MSI Radeon HD 4890 Cyclone SOC Gallery

MSI Radeon HD 4890 Cyclone SOC

On the next few pages we'll show you some photos. The images were taken at high-res and then scaled down. The camera used was a Canon 450D 12 MegaPixel.

Right, let's start off with packaging ...

First impression: that's a nice looking card alright. The cooler really works for me design wise. We immediately spot the four heatpipes. The product will come with a super high core clock frequency, 1000 MHz opposed to 850 which is the reference clock.

When we place the card in a perspective view we spot the connectivity a little better; one HDMI (HDCP capable) connector, a SUB-D (analog VGA connector) and all the way to the right a dual-link DVI connector.

Both the DVI and HDMI connector are dual-link (and HDCP capable). High-def screens and high-resolution monitors are the key issues here. Dual-link DVI pins effectively double the power of transmission and provide an increase of speed and signal quality; i.e. a DVI single link 60-Hz LCD can display a resolution of 1920 x 1080, while a DVI dual-link can display a resolution up to 2560x1600 and I believe this can go even higher.

This card will forward 2 channel PCM or deal with 5.1 / 7.1 channels at your preference (AC3). Slightly difficult to see, but two Crossfire fingers are on the lower left corner, obviously allowing you to go for CrossfireX. The CrossfireX connectors will be supplied with the graphics card by the way.

Most eye catching of course is the big heatpipe based cooler. That outer heatpipe is actually 8mm wide folks. As such it can transport a lot of wattage.