4870 or 4890: Must know now!

AlphaOmegaX

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Thread says it all. Which should I buy?

I need to know before the next 3 hours pass.

The 4870 is 149.99 and the 4890 is 199.99

Both are XFX. Both have 1gb onboard.

I'll be gaming @ 1920x1080. Mainly WoW. I hope to finally play crysis though on my 47".

Powercolor has a 4870 for 124.99 right now. These are my only real options. Thanks guys! If you have a better idea throw it at me.
 

boudy

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Go with the 4890, it will give you better performance at 1920x1080. Even though the 4870 is an extremely good deal.....
 

MadGabZ

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Wouldn't the last 50 bucks be better spent on some proper cooling, then OC the s*** out of the 4870 ? What does the l337 say? :)
1 gb ram is a prerequisite, you got that right! If You REALLY want to let Crysis rip on that resolution, you need two 4870s in Xfire!
 
Where are you, mate? Price and availability vary hugely across the Globe.
If you want to mainly do this for Crysis then the GTX260 is probably a better choice, that game does love Nvidia hardware.
As a general choice, the HD4890 is a bit faster than the 4870 and overclocks better, so +1 for the 4890: Score now 2-1 for the HD4890 but this is only half time.
One word of caution: Check the coolers, a great meny dump their heat into the case and unless you have good/excellent veltilation this can lead to heating issues, both for the card and surrounding componets.

Edit for light sarcasm: Why the rush, man? Relax. They'll be there tomorrow;)
 

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Im not getting this all mainly for crysis :D

I'd just like to play that eventually. As for cooling...3x80's & 2x120's

The rush is because I'm impatient and I want some cool new toys asap >.>?

I'm in the states. I'm just trying to decide whether the extra 50 on a 4890 is really really necessary with the 5xxx series coming out in fall...hopefully.
 

AlphaOmegaX

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Alrighty man. Thanks. this is kinda what I was hoping to hear. I'd buy the Powercolor 512 for 125 but I think the extra memory will make up for it at the higher res :D

 

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But do you think it justifies the extra 50?
that's my real question right now.

The Benchmarks I've found only have it 10% or so faster. I haven't really looked that much but I'm juggling a lot around heh.
 

AlphaOmegaX

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I try not to look at the rebate price. By the time you actually get one you've usually forgotten about it.

Will consider it anyways :)