Diamond HD 4890 XOC Preview, Part 1
Diamond Multimedia will have an overclocked version of HD 4890 which it names as HD 4890 XOC.
Diamond HD 4890 XOC Package & Specifications
Product Sheet(PDF File) can be found here.
A comparison to other Diamond HD4800 products can be found here.
Diamond’s HD4890 XOC ships in a predominantly red box with ATI’s Digital Superstar – Ruby gracing the cover. The box clearly mentions that this is XOC version of the HD4890, although it fails to mention the frequencies on this overclocked version. The cover also labels that the card uses 1GB GDDR5 memory, a PCI Express slot and included adapters in the package. These features won’t matter much to e-tail shoppers but could be very useful to a Brick & Mortar not so tech-literate shopper.
Upon opening the box, we see a short manual on getting started with using the card. The card is placed in thick protective foam which should prevent it from shocks in shipping and handling while its on its way to you. Nobody wants to receive a dead card ? Right ? We would have to give Diamond credit here for ensuring the safety of the card.
Included in the box is the Video Card manual, driver installation disk, customer service number, Crossfire Bridge, DVI to VGA adapter, DVI to HDMI adapter, HDTV component out adapter, Video Out via composite and S-Video adapter as pictured on the box.
