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Review: Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 OC Edition 1024MB: the fastest yet

by Tarinder Sandhu on 6 April 2009, 08:54 3.2

Tags: Radeon HD 4890 OC+ (Sapphire), Sapphire

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Race Driver: GRID

Race Driver: GRID (high-end) 1,680x1,050 4xAA 0xAF
XFX HD 4890 OC 1,024MBSapphire HD 4850 X2 2,048MBBFG GTX 260 896MB NVIDIA GTX 275 896MBBFG GTX 285 1,024MBSapphire HD 4890 OC+ 1,024MBSapphire HD 4890 XT 1,024MBSapphire HD 4870 1,024MB
109.18112.8981.8875.63103.26110.8105.2292.14


Race Driver: GRID (high-end) 1,920x1,200 4xAA 0xAF
XFX HD 4890 OC 1,024MBSapphire HD 4850 X2 2,048MBBFG GTX 260 896MB NVIDIA GTX 275 896MBBFG GTX 285 1,024MBSapphire HD 4890 OC+ 1,024MBSapphire HD 4890 XT 1,024MBSapphire HD 4870 1,024MB
94.6997.3669.4661.0786.990.3886.2580.51


Race Driver: GRID (high-end) 2,560x1,600 4xAA 0xAF
XFX HD 4890 OC 1,024MBSapphire HD 4850 X2 2,048MBBFG GTX 260 896MB NVIDIA GTX 275 896MBBFG GTX 285 1,024MBSapphire HD 4890 OC+ 1,024MBSapphire HD 4890 XT 1,024MBSapphire HD 4870 1,024MB
61.474.7343.141.1853.363.9960.4450.11


The new ATI Radeon HD 4890's do a good job in Race Driver: GRID, easily beating out the older Radeon HD 4870 and GTX 260s.

Trouble is, the  extra memory-bandwidth of the Sapphire HD 4890 OC Edition doesn't really tell over and above the XFX's.