MSI HD 4890 Cyclone SOC 1 GB GDDR5
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As the name suggests, MSI's new HD 4890 Cyclone SOC is based on AMD's HD 4890 GPU Series featuring the RV790 GPU. Even though a 40 nm GPU has been announced in form of RV740, AMD has chosen to product RV790 in the proven 55 nm process which offers considerably better yields and uses readily available production facilities.
MSI has taken AMD's base design and heavily modified it for their purposes. The MSI R4890 Cyclone Series actually consists of three cards:
- R4890 Cyclone: 850 MHz Core, 975 MHz Memory
- R4890 Cyclone OC: 880 MHz Core, 975 MHz Memory
- R4890 Cyclone SOC 1000 MHz Core, 1000 MHz Memory
All cards are using a big 100 mm heatpipe cooler and feature native HDMI.
| GeForce 9800 GT | Radeon HD 4850 | GeForce 9800 GTX | GeForce GTS 250 1 GB | GeForce GTX 260 | Radeon HD 4870 | Radeon HD 4890 | MSI R4890 Cyclone SOC | GeForce GTX 275 | GeForce GTX 280 | Radeon HD 4870 X2 | GeForce GTX 285 | |
| Shader units | 112 | 800 | 128 | 128 | 192 | 800 | 800 | 800 | 240 | 240 | 2x 800 | 240 |
| ROPs | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 28 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 32 | 2x 16 | 32 |
| GPU | G92 | RV770 | G92 | G92 | GT200 | RV770 | RV790 | RV790 | GT200 | GT200 | 2x RV770 | GT200b |
| Transistors | 754M | 956M | 754M | 754M | 1400M | 956M | 959M | 959M | 1400M | 1400M | 2x 956M | 1400M |
| Memory Size | 512 MB | 512 MB | 512 MB | 1024 MB | 896 MB | 512 MB | 1024 MB | 1024 MB | 896 MB | 1024 MB | 2x 1024 MB | 1024 MB |
| Memory Bus Width | 256 bit | 256 bit | 256 bit | 256 bit | 448 bit | 256 bit | 256 bit | 256 bit | 448 bit | 512 bit | 2x 256 bit | 512 bit |
| Core Clock | 600 MHz | 625 MHz | 675 MHz | 738 MHz | 576 MHz | 750 MHz | 850 MHz | 1000 MHz | 633 MHz | 602 MHz | 750 MHz | 648 MHz |
| Memory Clock | 900 MHz | 993 MHz | 1100 MHz | 1100 MHz | 999 MHz | 900 MHz | 975 MHz | 1000 MHz | 1134 MHz | 1107 MHz | 900 MHz | 1242 MHz |
| Price | $110 | $140 | $160 | $149 | $240 | $190 | $200 | $249 | $249 | $315 | $425 | $350 |