Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 2GB Vapor-X Video Card Review
Bundle and Test Setup
The box that our Sapphire card came in definitely looks the part of cool. With a penguin on an iceberg, they’ve got solid enforcement that this card is going to run lower temperatures than your run of the mill 4890.
In our bundle we have pretty standard stuff, with power cables, CrossFire cable, and HDMI to DVI dongle. We also have Cyberlink PowerDVD and DVD suite software and a full version of 3DMark Vantage with a key! This is a nice little bundle that comes with a great card!
Test System
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Component |
Brand/Model |
Live Pricing |
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Processor |
Intel Core i7 920 |
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Motherboard |
ASUS P6T Deluxe OC Palm
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Memory |
Kingston HyperX DDR3
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Video Card |
ATI Radeon HD 4870 |
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Hard Drive |
Western Digital Raptor 150GB |
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Cooling |
Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme |
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Power Supply |
Corsair HX620 |
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Operating System |
Windows Vista Ultimate 64-Bit |
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Our system was set up with a fresh install of Vista Ultimate 64 with SP1. All the latest chipset drivers were used for the motherboard, while CATALYST 9.8 was used for ATI video cards.
To ensure that we are getting very high performance, our i7 920 is overclocked to a full 4GHz (200×20). Memory is run at 1600MHz with 8-8-8-21 timings.
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