Asus non-reference 4890

[thilanliyan]

http://www.nordichardware.com/news,9076.html

Pretty nice looking cooler although it's too bad it doesn't exhaust heat out.

 

[lasoski311]

does anyone know when we can expect non-reference 4890s to be released?

would it be worth the wait to get a non-reference card?

 

[error8]

Originally posted by: lasoski311


would it be worth the wait to get a non-reference card?

Usually, non reference might be more expensive then the "normal" card, since they have different coolers and higher clocks. In my opinion it doesn't really worth waiting for them, since you can buy the vanilla at a better price and it's good enough as it is.

 

[Grinja]

Originally posted by: lasoski311
would it be worth the wait to get a non-reference card?

Some non-reference coolers are more quiet than the stock. If I were to wait that would be my reason.

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: Grinja

Originally posted by: lasoski311
would it be worth the wait to get a non-reference card?

Some non-reference coolers are more quiet than the stock. If I were to wait that would be my reason.

And some non-reference coolers don't adequately cool components that need adequate cooling (VRMs). ATI's reference cooler has proven that it cools VRMs FAR better than almost any 3rd party design.

 

[saiga6360]

I'd wait for Sapphire's Vapour-X version.

 

[lasoski311]

@ saiga6360:

i have heard Sapphire's Vapor-Xs are very good, any idea when the 4890 model will be released? Is Vapor-X better than TOXIC? How does HIS's IceQ4+ compare to Sapphire's Vapor-X and TOXIC models?

 

[Foxery]

Just so someone says it out loud..... their plan is to allow massive overclocking, whilst blowing all of the hot air in completely the wrong direction (i.e. against the normal airflow) for the most common ATX cases. Yes?

 

[mhouck]

Powercolors LC 4890 is coming out tomorrow the 16th with 900/4000 clocks. I'm going to grab it because I can't stand the noise fans make anymore and don't want to void a warranty.

Probably not the solution for everyone though.

 

[Tempered81]

It's interesting that the reference 4890's use programmable Volterra VRMS. Two of them as a matter of fact. One controls Vgpu and the other Vmem. You can use Voltage factory or Rivatuner to overvolt your core and memory on 4890s to whatever voltage you choose. Doing that without hardmodding is a first for any graphics card, afaik. This ASUS card actually fine tunes millivolts running through all the voltage circutry on the PCB, so it might have higher overclocks than reference designs.

 

[CrystalBay]

I like this card a lot , cant wait to see a review on this alleged monster...

 

[saiga6360]

Originally posted by: lasoski311
@ saiga6360:

i have heard Sapphire's Vapor-Xs are very good, any idea when the 4890 model will be released? Is Vapor-X better than TOXIC? How does HIS's IceQ4+ compare to Sapphire's Vapor-X and TOXIC models?

I don't have any experience with those other versions but I like my Vapour-X 4870 a lot. It is very quiet and reasonably cooler than the stock version. It works great for me since I do not have a machine with a whole lot of space and airflow.

 

[MegaWorks]

This could probably be the 1ghz core version, interesting design.

 

[error8]

Finally, a single GPU solution for GTX 285, from ATi?

 

[MarcVenice]

From what asus engineers told me, the design isn't done, nor have the clockspeeds been finalized. Great guys btw. THey prolly aren't telling me everything though. The energy circuit is better then regular HD 4890's, doh, but cant say how they exactly imrpoved it. From my own experience with the HD 4890 and the overvoltage tool, this card could be a beast, and my educated guess would be that it can do 1000/1200MHz fairly easy.