HIS H489F1GP Radeon HD 4890 HDMI Dual DL-DVI HDCP 1 GB 256 Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 X16 Video Card Retail (RoHS)

I have this card for about 6 months now. It has never given me a problem performance is good. All games play smoothly and the temperature goes up to 80 on load the card is still stable and doing fine.

Pros
good value for money
Good performance
top of line performance in the 4xxx series

cons
Outdated. replaced by the 5xxx series
DX11 support in Hardware missing useful for the latest games
power hungry at full load.

This VGA es amazing I mean it was the top 2-3 years ago. In still works genial, when I thing in a HD4890 like this I just analyze that it is the base model for a HD5830 both have the same performance. I f you buy a HD5830 you are buying a HD4890 with a fancy dress saying that its clear that still now buy a 4890 its not a wrong way to go for. But keep in mind that those video cards in general have a lot of used so you can expect some lighting use for a used product but dont worry the VGAs are not Disposable they work sometimes with a lot of heavy using over years. A great product.. its still by gamer for gamers.

When I bought these cards (yes I bought 2 of them to run in CrossfireX), these were the fastest cards on the market for ATi. I can't say enough about the quality of these cards and the coolers on them. When in 2D applications or at the Windows Desktop, these are VERY quite and I couldn't believe how much quieter these were compared to my dual 4850's.

The performance was downright fast, normally besting the 4870x2 card and sometimes keeping up with or barely passing the GTX 295 from NVIDIA.

As you can imagine I was disappointed to see that 6 months after bought these, that the 5870's came out and of course I will be upgrading to a dual set of those as soon as my bonus comes in, which at the time I will give a good deal on these cards.

I have been able to run most games at 1920x1200 and 1920x1080 with just about all enhancements turned on to high. The overclockability of these cards has been outstanding, usually +100 on the core and +150 on the...Read more