ATI Radeon HD 4890: Playing To Win Or Played Again?
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Benchmark Results: Left 4 Dead
All of the tested cards have enough muscle to plow through Left 4 Dead, even at 2560x1600, and the Radeon HD 4890’s advantage over the Radeon HD 4870 remains fairly constant. Interestingly, the 512 MB board is able to outperform the 1 GB model at the two lowest resolutions and match it in the highest setting. Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 hangs right with that 1 GB HD 4870 as well.
The Radeon HD 4870 X2 remains CPU-limited at the two lowest resolutions, but all of the other cards scale more clearly when AA and AF are turned on. 10%. 10%. 10%. You get about 10% more speed for a 30-40% jump in price.
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eklipz330 i usually don't bitch and moan about them not having enough test gpu's, but i'd really like to see that sapphire 2gb 4870 up there, seeing how its in the same price range as the 4890...Reply
any of these cards would suffice for me, 1680*1050 does save you a pretty penny -
ravenware http://firingsquad.com/hardware/ati_radeon_4890_nvidia_geforce_gtx_275/page4.aspReply
It seems to overclock well and outpaces the 275.
The stalker results seem odd from both review sites. But stalker is glitchy.
If priced right this should be a decent addition to the 4x series.
It holds its own against the 275 and in certain games the 285.
Perhaps sapphire will release a dual card.
The 4850x2 they released performed extremely well.
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megamanx00 The 4850X2 is absent to compare to I see. Still nice to finally see a review of this thing. Nice gains over the 4870.Reply -
eklipz330 Stalker: Clear Sky benchmarks are fairly new in our graphics card reviews, even if the game itself isn’t particularly fresh.Let us know what you think of this one in the comments section. At the very least, it’s a beautiful looking game.
any benchmark is welcome i suppose
too bad price goes up exponentially for minimal improvements... the 4890 will be about %50 more than the 4870 -
cangelini Both the 2 GB card and the 4850 X2 are exclusive to Sapphire, and neither has been sent over. Nevertheless, we'll be following up with SLI/CrossFire scores in the near future and I'll see if either of those two solutions might be lined up for that story.Reply -
eklipz330 cangelini, you are the man.Reply
just thought i'd let you know. this article was very well written, and you said everything i was thinking including the pricing. too bad you have to go to the other article to refer to gtx275 comparisons. regardless of that, gj -
cangelini Thanks Ek. Truth be told, both companies pulled their launches in, allowing about a week to get the testing/writing done. Usually that's pretty tight for one new launch. Two is a little rougher. But hopefully there was enough cross-linking between the pair to convey the right messages.Reply -
ifko_pifko I'll post it here as well as in the GTX275 review:Reply
Summing all the framerates is just nonsense. ;-) The games with higher fps will weigh more than the others.