CF 4870 or 4890?

[Ironman01]

This is the set up I plan to purchase with plans to buy another 4890 in another month or 2....but if I went CF 4870 would it be almost as good? Because they are alot cheaper....like 160 for the sapphire one 1GB....What do you guys think?

Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822136284 $94.99

LG DVD Burner
Black SATA Model
OCZ StealthXStream OCZ700SXS 700W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.248328 108.98 (before 25$ mir)

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
SAPPHIRE Vapor-X 100269VXLE Radeon HD 4890 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP ready CF ready
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.256476 $269.98 (before 20$ mir)

Intel Core i5-750 Lynnfield 2.66GHz LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core
ASUS P7P55D EVO LGA 1156 Intel P55 ATX Intel Motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.259877 359.98

COOLER MASTER RC-690-KKN1-GP Black SECC/ ABS ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
COOLER MASTER Intel Core i5 & Intel Core i7 compatible RR-B10-212P-GP 120mm "heatpipe direct contact" Long life sleeve CPU Cooler
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.259675 89.98

 

[SpidersWeb]

My thoughts would be to buy a single 5850.
If you needed more graphics power after that, then later you can add a 2nd 5850.
They use less power too, so your 700W OCZ will be fine for a crossfire setup later on.

 

[Ironman01]

My thoughts would be to buy a single 5850.
If you needed more graphics power after that, then later you can add a 2nd 5850.
They use less power too, so your 700W OCZ will be fine for a crossfire setup later on.

Good point, the 5850 isnt that expensive i guess in 260, I just need to shuffle my set up then