ATI Radeon HD 4890 ROUNDUP Comment Thread

[SKYMTL]

Our HD 4890 Roundup is FINALLY live. Boy did this turn into an interesting "little" article and I am sure you can agree.

You can read the full roundup here: ATI Radeon HD 4890 Roundup (ASUS, Diamond, HIS, Sapphire, XFX)

Please use this thread to post your questions and comments.

ENJOY!!!

[Soultribunal]

Great Review SKY,
Its sad when a Company I held in high regard falters like that.

It really is one thing to have a Problem with a Product. Its another thing altogether when there is no communication or verification from the Vendor or any support for that matter.

I guess HIS, you won't be in my Recommendation Folder any more.

ST

[Cowboy]

Great Review! Really well done and worth the wait.

Looking forward to more like this. (with the next gen of cards of course )

[Eagle Eye]

Great review sky, thanks for all the hard work.

Anything yet from HIS?

The Sapphire Atomic certainly impressed me, I have never seen so many awards attached to just one product. Whats your take, do think Sapphire allotted only so many Atomic editions or could they run into binning issues. I mean judging from the review most cards didn't have any issues breaking 1000MHz core clock.

Regards,

EE

[SKYMTL]

I don't think it is binning issues since almost every HD 4890 card I have come across will break 1Ghz without an issue if you push 1.35 - 1.37 volts through it.

Personally, I think it is allocation at this point. The HD 4890 is in HIGH demand but I wold expect retailers to get the Atomic within the next 2 weeks or so.

As for the awards, I hate handing them out so for one product to win 3 is incredible.

HIS: silence is golden as they say.

[YukonTrooper]

Originally Posted by Soultribunal

I guess HIS, you won't be in my Recommendation Folder any more.

ST

I also had the same problem with BFG; bought a Maxcore OC that came with reference GTX 260 216SP clocks. What's funny is that BFG doesn't even have a GTX 260 with reference clocks, with the OC edition being the least overclocked card in the lineup. I guess there were quite a few others who had the same issue. I asked them if it was OK that I did a BIOS flash myself, but of course they said, "No whey, hax0r, yull loose yor warranteez!!11!" They said return it to NCIX for a replacement, but I decided screw that, cause not only will I have to pay return shipping, but I'll probably just get another card with reference clocks. So, l just overclocked it at the driver level, but after awhile those clocks started giving me PSOD's (go figure). I think now that the 30 day RMA is long gone with NCIX, I'll do an RMA with BFG and hope for a better clocker, or perhaps even a GTX 275.

[IRQ Conflict]

"No whey, hax0r, yull loose yor warranteez!!11!"

I just pictured a lol kitty when i read that.

Great review Skymtl. I think I'll sell the vanilla and get the Toxic if the X2 that comes out is capable of those speeds.

[MonsterSound]

Another great review / roundup. Thanks.
The Sapphire 4890 Atomic seems to get it all together right.

[sectorz]

Good review , but some card miss, PowerColor LCS and PCS+ can be good opponent :).With the GTX 285 price drop, a FTW version 2GB from EVGA or Black Edition from XFX will be good too include next time.

[VenomousDesigns]

BRILLIANT REVIEW!

As mentioned above, would to have loved to seen a comparison to the 4870x2 or OC'd 285's.

Could anyone comment on how they would rank up against these - I'm currently torn between purchasing a Asus 4870x2 Tri-Fan or Sapphire 4890 Toxic and OC'ing to Atomic speeds.

-VD