Sapphire 21150-00-40R HD4890 DDR5, (1 GB) PCI Express Video Card Reviews

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Pros: I had this card for about 2-3 weeks and the problem I found was, it restarts your computer. it crashes when you're watching a movie. from Newegg.com This card is not the best on the market but for the price it's it is. i have had this card for about 6months now and it has been great! no problems as long as you update drivers if your running windows 7. Speed of card is one of the lowest out of the 4890 cards and price is kinda high now. from Newegg.com Pros: Extremely happy with the performance. Coming from an R580+, this was a substantial increase. The price isn't bad, either. from Newegg.com Pros: -Easily plays the latest games at the highest quality-Will serve as a great heater in the winter-Crossfire drivers have a greatly improved with the addition of this card Cons: -Size (but was expected)-Loud if you put the fan above 40%-Heat raised my cpu temperature over 4C Other Thoughts: I have 2 of these running smoothly in Crossfire, before the 4800 series I was a die hard Nvidia guy but I think I'll be seeing Red for now on, the price to performance ratio is just ridiculous at the moment. from Newegg.com Cons: PC Mark Vantage locks up before it starts the first test. I cant play Crysis or Dead Space because they lock up before they even start. I get a mind boggling 35 fps (sarcasm) while playing runescape on high settings, and then it locks up after 30 minutes. I get random graphic card resets when doing mundane things in windows. from Newegg.com Pros: This thing is amazing. It is not as humongous as some of the other 4890s around. It OCs like nothing I have seen in a video card ever before. from Newegg.com Pros: High performance card with a low priceIncludes 3dmarkVantageSolid build Cons: When you bootup your pc you will hear this beast sound like a jet engine taking off. The fan is quite loud but I dont mind. It is louder than my 2 120mm fans on high with a 35% fan speed. Other Thoughts: Its just funny how some reviews exaggerate how loud fans are but this one is trully loud. from Newegg.com Pros: Cooling - the cards cooler helps it stay under 60c under loadPerformance - beats the GT275 in mostly everything for the price, even can compare to the GTX 280 and GTX285 in some casesSoftware/accessories - Sapphire packed this card with a slew of needed software and adaptersValue - a sub $200 card that maxes everything at 1920x180 and gets 30+ on crysis max. a solid over clocker and it supports DX10.1 cant go wrong Cons: Size - although to be expected (which is why i didn't take an egg off) this thing is huge. from Newegg.com Pros: Great Price, great card, runs everything on my 65inch 1080p TV in the highest settings. Cons: Tools still believe Nvidia cards are worth the price. from Newegg.com Pros: Fast, 1 gig of ddr5, keeps the framrates high, stays on cool temperatures even with ALL graphics settings on high, very overclockable Cons: Louder than usual(guess it is a tradeoff for cooler temps), big but not too big for a midsize case Other Thoughts: I have overclocked this card to 975 MHz, and the memory to 1150 MHz. When i play WoW, this card gets up to 55 C when all settings are maxed on x2 1920X1080 displays. from Newegg.com

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Released	7 months ago
Installed Memory	1 GB
Display Interface	DVI x 2
Card Interface	PCI Express
Memory Tech	DDR3 SDRAM
Installed Memory / Technology	1024 MB (DDR3 SDRAM)
MPN	21150-00-40R
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition Microsoft Windows XP
Output Interface	TV Out
UPC	4895106244870