HD4890 review!!

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

In german:

http://www.gamestar.de/hardware/test...01986345854588

In the review the HD4890 was able to reach 1ghz for the core when overclocked!!

[HermansArmpit]

Looks like a good card. Wish we could get some proper details like how much its gonna cost. Is it actually available for purchase yet?

[Main]

These things are now in stock at a couple of places for £215-250

[shadowmaster]

Cheapest I've seen so far is on OCUK, for £210.

[Main]

Ah, didn't notice that one in their listings. Can't say I'm thrilled by the price when you can get 1Gb 4870s with non-stock cooling for £155.

[shadowmaster]

Ah, didn't notice that one in their listings. Can't say I'm thrilled by the price when you can get 1Gb 4870s with non-stock cooling for £155.

Initial price is always a bit high, you have to fleece those who are impatient Hopefully in a months time the price will come down to about £180/£190.

Anyhow here is a translated version of the benchmarks

http://translate.google.com/translat...ml&sl=de&tl=en

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Some synthetic benchmarks with both the HD4890 and GTX275:

http://forum.novatech.co.uk/showthread.php?t=8392

The cheapest HD4890 is around £210 at OcUK and the cheapest GTX275 is around £218 at Novatech.

Until the price settles down the HD4870 1gb and GTX260 216 shader version are better value especially since they can be both had for under £160 each.

[Pob255]

How long is that card?
Asking as nvidia seem to have done the blinding obsious in that if you have a very long card you stick the power connectors on the side not the back.
If that's a 10" job then you'll need to add on at least another inch and more likely two for the power connector clearance which is going to be a major issue in a lot of cases.

[TooNice]

Anandtech also has a review: http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3539

I shouldn't need to do this, but Hexus has one: http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=17863

Both seem to give nVidia a marginal win, marginal being the keyword.