POWERCOLOR UNVEILS THE FASTEST HD4890 Powercolor’s PCS+ HD4890 feature card’s overclocking ability
Written by Andreas G 27 April 2009 21:13

PowerColor has, as expected, announced an even extremer version of AMD's ATI Radeon HD 4890. Back in April we got the first information on the card that sports a heatpipe cooler from ZEROtherm that will help keep the overclocked cards cool. The GPU is clocked at 950MHz while the GDDR5 memory operates at 1100MHz (4400MHz effectively). A significant increase from the reference frequencies at 850/975MHz. PowerColor PCS+ HD 4890 will appear in stores on May 5th.

More on the overclocked from PowerColor follows below;

POWERCOLOR UNVEILS THE FASTEST HD4890 Powercolor’s PCS+ HD4890 feature card’s overclocking ability 

Taipei, Taiwan – April 24, 2009–TUL Corporation, a leading manufacturer of AMD graphics cards, today announced a powerful addition to the PowerColor HD4890 series: PCS+ HD4890. PowerColor’s Professional Cooling System PLUS or PCS+, delivers the ultimate overclocking ability with GDDR5 onboard memory, 950MHz core speed and 1100MHz effective memory speed with memory data transmission rates up to 4.4Gbps, offering the power to tackle the most extreme 3D games.



PowerColor’s PCS+ HD4890 features ZEROtherm’s exclusive cooling system. A 52-piece designed fin and 4 heat pipes brings substance to the stylish black Ni coated surface that enhances hardness and anti-oxidizing. The PCS+ HD4890 also provides an enhanced fan control helping to automatically adjust speeds with different temperatures, allowing a better user experience.
“The PCS+ series features the overclocking abilities of our top-of-the-line graphics cards,” said Ted Chen, CEO of TUL Corporation. “Our performance and enthusiast minded consumers will be pleased with this latest edition. The PowerColor PCS+ HD4890 is a well balanced and extremely overclockable card. There are not a lot of products that can compete with this card at its price.”

Limited Battle Forge Edition: Experience Ultimate DirectX® 10.1 Gaming Power
To deliver the ultimate DirectX® 10.1 experience, PowerColor is also releasing a special edition game bundle—the PCS+ HD4890 Battle Forge edition. The game features DirectX® 10.1 technology, only available on ATI based video cards. For more information on the game visit www.battleforge.com.
The PowerColor PCS+ HD4890 Battle Forge Edition and PCS+ HD4890 are retailed at USD$254 and USD$249 respectively, and will be available on May 5th.

“We’re ecstatic to offer our new game bundle to the PowerColor fans!” says Ted Chen, C.E.O of TUL Corporation. “With this perfect gaming set, gamers can now fully enjoy the maximum gaming quality possible; it’s time for DirectX 10.1! “

About TUL Corporation
TUL is a leading supplier of AMD graphics cards under the PowerColor brand. We offer award-winning products based on our technology leading components, quality design and superb engineering. TUL employs more than 150 talents worldwide, with offices in China, Europe, Russia and USA to support over 300 channel partners and distributors in 50 plus countries. For further information, visit: http://www.tul.com.tw/global/
For more product information, visit: www.powercolor.com.
Or contact: pr@powercolor.com

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