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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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Sapphire HD 4850 X2 2,048MB
BFG GTX 260 896MB
NVIDIA GTX 275 896MB
BFG GTX 285 1,024MB
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Sapphire HD 4890 XT 1,024MB
Sapphire HD 4870 1,024MB
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Sapphire HD 4850 X2 2,048MB
BFG GTX 260 896MB
NVIDIA GTX 275 896MB
BFG GTX 285 1,024MB
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Sapphire HD 4890 XT 1,024MB
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XFX HD 4890 OC 1,024MB
Sapphire HD 4850 X2 2,048MB
BFG GTX 260 896MB
NVIDIA GTX 275 896MB
BFG GTX 285 1,024MB
Sapphire HD 4890 OC+ 1,024MB
Sapphire HD 4890 XT 1,024MB
Sapphire HD 4870 1,024MB
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Benchmark variations are such that the 100MHz memory increase of the Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 OC Edition - 4,000MHz vs 3,900MHz - often falls within the standard deviation of the test. NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 275 does well here, as does the Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2, costing some £15 more than the Sapphire HD 4890 OC Edition.