Sapphire HD 4890 Vapor-X Pictured

[btarunr]

Having hit the 1.00 GHz (core) mark with its recently-introduced Radeon HD 4890 Atomic Vapor-X, Sapphire still finds the need for a card with the Vapor-X cooler sans the factory-overclocking, leaving some headroom for enthusiasts to play with. The new HD 4890 Vapor-X uses a non-reference blue PCB, along with the Vapor-X cooler similar to that on the HD 4870 Vapor-X model. A vapor-chamber plate makes direct contact with the GPU. It conveys heat to a radial heatsink cooled by a central fan. The memory is cooled by heatsinks, while the VRM-area is cooled by a heatsink of its own.

Sapphire uses AMD reference clock speeds: 850 MHz (core), and 975 MHz memory. The card features 1 GB of GDDR5 memory. Its outputs are care of DVI, D-Sub, HDMI and DisplayPort connectors provided right on the card. The card will reach retail in a few weeks' time.



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[Apocolypse007]

That is one beautiful card! I wonder why they kept the reference clocks?

 

[Icewind31]

That is one beautiful card! I wonder why they kept the reference clocks?

So when you oc it, you feel like you've gain a massive oc. Not as much headroom w/ pre-oc'ed cards

 

[Studabaker]

I like how modern times have made it so we need small supercomputers inside our regular computers just to play games.

 

[h3llb3nd4]

nice looking fan

 

[DanishDevil]

VGA, DVI, HDMI, and Displayport, nice!

 

[buggalugs]

Nice card but with dx11 not far away not worth the upgrade from my 4870

 

[GSG-9]

I think sapphire designed this card beautifully.

 

[PCpraiser100]

(sniff!) It's so beautiful!

 

[HolyCow02]

This is one pretty card I must admit. I would buy one if I didn't have my 4870. That looks like an excellent cooler

 

[TheMailMan78]

I have discovered that no matter how many times I upgrade my computer its never upgraded.

 

[domy85]

I have discovered that no matter how many times I upgrade my computer its never upgraded.

I think you hit the nail right on the head, I couldnt agree more. Beautiful Card though

 

[zAAm]

Nice, much better than the standard boxy cooler... Even better than my Toxic Sapphire

 

[GSG-9]

It might be sub par performance wise though, remember when the vapochill coolers came out? exact same performance as other standard coolers at the time, I can't imagine it would be worse though.

edit: I mean these guys not actual vapochill

 

[Paintface]

about time some 4890s come out with custom cooling, this is no doubt gonna be one of the best

 

[mdm-adph]

I have discovered that no matter how many times I upgrade my computer its never upgraded.

Yeah, that happens to some people when they buy a 9500GT to replace a 8800GT just because the number is higher, too.

 

[my_name_is_earl]

I'm starting to hate Sapphire as a brand. Their rebate is getting horrible. You will have to pay them a few bucks to get your rebate faster. I got my Visa rebate reward card and it expire by the time I had it... WT Fudge? Most of their card now have rebate on them. But overall, their card quality control is very good and I never have a bad Sapphire card except the rebate.

 

[GSG-9]

I'm starting to hate Sapphire as a brand. Their rebate is getting horrible. You will have to pay them a few bucks to get your rebate faster. I got my Visa rebate reward card and it expire by the time I had it... WT Fudge? Most of their card now have rebate on them. But overall, their card quality control is very good and I never have a bad Sapphire card except the rebate.

I had one go bad back in the day, a 9800pro, while I was on vacation one of the pins holding the heatsink to the card loosened and the card cooked itself until I got back. They were going to rma it no question though, I never got around to mailing it though..
Im happy with Sapphire though,

 

[TheMailMan78]

Yeah, that happens to some people when they buy a 9500GT to replace a 8800GT just because the number is higher, too.

My point was that when I finally get the money together or enough balls to make a purchase it seems whatever I bought is already outdated. I'm never ahead. I always have just enough to keep my head above water.

I mean just look at my scores in my specs. They are horrible.

 

[GSG-9]

My point was that when I finally get the money together or enough balls to make a purchase it seems whatever I bought is already outdated. I'm never ahead. I always have just enough to keep my head above water.

I mean just look at my scores in my specs. They are horrible.

Staying just behind the curve seems to be the most financially feasible strategy.

 

[Kitkat]

Staying just behind the curve seems to be the most financially feasible strategy.

yep every purchase i make now is a discount off my next item (ebay = cupon)

 

[h3llb3nd4]

YOU GUYS are mocking me

 

[WarEagleAU]

Looks really nice. Id get it especially with the cooler. Should be able to definitely hit the 1.0 GHz on the core easily.

 

[hat]

Cool, more of the same. Don't they have anything better to do than churn out only slightly different video cards?

 

[runnin17]

That's a great looking card, but for now I will stick with my Crossfired 4850's