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Racing Pedigree - ASUS EAH4890 Formula

By Kenny Yeo - 1 Oct 2009

Conclusion

Too Late to the Game

As a whole, the ASUS EAH4890 Formula is not a bad card. But like in Michael Learns to Rock's hit song "25 minutes", where the band sung about how a man finally realizes he loves a girl and rushes out to find her, only to discover her at the church waiting to get married, the ASUS EAH4890 Formula is a tad late to the market.

The talk of the town now must surely be the recently released Radeon HD 5870, which has certainly stole the limelight. What's more, it is not surprising that most onlookers are now eagerly waiting to see how ATI's other GPUs, the HD 5850 and the HD 5700 series will perform before deciding on their next graphics card purchase. On the upside however, there is a high chance that vendors will revise prices of the older Radeon HD 4800 cards downwards in a bid to boost sales. And to be honest, the Radeon 4800 cards are no slouches themselves, and with a downward revision of price in place, they look to be really good value for money.

The ASUS EAH4890 Formula is one of the better Radeon HD 4890 cards out there, but sadly, its arrival has been shadowed by the launch of ATI's new Radeon HD 5870.

Amongst the other Radeon HD 4890 cards, the EAH4890 Formula is certainly above average. Performance is as we expected, and the card runs significantly cooler compared to stock models thanks to its unique cooler. All in all, we have no complaints with it. The sad thing, however, is that we've been informed by ASUS that this card won't be available locally in Singapore. But for folks reading this elsewhere, expect to pay a little more for the ASUS EAH4890 Formula than you would for other competitive makes.

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