Are they worth the price?

[Th_Redman]

I live in Nova Scotia Canada and on our local Kijiji site, there is someone selling 2 ATI Radeon HD 4890 video cards (crossfire setup in his pics) for $115 each (probably could get for $200 for both) and am wondering if you experts feel this is reasonable. Our dollar is actually 2-3 cents higher in value right now than the US dollar. I thank you for any responses.

 

[Griffolion]

What can you get new for a similar price?

 

[wolfram23]

Well it does seem reasonable... but... those cards are now 2 generations old. Who knows if they've been overclocked.

For the price, new, you could get a 6850 or a GTX 460, and for just a bit more a 5850 or 6870.

So the questions I have are... what's your system specs, what resolution monitor do you have, and what type of games do you play/performance do you want?

 

[Th_Redman]

No specs as of yet. Thinking of a build for either myself or to sell once completed. I realize the card is older but they are powerful and in crossfire...well...most games like COD MW2, WOW catatclysm, and even newer should run pretty good.

 

[seanny]

I would get an AMD 6850, well, this it offers alot of room for upgrades if you want to go 3 way X fire and is a great price and amazing performance---http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814141125<><>It also depends on what you are using it for,but over all,those cards the person is selling are dinosaurs.You will need modern technology.

 

[wolfram23]

My thought is that those cards will perform well. Probably better than a 6850 or 460. However, there's no room for upgrade and they also aren't DX11 enabled.

Particularily if you think you'll sell the system, I would probably avoid them. I think it would be easier to sell a system advertising how modern/high tech it is. If I were to build a system to sell with those, I would only do so with lowish end parts. IE: Budget PC.

 

[Th_Redman]

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