Sapphire Vapor-X 4890 Pictured - clocked @ 1ghz

Sapphire has a new high-end graphics accelerator in the works for launch next week: the Atomic HD 4890. The card features a blue reference PCB by AMD with a few enhancements, paired with Sapphire's Vapor-X cooler to keep this factory-overclocked card cool, and more importantly, quieter than the reference cooler.

What makes this card even more special is that Sapphire generously overclocked it. The core runs at 1000 MHz, and the 1 GB of GDDR5 memory at 1050 MHz (2100 MHz DDR, 4200 MHz effective). The Catalyst Control Center ATI Overdrive page shows its GPU core overlocking limit upped to 1100 MHz, from the 1000 MHz limit release-drivers were noted to come with. To sustain such high speeds, the card's VRM has been slightly expanded. The card uses an 8-pin PCI-E power connector alongside a 6-pin one. The price of this card is yet to be known.
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1000 core stock? :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::b anana: ATI oem partners, I knew they were holding on to all the gold rv790 chips for the more expensive cards.

Nice!

Yeah, I hope it actually does come out next week.... cuz I will be buying 2 of them and an MSI 790fx-GD70 ASAP

Yeah this is sick

Sweet.

I hope it's not a 300 dollar card, but if it's out next week I'll buy two......

Then hold out a month and buy two more lol.

Sick.. I want 3!

Some crazy binning is gonna take part at Sapphire, imagine how few will pass the quality control. Won't be a problem for the customers but the quality control is so much more strict. This card will probably have quite hefty price premium, $319 sounds likely but even so it would be a good option, shouldn't have trouble matching GTX 285 at least which is ~$350.

refrence can i put a ek waterblock on it ?

ill pay 300 at max for this

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1000 core stock? :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::b anana: ATI oem partners, I knew they were holding on to all the gold rv790 chips for the more expensive cards.

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Waiting for Gainward Golden Sample x2 or a 2GB version of 4890 OC

Sweet card! Can't wait to see OC results for these. :D

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1000 core stock? :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::b anana: ATI oem partners, I knew they were holding on to all the gold rv790 chips for the more expensive cards.

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I really hope that this isn't the case. Really hope.

4890 at 1ghz? they can only hope noone tries furmark or they will get the cards back with blown up VRMs....

Anyway, nice to see ATI partners finally taking on all the variations of pre oc'd non ref pcb nvidia cards instead of the "boring" default stuff.

With the imminent arrival of the R870 and the G300 this year, I personally could not justify buying one of these cards.

Then again, everyone has a different upgrade cycle I suppose..

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Originally Posted by Carfax

With the imminent arrival of the R870 and the G300 this year, I personally could not justify buying one of these cards.

Then again, everyone has a different upgrade cycle I suppose..

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exactly, im waiting too.
i always skip a generation but i got my 4870 b/c my older 8800gtx died.
that goes for cpu too, the next build will be whatever i7's successor in 2010

personally I am getting these cards because my build needs to be done by July and the blue PCB is perfect for my theme.... I woulda bought 2 cheap 4890's when they were available but the red PCB was a no-go

with the core at 1000 already, and i know overdrive allows to 1100, this card doesn't really have anywhere to go from what it's running stock... i guess that's not a problem, but i do like overclocking, that's a big part of the fun for me, and cards like this tend to ruin that without voltmods and dice/ln2, and a big chunk of the cost of this thing is the great stock cooling solution.

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Originally Posted by Carfax

With the imminent arrival of the R870 and the G300 this year, I personally could not justify buying one of these cards.

Then again, everyone has a different upgrade cycle I suppose..

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+1, I'll wait till later this year

i just want this to be reference so then i can use a ek waterblock

i am not going to hear a fan screaming

It is reference, it says in the main article I posted....

Idk if id buy pre-oc'd or not
I bought a pre-oc'd 8800gtx and i ran into all sorts of issues. i have it downclocked now :/

i will keep it at these clocks and hopefully there wont be a problem with 3

(wow my 6th sense is kicking)

only thing try to increase is the data rate
thx snipe

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i will keep it at these clocks and hopefully there wont be a problem with 3

(wow my 6th sense is kicking)

only thing try to increase is the data rate
thx snipe

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I've seen limits of 1050MHz on some 4890s yet most 4870s will do 1100, the extra 8-Pin PCI-E power connector should help but I was hoping the Toxic would be the first 4890 2GB. However, I was told that a Sapphire rep said that releasing a 2GB at launch would have killed demand for OC 4890s and to expect these around mid May!

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Originally Posted by Carfax

With the imminent arrival of the R870 and the G300 this year, I personally could not justify buying one of these cards.

Then again, everyone has a different upgrade cycle I suppose..

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I can agree with that. I had a HD3850-256 that I replaced with an 8800GT-256. While the difference is there & noticeable, I'd prefer to wait for significantly-better products until I pop more money on an upgrade. HD5850 perhaps? :p: I hope so!:yepp: