Sapphire Technology 2GB Radeon HD 4890 Toxic Vapor-X Graphics Card [55nm RV790 GPU, a 800 Stream Processor to Push Pixels to Lightspeed]

The world of high-end graphics cards is wracked with obsolescence. What’s hot today is ice-cold tomorrow and the race to win the hearts (and dollars) of those in the need for graphics speed is fast and furious. The digital demons at Sapphire Technologies, a well-known partner to the folks at ATI, are preparing to launch a new high-end graphics card that is crammed with 2GB of on-board memory and oodles of overclocking goodness. Say hello to the new 2GB Radeon HD 4890 Toxic Vapor-X.

Building on the already-successful Vapor-X HD 4890 platform, Sapphire and ATI have taken high-speed video to another level. The card itself sports a sweet vapor chamber heat-pipe based cooling system, which by itself is enough to get your testosterone flowing. It relies on the thermodynamics of liquid vaporization to manage its cooling and at the speeds this thing runs, you’ll need every bit of it. This powerful graphics card is equipped with 2GB of onboard memory, a 55nm RV790 GPU, an 800 Stream Processor, dual-slot Vapor-X cooling solution and factory overclocked frequencies – 870 MHz for the GPU and 4200 MHz for the GDDR5 memory. Some additional details:

• Chipset: Radeon HD 4890
• Engine Clock: 960 MHz
• Video Memory: 2GB DDR5
• Memory Clock: 1050 MHz, 4.2 Gbps
• Memory Interface: 256-bit
• Bus: PCI-Express x16 (Support PCI-Express 2.0)
• RAMDAC: 400 MHz
• Connectors: Dual DVI; TV-out (HDTV ready)
• Thermal: Dual Slot Vapor-X Cooler with Heatpipes
• Support ATI CrossFireX Technology
• Support HDMI via adapter
• Support Microsoft DirectX 10.1, Shader Model 4.1
• 500W Power Supply recommended, 600W for ATI CrossFireX technology

So whether gaming is your thing or you are the rendering type, the latest addition to the Radeon HD 4890 series of video cards is sure to be right up your alley. The Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 Toxic 2GB is available for pre-order only in Europe for around 230EUR and details of additional release dates are pending.