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XFX RADEON HD 4890 REVIEW

"XFX Radeon HD 4890 review also featuring the Gainward Radeon HD 4870. The XFX Radeon HD 4890 has a 11% higher clock speed, 9% higher memory speed and the same 800 Pixel Shaders as the Gainward Radeon HD 4870. Software used for testing was Race Driver Grid and Farcry 2."

XFX RADEON HD 4890


SYSTEM INFORMATION
VIDEO CARD XFX RADEON HD 4890
GAINWARD RADEON HD 4870
ATI DRIVER CATALYST v9.3 WHQL
PROCESSOR AMD PHENOM II X4 920
MOTHERBOARD MSI K9A2 PLATINUM AMD 790 FX
MEMORY CORSAIR 4GB DDR2 XMS2 DOMINATOR
OPERATING SYSTEM WINDOWS VISTA

RACE DRIVER GRID

NORMAL QUALITY

XFX RADEON HD 4890141
GAINWARD RADEON HD 4870121

HIGH QUALITY

XFX RADEON HD 4890129
GAINWARD RADEON HD 4870109

EXTREME QUALITY

XFX RADEON HD 489098
GAINWARD RADEON HD 487079

XFX RADEON HD 4890 GAINWARD RADEON HD 4870

COMMENT - "XFX Radeon HD 4890 beats the Gainward Radeon HD 4870 by 19% with Race Driver Grid."

FARCRY 2

NORMAL QUALITY

XFX RADEON HD 489055
GAINWARD RADEON HD 487055

HIGH QUALITY

XFX RADEON HD 489050
GAINWARD RADEON HD 487044

EXTREME QUALITY

XFX RADEON HD 489045
GAINWARD RADEON HD 487039

XFX RADEON HD 4890 GAINWARD RADEON HD 4870

COMMENT - "XFX Radeon HD 4890 beats the Gainward Radeon HD 4870 by 9% with Farcry 2."

FINAL RESULT

COMMENT - "The XFX Radeon HD 4890 put in a great performance against the Gainward Radeon HD 4870 beating it by 13% overall. This is a higher than expected performance increase considering the XFX Radeon HD 4890 only has a 11% higher clock speed and 9% higher memory speed compared to the Gainward Radeon HD 4870. The XFX Radeon HD 4890 was especially impressive running the latest demanding games like Fall Out 3, Fear 2 Project Origin, Left for Dead and Race Driver Grid at over 60 Frames Per Second at Extreme Quality Settings. I can't recommend this video card highly enough because the only other I think is better is the XFX Radeon HD 4890 XT Extreme Edition!"
XFX RADEON HD 4890 SCORES 10/10!
BEST BUY

XFX RADEON HD 4890 REVIEW INDEX

PAGE 1 - XFX RADEON HD 4890 INTRODUCTION
PAGE 2 - 3DMARK 2006, 3DMARK VANTAGE AND CALL OF DUTY - WORLD AT WAR
PAGE 3 - DEVIL MAY CRY 4 AND FALL OUT 3
PAGE 4 - FEAR 2 PROJECT ORIGIN AND LEFT FOR DEAD
PAGE 5 - RACE DRIVER GRID, FARCRY 2 AND FINAL RESULT

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