Considering replacing 4870x2 QuadFire

[EQPlayer]

I've been eyeing those new Sapphire Vapor-X 4890's that just popped up on Newegg:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102841

I was thinking a pair of these overclocked to 1GHz might be a better option for me, especially considering how much more powerful it'd be running games that don't support CrossFire, such as WoW. Thoughts?

 

[TonCharr28]

You should be fine with your current setup... the dual-4890 setup is honestly too much for your displays.

 

[EQPlayer]

You should be fine with your current setup... the dual-4890 setup is honestly too much for your displays.

Wut? 4870x2 QuadFire is theoretically more powerful than dual 4890's... not less.

 

[matm1234]

K first of all you guys need to read his post more carefully.. Although i do somewhat agree. You are theortically better off just sticking with what you have. 1 4870x2 Card is alot more powerful then a 4890. Now 4870x2 is esseintially 2 4870's combined. And you are right that some games dont go so well with crossfire/sli but most newer games are getting there. Plus if your worried about WoW i got news for you. You are already like killing the game graphics wise with a 4870x2 pair. You wont see that great deal of a preformance if you switched over. Although the 4890 pair looks tempting your gunna be dissapointed when you get rid of your two 4870x2's and find out a month later that all those sweet new games you want run like 40 times better on them then your 4890's. Good luck

 

[EQPlayer]

The thing about WoW is that while I may have a pair of 4870x2's, realistically it's only running on one of the cores on one of the cards. So basically in that game I'd be going from a stock-clocked 4870 to a 1GHz 4890.

On the other hand, even in games which do take advantage of CrossFire, a Phenom II doesn't do the best job pushing dual 4870x2's, imo... I think it'd be better suited to the pair of 4890's.