Radeon HD 4890 Vapor-X 2048MB

[Jakstaar2007]

Just a quick question really (hopefully);

Looking into getting a new card and i have set my sights on the Sapphire Radeon Vapour-X:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-212-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1403

Does anyone see and blindingly obvious issues with the card going into my system (in sig), power wise or otherwise?

Thanks

Jack

Edit:
Just to let you know, i have only 1 PCIe slot on the mobo.

 

[Buckster]

wait for the 5850 out next week

199 but a LOT faster and lower power

 

[JoeFX69]

Hi jak

You need to get your CPU to at least 3.0ghz otherwise its bottlenecking the card

edit: ^ Yeah, and get a 5850!!

 

[Jakstaar2007]

i'm not made of money
Nah, i know that the 5850 will only be £20 more, but the heatsink/fan on the Vapour-x is perfect for my setup.
As it was originally an XPS 420 (BTX) the CPU heatsink gets quite close to the PCIe slot.
Therefore, if a card that takes up an extra space due to the size of the cards heatsink/fan is installed, it might be a tight squeeze.

Whereas the Vapour-x heatsink stops a bit before the end of the card.

Edit: Got a problem with overclocking the CPU. It was originally a Dell, hence the BIOS is locked

 

[Buckster]

yes -missed that - OC that Q

 

[dr4g0nf1y]

^^not from what I've seen of reviews.

It's the best card I've ever had and it works like a charm on GTA4 with room to spare.

The only issue I had with the card myself would be the heatsink on the top, basically gets in the way if you use anything in the slot above. Gets in the way of my sound card a little but every things fine.

 

[Jakstaar2007]

^^
That's OK for me as my PCIe slot is the 2nd from the top, and the top slot is a spare PCI that is unused .


And, i can't OC my CPU as my BIOS is locked (Dell) otherwise i wouldn't need asking