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Currently have a 4890 - looking to trade up to 58**

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thedelph   11-14-2009 at 10:22:18 PM

I currently have a 4890, and am looking to purchase a 58** for its dx 11 support.

is the 5850 a decent trade-up?

Can someone recommend which one to trade up to?

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Bronze Graphics badge coozie7   11-14-2009 at 10:42:54 PM
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Check the reviews, but right now, I'd say hold off for a while, availabilty is very poor, which is keeping prices high.

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enzo matrix   11-14-2009 at 10:50:21 PM
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Anything below a 5850 won't outperform your current card. Even the 5850 won't outperform it by much. And I agree, hold off. Right now, almost nothing uses DX11 and it will be a while before games really start using it.

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Bronze Graphics badge brockh   11-14-2009 at 10:54:13 PM
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The HD 5850 will outperform the HD 4890 nicely, but it will be hard to find one in stock. Personally at this point in time I would almost recommend just adding another HD 4890.

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megamanx00   11-14-2009 at 11:18:05 PM
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You're better off adding another 4890 to run them in CF. Sure a 5850 would be a pretty decent trade up, but availability is pretty bad, two 4890s would generally be faster, and it will be a while before you need DX11 by which time availability of DX11 cards should be much better.

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Bronze Graphics badge brockh   11-14-2009 at 11:21:56 PM
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megamanx00 wrote :

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You're better off adding another 4890 to run them in CF. Sure a 5850 would be a pretty decent trade up, but availability is pretty bad, two 4890s would generally be faster, and it will be a while before you need DX11 by which time availability of DX11 cards should be much better.



Two 4890s are loads faster than a single HD 5850. The thread I linked to compares them against the HD 5870. We do need to keep in mind he may not have a CrossFire capable motherboard or good enough power supply however, in which case the 5850 is his next logical option regardless.


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