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Bit-Tech Reviews Sapphire 4890 Atomic

Elfear

Elfear

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Impressive gains over the stock 4890. Now if we can just get some availability.

On a side note - I didn't realize ATI's F@H performance was so poor until I read this review. Hopefully the driver team can make some improvements for those that like to crunch.
 
I would like to see a EVGA gtx 275 ftw edition vs 4890 Atomic.
The 275 ftw beats the gtx 285 across the board in 95% of benchmarks and is only 279.00 AR.
Then again the gtx 285 also overclocks for only 20$ more than the Atomic 4890.
 
Impressive card but ouch at the $300 MSRP. Stock 4890's are going for $180 in some deals on the web, I don't see how they are going to sell many of these for such an increase in price.
 
Originally posted by: james1701
What crack are they smoking? Those performance numbers do not justify the price.
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AMD is probably positioning it with a price similar to the GTX 285 since it seems to compete very well with it. I imagine we'll see some rebates in the near future that will bring it down to a more reasonable level. With that being said, it does seem high considering you can buy some lesser 4890 OC models for under $200. Hopefully prices will drop once cards start showing up in quantity.
 
By just bumping up the voltage, you can achieve those overclocks on any 4890. Assuming you have the cooling to keep up.
 
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