*** OcUK Exclusive *** XFX ATI Radeon HD 4890 "Black Edition" 1024MB ***

[Lightnix]

The stock 4890 has the same warranty so that does'nt make sense.

Ah, but that warranty applies at a much sillier clock speed, though!

 

[Spie]

I don't want to get divorced ! please stop.. now

Plenty more fish in the sea

 

[rolypolyman]

Ah, but that warranty applies at a much sillier clock speed, though!

And therefore much more likely to go -its up!

 

[jigger]

Plenty more fish in the sea

, I come out of retirement for this one.... I'm getting old now.

 

[Ace Modder]

I think for the t'internet people who want the best, then the first "1Ghz GPU speed" with a warranty is purely unbeatable for the price.

 

[jigger]

Little Help

Ive got a question about this in the product suggestion forum.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=14084144#post14084144

 

[Ace Modder]

Little Help

Ive got a question about this in the product suggestion forum.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=14084144#post14084144

Replied!

 

[jigger]

Currently arguing the finer points

 

[HAz]

wont the xfx 4870x2 be a lot fast tho lols?

 

[cpatain-chaos]

wont 2 x 4770's be faster tho? lols?

^

in answer to your original post yup they would be, more marketing hype on this card than anything else tbh

 

[Ace Modder]

wont the xfx 4870x2 be a lot fast tho lols?

That entirely depends on the game you are playing, some games scale very well with 2 cards in crossfire, others do not scale well at all.

 

[sandeep]

I'll definately be getting this soon, well I'm expecting to buy the card in september so I'll see what new cards will be out then.

But I'll be watercooling it so heat and noise won't be an issue for me.

 

[imran-17]

and this comes out after i buy 2 standard 4890's

 

[Spokwiththeears]

With the standard XFX 4890 being so cheap now they should drop the price of the XT edition and price the BE at £214.99, now that would be slightly more appealing.

 

[Fenris]

With the standard XFX 4890 being so cheap now they should drop the price of the XT edition and price the BE at £214.99, now that would be slightly more appealing.

A price differance of £13? Not sure why they would bother tbh.

 

[Spokwiththeears]

You can't understand why people would be interested in a price reduction?

 

[Fenris]

You can't understand why people would be interested in a price reduction?

Sorry, should have expanded.

I ment why would XFX reduce the price of a top end graphics card by £13, when some normal 4890's still cost around that.

I think the cost is justified if you think that it is on par performance whise with the GTX285, which is at least £30 more expensive.

 

[Spokwiththeears]

I suppose you are right when you put it that way, it's just that with the standard XFX 4890 being so cheap it devalues the others a little. I guess thats just a good deal that OcUK got and people will have to decide whether they want to pay the extra for these pre-overclocked editions.

 

[OpenToSuggestions]

Does this card have a voltage increase to reach 1ghz core??

 

[chaparral]

crashing down? just me seeing a £227 graphics card that is overclocked ever so slightly more than a £164 version does? Honestly, you HAVE to be insane to spend £63 more for the same card for a 3% performance bump, as in, completely and utterly insane.


Be thankful the pound is all of a sudden doing so damn well.

It is an 18% overclock though which isn;t acheivable with normal 4890 without altering the volts which some people might not want to do.

Does the 18% overclock only relate to 3% gain in real life?

Greebo it's only overclocked 5.3% more then the £164 HD 4890 card..

This card - ATI Radeon HD 4890 GPU @ 1000MHz
- 1024MB GDDR5 Memory @ 4000MHz


£164 card - ATI Radeon HD 4890 GPU @ 950MHz http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-195-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1403
- 1024MB GDDR5 Memory @ 3900MHz