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Can i use my 4870 waterblock on a 4890?

1komling

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Can i use my 4870 waterblock on a 4890?

Friday, June 12th 2009, 10:48pm

I got a 4870 waterblock, and it looks almost the same as the 4890 waterblock.

Can i use it on a ati sapphire 4890? The 4870 waterblock i got is the same as product no 23459 on aquacomputer.

I wanted to buy two 4890 and only 1 waterblock if i could use the old one.



Hope somone can help me :wacko:

Shoggy

Sven - Admin

Saturday, June 13th 2009, 4:58pm

Welcome to the forum :)

That won't work. The HD4890 ist sligthly different from the HD4870. An old HD4870 block will not fit on a HD4890 card, but the new HD4890 blocks are also downwards compatible to the HD4870 cards.

jamesjeans

Unregistered

Thursday, July 9th 2009, 11:57am

There is a some certain differences in new 4890 and the older 4870. But new 4890 has down ward compatibity and can be used with 4870 card but not vice versa.

Top_Nurse

Senior Member

Monday, July 20th 2009, 11:09pm

Quoted from "Shoggy"

but the new HD4890 blocks are also downwards compatible to the HD4870 cards.


Hi Shoggy...

So will the new blocks fit my Asus 4870 (Dark Knight series) with the 1Gb of ram?

Shoggy

Sven - Admin

Tuesday, July 21st 2009, 12:02am

Your card must have one of these layouts:



Otherwise it will not work. There are too many different layouts to say for sure if card X will work.

nickadams123

Unregistered

Tuesday, July 21st 2009, 12:27pm

I think you can't use 4890 with 4870. However, HD4890 is compatible with 4870.

b0nez

God

Tuesday, July 21st 2009, 12:37pm

Belive Shoggy, the 4890 Block is downwards compatible to the 4870 as long as the Layout is correct.
:rolleyes:

jamesmilner

Unregistered

Monday, August 3rd 2009, 7:03am

Hey 1komling

I don't think that it will work for you as 4890 is the latest model with quite new features so 4870 waterblock would not work on 4890

Top_Nurse

Senior Member

Tuesday, August 4th 2009, 9:08am

So will this layout be good or not? If not, would I be able to either mod it with a dremel or a Bridgeport mill without going into the water channels?





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