Overclocking graphics cards is always a touchy subject, since you typically have far less control over what’s going on than you would with overclocking the CPU. Nonetheless, people do it and sites like Anandtech enjoy seeing just how far they can go. In a new article they overclock a Radeon HD4890 and benchmark it against an NVidia GTX285, with impressive results.
Certainly it doesn’t mean that the 4890 is faster or better than the GTX 285, especially because the GTX 285 can be overclocked as well to improve performance. What this does mean is that for about $100 less we have the potential to achieve the stock performance of NVIDIA’s flagship single GPU part with a highly overclocked AMD GPU.
See all the results in their review.
AnandTech: Overclocking Extravaganza: Radeon HD 4890 To The Max.
