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Radeon HD 4890 Review

Radeon HD 4890 is a high-end GPU based on the 55nm, third unified shader architecture, R700.
It's based on the RV790 XT Core and offers 800 Shader Processing Units, 40 TMUs and 16 ROPs a 256-bit memory interface of fast GDDR5. The central unit runs at 850MHz and the memory clock runs at up to 975MHz.
Compared to Radeon HD 4870, it offers slightly extra bandwidth (thanks to the higher operating memory clock), the central unit is higher clocked and features twice as much video memory. However, it also consumes up to around extra 40W. The performance difference between is not very significant.
Most of today's modern games should run fluently at high settings but with modest resolutions. DirectX 11 games aren't supported.
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Radeon HD 4890 Performance Specification

Core Speed

Architecture

Memory

Memory Speed

Memory Bus

Memory Type

Memory Bandwidth

Technology

TMUs

Texture Rate

ROPs

Pixel Rate

Shader
Processing Units

Direct X

Shader

Open GL

Resolution (WxH)

Max Power

PSU

GPU Details

850 MHz

RV790XT

1024 MB

975 MHz

256 Bit

GDDR5

124.8GB/sec

55nm

34 GTexel/s

13.6 GPixel/s

800

DX 10.1

4.1

3.2

2560x1600

190 Watts

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Notebook GPU

SLI/Crossfire

Dedicated

Integrated

VGA Connection

DVI Connection

HDMI Connection

Best CPU Match

Best RAM Match

Best Screen Size

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GD Value

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GPU Features

No the Radeon HD 4890 graphics card is NOT a laptop and notebook GPU

Yes the Radeon HD 4890 graphics card can run in parallel to other GPUs using Nvidia SLI or AMD Crossfire technology

Yes the Radeon HD 4890 graphics card is a dedicated GPU

No the Radeon HD 4890 graphics card is NOT an integrated GPU

Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83GHz

8 GB

1920 x 1080

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Georgie

12:32 Apr-07-2013

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What settings could I play crysis 3 with this card on my rig. And how will this card handle the new games??

Pip

12:38 Apr-07-2013

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Core i7-3770 4-Core 3.4GHz

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1024 x 768
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No settings, Crysis 3 requires DirectX 11

Pip

12:38 Apr-07-2013

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this card should be able to play modern games at high settings, as long as they don't need DirectX 11.

gamersss

13:00 Feb-26-2013

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Phenom II X4 955 oc: 20%

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GeForce GTX 550 Ti Sonic Edition

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come on my gpu worse 2% fufufufufufu :(

Mazasrb

12:47 Mar-01-2013

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Core 2 Duo E7300 2.66GHz oc: 5%

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1280 x 1024
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If you ask me I think your GPU will perform better in newer games since it supports newer technologies, while this one could be better in DX9 games or not even there, driver for 550Ti are being constantly released. As you can see this card has 124.8GB/sec bandwidth.

tzzsmk

09:20 Feb-15-2013

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so my GT650M is now only 1% worse, perfect :Đ

mrwindows

10:36 Feb-27-2013

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Pentium Dual Core E6600 3.06GHz oc: 10%

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mrwindows

10:37 Feb-27-2013

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Mine is 34% worse than this and 3% better than urs

hugodebia

18:47 Jan-31-2013

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I like, I buy or no ?

Raystlyn

18:52 Jan-31-2013

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Nope, no point in buying Radeon HD 4000 GPU nowadays, and it is even hard to find these on stores, due to being dated. What's your budget, you should get a newer card :D

reaper474

22:23 Feb-05-2013

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Don't know what this guy is talking about its like saying there's no point in buying an old car? I bought mine used for about $70 bucks off line for my semi-budget build. My opinion? The bang for buck ratio is outstanding, as long as its a good one they are screamers and are very overclock-able.

Raystlyn

22:33 Feb-05-2013

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That's not quite what I exactly meant, DX10.1 just won't do for many upcoming games. Sure raw power is attractive to buyers considering the prices though

reaper474

22:26 Feb-05-2013

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I know it seems like a lie but my card is putting down cards that are supposed to be 50% higher then mine when it come to fps. Food for thought

Tero

22:28 Feb-05-2013

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Definitely a good upgrade and should be cheap if you can find this somewhere :D

danvar

14:09 Jan-19-2013

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how do this card is better than 6670?!

KeepHatingMe

08:47 Jan-21-2013

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Memory Bus.
Memory Bandwidth.
Memory Speed.
Reasons.

diogon

22:47 Dec-11-2012

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This consumes just as much power like the rest of my pc :D is it worth all those watts(performance per watt)

Srdjan95

11:43 Oct-26-2012

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Pentium Dual Core E5200 2.5GHz oc: 30%

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Does my GPU (HD 4890) bottleneck my CPU Core 2 Duo e7200 2.53GHz

Srdjan95

08:59 Oct-27-2012

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*overkill my CPU

deadwarrior63

17:58 Nov-26-2012

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no it doesn't.. you've got a great cpu. Yes a core i3 or i5 would give you even better performance but coupled with 4GB of ram you should be fine ;)

THEGREATAMAN

14:16 Aug-30-2012

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Hey guys please tell me can i use ati radeon 5890 with my 450watt zebronic psu
I want to purchase this card after my exams
so please tell me

THEGREATAMAN

15:27 Aug-30-2012

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Hey guys please tell me can i use ati radeon 4890 with my 450watt zebronic psu
I want to purchase this card after my exams
so please tell me

Gordenfreeman23

22:34 Sep-21-2012

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I wouldn't recommend it but I did have a 480 PSU that worked fine but the PSU was pretty much dead by the time I got a 750. but you should get a new PSU. Here is the PSU I have http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817121085

Chyper

15:43 Aug-30-2012

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