4870 Vs 4890

I was thinking about getting a new video card and saw that ATI released the 4890. My question is, how much better is the 4890 than the 4870? Would it be wise to go with the 4890 over the 4870?

Thanks in advance for the help.

 

10-15% in most cases. More if you're comparing the 512 4870 to the 1GB 4890 in games that are limited by memory.

 

I've had both, would choose the 4890 if possible, especially if you overclock, as they have more headroom, wat resolution do you play on?

 

I was looking to get a 24" monitor for now with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 for now until i can get the money for a 30" monitor.

 

I'd go for a 4890 - but only if you are gonna overclock it.

Or go for a 4870 1GB and OC it to almost match a stock 4890 which'll result in a minimal difference in FPS thus you save money.

I have my 4870 clocked at 815 on core from 750, memory at 1065 from 900 and I'd say it would be about as fast as a stock 4890 (little less FPS but meh).

Depends how much $$ you are willing to spend and what you're going to do with the card.

 

yeh could be an idea to OC the 4870, but I feel if ur comfortable OCing get the 4890, @960/1000 it clearly beats my 4870 that I had at 820/1050

 

You should look out for the XFX 4890 Black edition. It comes with factory clocked 1000MHz (!) Gpu and 4000 Effective memory! Reviewers got these to 1050MHz core without increases in voltage. The 1 GHz factory clocked models use specially selected cores.

 

tru dude, I expect these to be quite expensive though

 

Well having had both cards

the HD4890 seems a lot faster.

 

+1 not even a contest

 

Well you guys remb the op already got 2x 4870s ...


If you can sell both your 4870s at near to the price you paid for them then it might be justifiable, else it isn't.

xfire on a 24" isn't gonna be that much diffrent in terms of performance wether it is 2x 4870s or 2x 4890s, the diffrence will come in if you play on 16x aa, then it will be a huge diffrence, but only b/c of the vram diffrence.

Comparing say 4870 512 vs 4890 from saphire on resolutions at or sub 1680x1050 is gonna be 10-15 fps in diffrence though, wich is noticeable increase, but at 1920x1200 with 4x aa I wouldn't make the change, unless it was free.

 

good point, forgot he had Xfire, though going from a 512 frame buffer to 1GB would make MORE of a difference at higher than 1680x1050 NOT LESS

 

4890 is the best

 

@ Jaeso, the XFX Black Edition isn't that much more expensive than a normal model. 240 euro's in the Netherlands. The card is faster than a stock GTX285 which still costs around 290 - 320 euros!

 

I guess, it's goin for £227 on overclockers here in the UK, but when u compare that with the Asus cards and mine that can be bought at £160-£165, I'm not sure I would take the XFX one, I suppose you do get HAWX free as well, so might be worth it if u have the cash

 

I know. A normal 4890 isn't gauranteed to do 1000 MHz. The black edition is gauranteed to do 1000 MHz core because of Cherry picked cores. If a user doens't really like to OC and wants to go for the fastest card for a certain price, cards like these(or a GTX275 OC/GTX285 OC) are attractive options to them. Personally, the black edition would be a nice card because of the factory clocks, and the price for those clocks. The card still has some OC headroom, so for the OC out there, it wouldn't be a bad choice at all!

 

go on the video cards chart and compare them with the resolution you are gonna play

 

Used to have a 4970 great card, now i have 2 4890 in xfire even a single one you can notice the difference in games like far cry 2 etc.

 

nice setup there with 2x4890s, have u OCed them?

 

Hello, I have a problem with a Gigabyte HD4890 (I changed my EN8800GTX) + 9.5 ATI Catalyst + 9.5 ati driver, the problem is that it raises the OpenGL, not detected Photoshop CS4 or the ATI Tray tools. Can you help me?.