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Review: Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 ATOMIC: 1,000MHz core - how fast is it?

by Tarinder Sandhu on 11 May 2009, 10:49 3.65

Tags: Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 ATOMIC 1,024MB, AMD (NYSE:AMD), Sapphire, ATi Technologies (NYSE:AMD)

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Enemy Territory: Quake Wars

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (high-end) 1,680x1,050 4xAA 16xAF
XFX HD 4890 1,024MBSapphire HD 4870 1,024MBSapphire HD 4850 X2 2,048MBBFG GTX 260 896MB Inno3D GTX 275 OC 896MBNVIDIA GTX 275 896MBSapphire HD 4890 ATOMIC 1,024MBSapphire HD 4890 OC+ 1,024MB
93.582.55100.3592.65112.45106.7103.297.4


Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (high-end) 1,920x1,200 4xAA 16xAF
XFX HD 4890 1,024MBSapphire HD 4870 1,024MBSapphire HD 4850 X2 2,048MBBFG GTX 260 896MB Inno3D GTX 275 OC 896MBNVIDIA GTX 275 896MBSapphire HD 4890 ATOMIC 1,024MBSapphire HD 4890 OC+ 1,024MB
79.4569.5587.6576.593.1588.588.2583


Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (high-end) 2,560x1,600 4xAA 16xAF
XFX HD 4890 1,024MBSapphire HD 4870 1,024MBSapphire HD 4850 X2 2,048MBBFG GTX 260 896MB Inno3D GTX 275 OC 896MBNVIDIA GTX 275 896MBSapphire HD 4890 ATOMIC 1,024MBSapphire HD 4890 OC+ 1,024MB
50.9544.8359.748.8559.9556.75753.45


The ATOMIC can't quite catch a pre-overclocked GeForce GTX 275 in Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, but that doesn't stop the game from being fluid and smooth at 2,560x1,600. The card-busting resolution is handled best by the 'X2.