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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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Call of Duty 4: MW

Call of Duty 4: MW (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
85.378.44123.2576.591.0587.7594.2588.2


Call of Duty 4: MW (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
72.5566.15103.9565.557975.878.6576.1


Call of Duty 4: MW (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
47.9543.7566.7544.6554.4552.6553.6550.05


There's a clear performance pattern as we go from Radeon HD 4870 1,024MB through to the HD 4890 ATOMIC 1,024MB, and the review card is over 12 per cent faster than a default-clock HD 4890 at 2,560x1,600.

Everything seems hunky-dork until you look at the performance of the dual-GPU Radeon HD 4850 X2 2,048MB costing £240, which blows everything else out of the water.