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hi guys i am curently building my new gaming/3dmodeling PC

i hve a intel I7 920, a asus P6T, 12GB A-data XPG ddr3 triple channel ,a 650W power suply and i am looking for the best GPU
the buget for the GPU is around 350$ CAD

i am undecided between a

BFG geforce gtx280 http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicat [...] CatId=3585

and a

HIS hd 4890 turbo http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicat [...] CatId=3669

witch one do u guys recomend
the pc will be used for 3ds max modeling and GTAIV

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The 4890 (like the gtx275) will likely be faster, specially given it is overclocked (it would be touching stock 285 level performance, though not quite).

Try looking at newegg.ca, ncix.com, and canadacomputers.com; they are generally cheeper than tiger in canada, depending on the brand and particular sales at any given time.

how about of i look at the overclocked version of the gtx280

and also witch one would work better whit the
motherboard ASUS P6T
http://www.canadacomputers.com/ind [...] cid=MB.303

the board supports SLI and CrossFireX so later on i will not have problems because of that

i posted the link from tiger because it had the lowes prices for these 2 Video cards

and because the Video cards will be picked up from the store and not online

Reply to wolfdesign1992

Go with the 4890, definitely. Better performer for only a slightly higher cost.

Reply to Jaysin

Why are people recommending a 30 dollar more 4890 when the GTX 280 performs about the same if not better?

Both cards are oced also that only a 900Mhz oc it's not a 1k oc.

Also last time i checked for workstation cards at least 3ds max is a nvidia favored app, at least for the workstation card

Message edited by IzzyCraft on 05-28-2009 at 10:31:02 AM

Reply to IzzyCraft

4890, the 280 is discontinued and if you want to sli later on, you wont find one new. Your choice should be GTX 275/285 or 4890.

Message edited by zipzoomflyhigh on 05-28-2009 at 01:07:37 PM

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Yes that is the only reason why i would go with 4890 it be easier to find a new 4890 a year from now then a gtx280. But i mean if you have no intention of doing so GTX280 cheaper and just, if not more powerful

Message edited by IzzyCraft on 05-29-2009 at 03:09:35 AM

Reply to IzzyCraft

Reasons to go with the Radeon HD 4890:
1. DirectX 10.1 support
2. Lower power consumption than GTX 280
3. Perfected 55nm manufacturing process
4. I said so lol

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