Testseek.com have collected 16 expert reviews of the Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 Vapor-X 1GB PCIe and the average rating is 99%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 Vapor-X 1GB PCIe.
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The editors liked
Factory overclocked
But capable of running even faster
Impressive performance in benchmarks and games
Integrated DVI
VGA
HDMI
And Display Port connections
Some hot air is exhausted out of the case
Automatic fan control keeps card very quiet
Extremely Fast Performance 3D Performance Supporting 1920x1200 in Most Applications
Offers Native DisplayPort and HDMI Connector
Very Low Noise Operation
The editors didn't like
Power hungry
Automatic fan control lets GPU get to 85C before ramping up
Premium features come with a premium price tag
Cooler Doesnt Cover Entire Boards Resulting in Hot Spots
After a series of tests we found the card to be a stable GPU that runs cool, stays silent (for the most part) and handles quite a load graphics wise. The frame rate in the majority of games came out excellent. The card didn’t hit temperatures too fa...
Extremely Fast Performance 3D Performance Supporting 1920x1200 in Most Applications, Offers Native DisplayPort and HDMI Connector, Very Low Noise Operation
Cooler Doesnt Cover Entire Boards Resulting in Hot Spots, Only Moderate Overclocking Gains
Jun 26 2009 - Sapphires Radeon HD 4890 Vapor-X model is a nice departure from the standard reference. The cooler does an excellent job of keeping temperatures down while producing very little noise. This combined with the native HDMI with 7.1 audio su...
Factory overclocked, but capable of running even faster, Impressive performance in benchmarks and games, Integrated DVI, VGA, HDMI, and Display Port connections, Some hot air is exhausted out of the case, Automatic fan control keeps card very quiet
Power hungry, Automatic fan control lets GPU get to 85C before ramping up, Premium features come with a premium price tag
The bottom line on the Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon HD4890 1GB graphics card is that it offers high end performance with minimal noise; two items near the very top of my checklist of things to look for in a graphics card. Another nice touch with this card ...
Overall we're very pleased with Sapphire's Radeon 4890 Vapor-X, it offers a good alternative to the standard 4890 design and does so at the same price point of $229. This is what 4890 cards go for right now so that means there is no price increase. Unf...
Abstract: As we discussed at the climax of our XFX Radeon HD 4890 XXX review last week, given the already impressive performance available to the Radeon HD 4890 in its reference configuration its difficult to particularly recommend boards with modest factory o...
Quiet cooling, overclcoked ex factory and a good software package are the positive aspects of the Sapphire HD 4890 Vapor-X. Compared to a normal HD 4890 the Sapphire card is about 5 percent faster and only half as loud. But the power consumption is ex...
Abstract: Everyone loves an underdog, and for quite some time, ATI was the dog in more ways than one to Nvidias G80 onslaught awhile back. But the release of ATIs 4800-series cards brought them back into the foray with a vengeance, no longer playing the role o...
The Sapphire HD4890 Vapor-X is an impressive product which offers improvements over the reference model in every aspect. In all of our gaming tests the card outperforms the reference model thanks to a modest overclock preapplied out of the factory and...
Sumarizando, la Sapphire HD 4890 Vapor X nos gustó. Por un precio si no igual muy similar al de los modelos más básicos de AMD Radeon HD 4890 (en los etailers americanos hoy se puede encontrar lo más barato, con frecuencias de referenc...
Sapphire ha sacado una grafica al mercado, concretamente la 4890, para luchar contra el poderia indiscutible de NVIDIA, equivalente a la NVIDIA 285, en cuanto a rendimiento, Sapphire ha demostrado ser capaz de innovar en la fabricacion de sus tarjetas ...