AMD Radeon HD 4890 CrossFire

W1zzard · Apr 1, 2009, 08:15 AM

To read this review go to: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/A...890_CrossFire/

ShadowFold · Apr 2, 2009, 04:20 AM

Thanks for the review. And the addition of Crossfire benchmarks are awesome! I can't believe that it scales 92% at 1920, they've come a long way haven't they!

DaMulta · Apr 2, 2009, 04:27 AM

I think this is the first CF or SLi review I have EVER seen you post Wiz.

Has there been another?

OMG 2 is better than one is all you can really say after seeing that review......

HammerON · Apr 2, 2009, 04:30 AM

Thanks for the review

mrw1986 · Apr 2, 2009, 04:49 AM

Quote:

HD 4890 CrossFire is available on any AMD or Intel chipset motherboard that has two PCI-Express slots.

That's not true...is it?
I thought it's only available on CrossFire compatible mobo's...

ShadowFold · Apr 2, 2009, 04:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrw1986

That's not true...is it?
I thought it's only available on CrossFire compatible mobo's...

Crossfire's been like for awhile, where have you been

mrw1986 · Apr 2, 2009, 04:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShadowFold

Crossfire's been like for awhile, where have you been

Obviously not paying attention, haha!

ATI's site says it only works on specific motherboards, then they list the chipsets.

EDIT: Holy crap, I'm a tard...Sorry, it's late and I misread it...I kept thinking nVidia chipsets (650i,680i,750i,780i) lol...

Drizzt5 · Apr 2, 2009, 05:03 AM

I like this review, it was a great comparison with some good results...

Crossfire/SLI isn't that bad especially with the better ati drivers now... for a 21% if i was going for performance I'd skip the gtx285 and go for 4890CF.

v12dock · Apr 2, 2009, 05:04 AM

its spanking, ty for the review

CStylen · Apr 2, 2009, 05:06 AM

My 280 suddenly feels like a dated, crusty, craggly piece of hardware.

The 4890 looks sweet, thanks for the review!

random ADD prediction: ATI 5870X2 = 2 4890's

Drizzt5 · Apr 2, 2009, 05:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CStylen

My 280 suddenly feels like a dated, crusty, craggly piece of hardware.

The 4890 looks sweet, thanks for the review!

random ADD prediction: ATI 5870X2 = 2 4890's

I really doubt that. That would be a gay naming scheme on AMD's part. It would be logical to be 4890x2.

280 is still plenty powerful.... I'm sure your fps is high enough :P

CStylen · Apr 2, 2009, 05:12 AM

It's just depressing watching your video card go further down the list lol...

ChaoticAtmosphere · Apr 2, 2009, 05:18 AM

Thanks for the review Wizz!

TooFast · Apr 2, 2009, 05:20 AM

by the looks of the benchies, a 4890x2 would beat the gtx295... and it would use less power than the 4870x2

Assassin48 · Apr 2, 2009, 05:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TooFast

by the looks of the benchies, a 4890x2 would beat the gtx295... and it would use less power than the 4870x2

if a 4890x2 would come out i would sell my 4870x2 w/ koolance water block for the same price of a 4890x2

maybe a little less with free shipping

TooFast · Apr 2, 2009, 05:26 AM

wow we are such pc junkies...sitting in front of our pcs waiting for the review...lol now we have the rv870 on the way

ShadowFold · Apr 2, 2009, 05:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TooFast

wow we are such pc junkies...sitting in front of our pcs waiting for the review...lol now we have the rv870 on the way

It's 12:28 where I am. I got school in 7 hours lol I stayed up for this review specifically.

TooFast · Apr 2, 2009, 05:29 AM

so did I.

ChaoticAtmosphere · Apr 2, 2009, 05:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShadowFold

It's 12:28 where I am. I got school in 7 hours lol I stayed up for this review specifically.

Haha! Me too...it's 1:30 here and I've got to be at work in 6 1/2 hours...

-1nf1n1ty- · Apr 2, 2009, 05:53 AM

YAY so this mean I can get 2 4890's instead of the 4850x2's woooo

DaMulta · Apr 2, 2009, 06:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by -1nf1n1ty-

YAY so this mean I can get 2 4890's instead of the 4850x2's woooo

dual 4850x2 would out run it. IMO

4 GPUS oced vs 2 GPUS that oc very little

Some it would be slower/much more it would be faster.
Did you see how close the x2 was in many of those. Some it was behind in as well to be honest.

It would cost the same to go either way.

-1nf1n1ty- · Apr 2, 2009, 06:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaMulta

dual 4850x2 would out run it. IMO

4 GPUS oced vs 2 GPUS that oc very little

Some it would be slower/much more it would be faster.
Did you see how close the x2 was in many of those. Some it was behind in as well to be honest.

It would cost the same to go either way.

yeah thats true, we'll see what I will decide

VulkanBros · Apr 2, 2009, 06:52 AM

Thanx for the review....but it unfortunely has a BIG downside...
Well ... I am drooling.....and my wallet is crying ....hmmm that also would mean I have to buy a bigger monitor...
Like CStylen I can see my GTX285 droping down the list...

eidairaman1 · Apr 2, 2009, 07:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TooFast

by the looks of the benchies, a 4890x2 would beat the gtx295... and it would use less power than the 4870x2

ya considering the 295 is practically 2x260 in SLI, and the 4890 in Crossfire Takes on the 295, very good performance range AMD released and AMD releases very little in the Top End bracket.

Animalpak · Apr 2, 2009, 07:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eidairaman1

ya considering the 295 is practically 2x260 in SLI, and the 4890 in Crossfire Takes on the 295, very good performance range AMD released and AMD releases very little in the Top End bracket.

Are you sure ? I mean GTX 295 is 2x280GTX not 2x260GTX...

Apr 1, 2009, 08:15 AM	#1
W1zzard Benevolent Dictator Join Date: May 2004 Location: Stuttgart, Germany Posts: 13,865 (4.17/day) Thanks: 184 Thanked 10,448 Times in 3,216 Posts System Specs	AMD Radeon HD 4890 CrossFire To read this review go to: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/A...890_CrossFire/ Last edited by W1zzard; Apr 2, 2009 at 01:20 AM.

Processor:	Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.4 GHz
Motherboard:	ASUS P8Z68-V Pro
Memory:	3x 2048 MB Mushkin DDR3
Video Card:	ASUS GeForce GTX 670 Direct CU II TOP
Hard Disk:	Crucial C300 128 GB, WD6400AAKS 640 GB, WD15EADS 1.5 TB
Optical Drive:	BenQ DW1640
CRT/LCD Model:	Dell U3011 30", 2560x1600 + 19" 1280x1024
Case:	NZXT H2
Sound Card:	On-board Realtek HD
PSU:	Kingwin Absolute Platinum 550 W
Software:	Windows 7 64-bit

System Name:	The ShadowFold Draconis (Ordering soon)
Processor:	AMD Phenom II X6 1055T 2.8ghz
Motherboard:	ASUS M4A87TD EVO AM3 AMD 870
Cooling:	Stock
Memory:	Kingston ValueRAM 4GB DDR3-1333
Video Card:	XFX ATi Radeon HD 5850 1gb
Hard Disk:	Western Digital 640gb
Optical Drive:	LG DVD Burner SATA
CRT/LCD Model:	Acer 21.5" 5ms Full HD 1920x1080P
Case:	Antec Nine-Hundred
Sound Card:	Onboard + Creative "Fatal1ty" Headset
PSU:	Antec Earthwatts 650w
Software:	Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
Benchmarks:	-❶-❸-❸-❼-

Apr 2, 2009, 04:27 AM	#3
DaMulta My stars went supernova Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Oklahoma T-Town Posts: 10,337 (4.12/day) Thanks: 1,449 Thanked 1,477 Times in 1,113 Posts System Specs	I think this is the first CF or SLi review I have EVER seen you post Wiz. Has there been another? OMG 2 is better than one is all you can really say after seeing that review...... __________________ ocLIT The Hardware Punishers

System Name:	Work in progress
Processor:	AMD 955---4Ghz
Motherboard:	MSi GD70
Cooling:	OcZ Phase/water
Memory:	Crucial2GB kit (1GBx2), Ballistix 240-pin DIMM, DDR3 PC3-16000
Video Card:	CrossfireX 2 X HD 4890 1GB OCed to 1000Mhz
Hard Disk:	SSD 64GB
Optical Drive:	DVD-L 16x
CRT/LCD Model:	Envision 24'' 1920x1200
Case:	Using the desk ATM
Sound Card:	Sucky onboard for now :(
PSU:	1000W TruePower Quattro

Apr 2, 2009, 04:20 AM	#2
ShadowFold Eligible for custom title Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 12,855 (6.41/day) Thanks: 1,381 Thanked 1,681 Times in 1,498 Posts System Specs	Thanks for the review. And the addition of Crossfire benchmarks are awesome! I can't believe that it scales 92% at 1920, they've come a long way haven't they!

Apr 2, 2009, 04:30 AM	#4
HammerON The Watchful Moderator Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: The Cold North Posts: 4,463 (2.84/day) Thanks: 4,057 Thanked 2,996 Times in 1,576 Posts System Specs	Thanks for the review

System Name:	Haswell
Processor:	i7 4770K
Motherboard:	MSI Z87-GD65
Cooling:	H2O
Memory:	G.SKILL Trident X 16GB DDR3 2666
Video Card:	2x MSI GTX 780
Hard Disk:	OCZ Vertex 4 256GB x2 in Raid0 + WD 640GB
CRT/LCD Model:	Dell UltraSharp U3011 30"
Case:	Corsair Obsidian 800D
Sound Card:	On-board
PSU:	Corsair AX1200
Software:	Win 7 64bit
Benchmarks:	Always changing~

System Name:	Teh Pew Pew
Processor:	Intel i5-2500k 5ghz @ 1.41v
Motherboard:	ASRock P67 Extreme4 Gen3
Cooling:	XSPC RayStorm, BIP III, MCP655 w/ Alphacool Plexi Top, EK-Multioption RES X2 100 Basic
Memory:	2x8gb Patriot Viper 3 DDR3-1600
Video Card:	Asus GTX570 DCII 1280mb
Hard Disk:	1x Plextor PX-256M3 SSD, 2x WD 320gb SATA II (RAID 0), 1x WD 750gb SATA II, 2x Samsung 1TB SATA II
Optical Drive:	LG 20X Super-Multi DVD/CD Burner
CRT/LCD Model:	Dell U2312HM 23" LED Backlit IPS
Case:	Cooler Master HAF 932 Black Edition
Sound Card:	Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional
PSU:	Corsair HX620W
Software:	Windows 8 Professional x64

Apr 2, 2009, 05:03 AM	#8
Drizzt5 Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 496 (0.28/day) Thanks: 60 Thanked 38 Times in 36 Posts System Specs	I like this review, it was a great comparison with some good results... Crossfire/SLI isn't that bad especially with the better ati drivers now... for a 21% if i was going for performance I'd skip the gtx285 and go for 4890CF.

System Name:	IcingDeath
Processor:	Q6600 @ 3.825ghz
Motherboard:	ASUS P5E X38
Cooling:	D-tek fuzion v2/mcw60 + mcr320-qp-res
Memory:	2x2gb Ocz reapers ddr2 1066
Video Card:	Asus 4850 800/1000
Hard Disk:	2x Segate 500gb 32mb cache in Raid0
CRT/LCD Model:	LG 24"
Case:	3d aurora
PSU:	xion 800W
Software:	Windows Vista Ultimate x64

Apr 2, 2009, 05:04 AM	#9
v12dock Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Central Illinois Posts: 1,300 (0.79/day) Thanks: 286 Thanked 244 Times in 164 Posts System Specs	its spanking, ty for the review

System Name:	Compute 0 / Compute 1
Processor:	i7 720 QM / i5 750 @ 4.2GHz
Motherboard:	Toshiba knows / Gigabyte P55A-UD4P
Cooling:	Shitty laptop cooling / Noctua NH-D14
Memory:	DDR3 1066Mhz x 6GB / DDR2 1600Mhz x 4GB
Video Card:	Geforce 360M / Geforce 470
Hard Disk:	60GB SSD + 320GB HDD / 80GB SSD + 1TB HDD
Optical Drive:	Fancy BluRay Drive / DVD drive
CRT/LCD Model:	17.3" 1080P / 23" Acer 1080P
Case:	This cool looking laptop one
PSU:	Powerbrick / TX750
Software:	Windows 7 64-Bit

Apr 2, 2009, 05:06 AM	#10
CStylen Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: AZ Posts: 442 (0.23/day) Thanks: 142 Thanked 56 Times in 49 Posts System Specs	My 280 suddenly feels like a dated, crusty, craggly piece of hardware. The 4890 looks sweet, thanks for the review! random ADD prediction: ATI 5870X2 = 2 4890's

System Name:	The Money Pit
Processor:	i7 980X @ 4.4
Motherboard:	EVGA E760 w/B3 stepping
Cooling:	Corsair H5O, 3x Gentle Typhoons
Memory:	12GB Ballistix Tactical
Video Card:	Galaxy GTX 480 / Zotac GTX 480 SLI
Hard Disk:	3x X-25M 80GB G2 RAID 0; 1x M4
Optical Drive:	LG blu-ray/DVD burner
CRT/LCD Model:	Acer Al2423W
Case:	Lian Li V2010 w/window side panel
Sound Card:	HT Omega Claro+
PSU:	Corsair HX1000
Software:	Windows 8 64-bit Pro
Benchmarks:	3DMark 11 10144 9/21/11 AS SSD X-25M Array: 978; M4: 568 9/12/12 (sata2) Cloud Gate 26968 2/21/13

Apr 2, 2009, 05:12 AM	#12
CStylen Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: AZ Posts: 442 (0.23/day) Thanks: 142 Thanked 56 Times in 49 Posts System Specs	It's just depressing watching your video card go further down the list lol...

Apr 2, 2009, 05:18 AM	#13
ChaoticAtmosphere Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Look up. Look way up. Posts: 1,977 (1.17/day) Thanks: 2,717 Thanked 1,689 Times in 796 Posts System Specs	Thanks for the review Wizz! __________________ Watch my HD videos of Crysis and Crysis Warhead and Crysis 2 Gameplay Capture, Convert, and Post your PC Game Play Footage To Youtube in HD Help humanity. Join the TPU WCG BOINC Team! My Heatware My new build project log

System Name:	Ultimate Vortex II // Ultimite Vortex
Processor:	AMD FX 8150 Black @ 4.5Ghz // 1055T@ 3.2Ghz
Motherboard:	Asus Crosshair IV Extreme // Asus M4A89TD PRO/USB3
Cooling:	CNPS 9900 MAX Red Led//Thermaltake Big Typhoon VX
Memory:	Corsair Vengeance (2x4Gb) @ 1866 Mhz, 1.5v//Corsair XMS3 Classic (2x4GB) DDR3 @1667Mhz
Video Card:	Sapphire Radeon HD 7970//Sapphire Radeon HD 6870
Hard Disk:	Corsair Force 3 90Gb SSD (OS &Games) - WD Caviar Blue 500 GB (Data) // WD Caviar Blue 320 GB
Optical Drive:	LG 22X DVD+-RW Dual Layer (In ULTIMATEVORTEXII)
CRT/LCD Model:	LG 22in W2242TQ Black 1680x1050 LCD // Teamviewer to check on UltimateVortex
Case:	CoolerMaster HAF 932 Advanced//CoolerMaster CM 690 w/8 x 120 mm fans
Sound Card:	Onboard Realtek 8Ch. w/Logitech Z-5500 500W Surround Awesomeness!
PSU:	Coolermaster Silent Pro 850W// OCZ GameXstream 600w
Software:	Windows 7 x64

Apr 2, 2009, 05:20 AM	#14
TooFast Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: montreal quebec Posts: 387 (0.14/day) Thanks: 3 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts System Specs	by the looks of the benchies, a 4890x2 would beat the gtx295... and it would use less power than the 4870x2 __________________ ATI RULES COME TO NETCORE.24 76.65.250.134:28960 COD4

System Name:	OVERKILL
Processor:	INTEL I7 965@ 3.6
Motherboard:	ASUS RAMPAGE 2
Cooling:	STOCK
Memory:	6GB DDR3 1333
Video Card:	ATI HD 5970
Hard Disk:	4X 60GB SSD RAID 0
Optical Drive:	BLURAY
CRT/LCD Model:	30 INCH DELL
Case:	ANTEC 1200
Sound Card:	XFI-PCI-E
PSU:	CORSAIR 1000WATT
Software:	WIN 7
Benchmarks:	netcore.24 COD4 server 76.65.250.134:28960

Apr 2, 2009, 05:26 AM	#16
TooFast Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: montreal quebec Posts: 387 (0.14/day) Thanks: 3 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts System Specs	wow we are such pc junkies...sitting in front of our pcs waiting for the review...lol now we have the rv870 on the way __________________ ATI RULES COME TO NETCORE.24 76.65.250.134:28960 COD4

Apr 2, 2009, 05:29 AM	#18
TooFast Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: montreal quebec Posts: 387 (0.14/day) Thanks: 3 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts System Specs	so did I. __________________ ATI RULES COME TO NETCORE.24 76.65.250.134:28960 COD4

Apr 2, 2009, 05:53 AM	#20
-1nf1n1ty- Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Winter Park Posts: 1,562 (0.65/day) Thanks: 247 Thanked 134 Times in 125 Posts System Specs	YAY so this mean I can get 2 4890's instead of the 4850x2's woooo

System Name:	mult1kill
Processor:	I7 920/Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600@3ghz, xigmatek dark knight cpu cooler
Motherboard:	Asus P6T/DFI LANPARTY DK X48-T2RS LGA 775 Intel X48 ATX Intel Motherboard
Cooling:	Not sure came with the case/Fans with LED's air cooling
Memory:	Patriot DDR3 6gb/6GB 2Corsair 1GB , 2OCZ 2GB
Video Card:	ATI Diamond 5870/BFG 8800GTS OC 640mb
Hard Disk:	Seagate 500gb/300GB Western Digital
Optical Drive:	MSI DVD RW/Sony DVD+R
CRT/LCD Model:	Samsung SyncMaster 220WM
Case:	Cooler Master HAF/Ultra Aluminus
Sound Card:	Astro Mixamp/Audio-TechnicaAD700
PSU:	Corsair 650
Software:	Windows 7 Ultimate

Apr 2, 2009, 06:52 AM	#23
VulkanBros Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: At the Pico Mundo grille Posts: 1,113 (0.36/day) Thanks: 260 Thanked 211 Times in 150 Posts System Specs	Thanx for the review....but it unfortunely has a BIG downside... Well ... I am drooling.....and my wallet is crying ....hmmm that also would mean I have to buy a bigger monitor... Like CStylen I can see my GTX285 droping down the list... __________________ If your knees aren´t green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously re-examine your life.... -Calvin

System Name:	The Skeleton Build
Processor:	i5 3570K @ 4.4 GHz 24/7
Motherboard:	ASUS Maximus V Gene (BIOS 1802)
Cooling:	KÜHLER H2O 920 w. 2 x 120 mm push/pull
Memory:	4x4 GB DDR3 1866 MHz Dominator Platinum
Video Card:	GTX 670 DirectCU II
Hard Disk:	OS: Vector 256GB / DATA: Constellation ES 2TB / GAMES: Vertex4 256GB / TEMP_SWAP: Nocti 30GB mSATA
Optical Drive:	Wasn´t that in the 1980´s?
CRT/LCD Model:	24" SyncMaster P2450 (1920x1080)
Case:	Antec Skeleton
Sound Card:	SupremeFX III (Realtek ALC898 chip)
PSU:	Corsair Pro Series Gold AX850
Software:	Win 8 Pro x64 w/StarDock Start 8 & KIS 2013
Benchmarks:	Benchmarking is for sissies :D

System Name:	BS03/04
Processor:	AMD Athlon XP-M 2500+ 2.2GHz 1.5V
Motherboard:	DFI LanParty NFII Ultra-B Bios (TicTac 3D Fire R2)
Cooling:	4 Antec 80mm, TR SI-97 Adapted TT Big Typhoon Fan 120MM
Memory:	2GB Mushkin Redline 4000 @ 200 MHz 2.5V
Video Card:	Sapphire R1950Pro 512MB AGP 1.5V
Hard Disk:	250 & 400 GB Seagate Baracuda 10 SATA
Optical Drive:	2x Samsung Multiformat Rewritable Drives
CRT/LCD Model:	NEC Multisync LCD 1700V
Case:	Antec SX830 EATX Case
Sound Card:	Creative Labs SB XFi Xtreme Music & SB PCI 512
PSU:	Antec NEO HE 500 Watt
Software:	Windows 7 Home Premium
Benchmarks:	Win 7 Eval. CPU 3.9 Ram 4.5 Graphics 6.0 HD 5.7

System Name:	Aurora Carbon
Processor:	Haswell incoming...
Memory:	Corsair Dominator Platinum 1866Mhz 8GB
Optical Drive:	Toshiba DVD ROM
CRT/LCD Model:	Benq 2410XL 120hz 3D 24" ( 1920x1080 )
Case:	Alienware Aurora R3
PSU:	Corsair AX 760
Software:	Win 7 HP 64Bit
Benchmarks:	Gaming to the maximum is my priority

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Sim City 4 choppy on new Graphics cards	acperience7	Games	28	Dec 12, 2012 03:47 PM
Your CPU Timeline	xubidoo	General Hardware	273	Jan 7, 2011 03:56 AM
AMD Financial Analyst Day 2008	btarunr	Reviews	10	Nov 16, 2008 10:04 AM
AMD Gives ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series Graphics Cards to the Masses	malware	News	3	Sep 10, 2008 11:54 PM
AMD Announces Athlon 64 FX-62 and Athlon 64 X2 5000+ AM2 Proccessors	malware	News	3	May 23, 2006 05:56 AM