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Review: Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 OC Edition 1024MB: the fastest yet

by Tarinder Sandhu on 6 April 2009, 08:54 3.2

Tags: Radeon HD 4890 OC+ (Sapphire), Sapphire

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Call of Duty 4

Call of Duty 4: MW (high-end) 1,680x1,050 4xAA 16xAF
XFX HD 4890 OC 1,024MBSapphire HD 4850 X2 2,048MBBFG GTX 260 896MB NVIDIA GTX 275 896MBBFG GTX 285 1,024MBSapphire HD 4890 OC+ 1,024MBSapphire HD 4890 XT 1,024MBSapphire HD 4870 1,024MB
88.55123.2577.587.7593.3388.285.378.44


Call of Duty 4: MW (high-end) 1,920x1,200 4xAA 16xAF
XFX HD 4890 OC 1,024MBSapphire HD 4850 X2 2,048MBBFG GTX 260 896MB NVIDIA GTX 275 896MBBFG GTX 285 1,024MBSapphire HD 4890 OC+ 1,024MBSapphire HD 4890 XT 1,024MBSapphire HD 4870 1,024MB
74.8103.9566.3775.882.7376.172.5566.15


Call of Duty 4: MW (high-end) 2,560x1,600 4xAA 16xAF
XFX HD 4890 OC 1,024MBSapphire HD 4850 X2 2,048MBBFG GTX 260 896MB NVIDIA GTX 275 896MBBFG GTX 285 1,024MBSapphire HD 4890 OC+ 1,024MBSapphire HD 4890 XT 1,024MBSapphire HD 4870 1,024MB
49.566.7544.852.6555.7350.0547.9543.75


The Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 OC Edition memory-speed bump means that it's a touch faster than the also-overclocked XFX. There's very little in it, as the graphs show, and the joker in the pack, twin-GPU Radeon HD 4850 X2, runs away with it.