbo
Sapphire HD 4890 Atomic
XFX HD 4890 XT


Drivers:

Nvidia: 185.85 WHQL
ATI 9.5 WHQL


Applications Used:

3DMark Vantage
Call of Duty: World at War
Crysis: Warhead
Fallout 3
Far Cry 2
Grand Theft Auto IV
Left 4 Dead
Tom Clancy’s Hawx


*Notes:

- All games tested have been patched to their latest version

- The OS has had all the latest hotfixes and updates installed

- All benchmarking is done on a fresh install of Vista

- All scores you see are the averages after 4 benchmark runs

- All Image Quality adjustments were done in-game

All game-specific methodologies are explained above the graphs for each game