4890 vs 5870 and dose ever of them come close to the gtx285?

Lord Sindore · 14 Oct 2009 at 18:21

hi every one, I have an xfx 4890 and wonted to know if I should keep it and buy a 2nd one so I can set them up in crossfire, or should I sell it and get the new xfx 5870/gtx285?

I also wont to know if the EVGA GTX 285 is better buy for buck then the xfx5870?

cos if it costs about the same then I may as well get the gtx285 if its better then the 5870, however that being said, if the 5870 is better then the gtx285 then I'm going to stick with ati.

I have always had ati graphics cards is it time to move on?

straxusii · 14 Oct 2009 at 18:28

How was your time on the moon?

dmxdex2020 · 14 Oct 2009 at 18:28

the 5870 is better than the gtx 285 i would sell ya 4890 and get a 5870 and oc it alittle to make it even faster.

Stuff · 14 Oct 2009 at 18:30

5870 is the best.

EARNEST · 14 Oct 2009 at 18:31

straxusii said:
How was your time on the moon?

+1 true, but 5850 is a much better investment, since its performance/price ratio owns the 5870's

antran · 14 Oct 2009 at 18:32

crossfire 5850

RavenXXX2 · 14 Oct 2009 at 18:57

285 is EOL, go 5870, it owns the 285 big time.

thebandit · 14 Oct 2009 at 20:38

straxusii said:
How was your time on the moon?

still laughing at this.

Toastor · 14 Oct 2009 at 20:47

thebandit said:
still laughing at this.

Me too.

But, to the OP, the 5870 is currently the best performing card out there. It has the additional benefit of supporting DX11 too. And to top it all off, the power consumption at idle is very low.

GoRedwings19 · 15 Oct 2009 at 00:15

From what I have experienced so far.

The 285 is faster than the 4890 in some games and the others it is not. 5870 is faster than both but my 5870 is no match for crossfired 4890's.

It will be interesting to see how driver maturity will affect the 5870 performance whether it increases it or decreases it.

But I suppose if I had a strict 250-300 budget and wanted a gfx setup that would last me a year or two then I suppose I would go crossfire 4890.

paininlife · 15 Oct 2009 at 01:18

i think OP wanted to say 5850 but he was confused by the Model no. ....lol

paininlife · 15 Oct 2009 at 01:19

straxusii said:
How was your time on the moon?

i call it post of the day

asoxedri · 15 Oct 2009 at 01:35

i would go with the 5870. the word your also looking for is 'want'.

Dinkas · 15 Oct 2009 at 02:40

asoxedri said:
the word your also looking for is 'want'.

Oh the irony -.-

LOAM · 15 Oct 2009 at 10:54

OMG OP did you mean either ? If so congrats that's the first time I've ever seen it spelled "ever"

DAnDan · 15 Oct 2009 at 10:56

LOAM said:
OMG OP did you mean either ? If so congrats that's the first time I've ever seen it spelled "ever"

Don't be too harsh on him, he's obviously younger than 10, so bound to make some mistakes.

zytok · 15 Oct 2009 at 11:42

xfire 4890s will be the fastest option unless xfire 5850/5870 is an option. The 5870 pwns the 285.

Lord Sindore · 16 Oct 2009 at 00:14

thank you for the suggestions, I'm going to go with two 4890's for the time-being, and see what gets released over the next year.

time to change psu, I have a corsair tx 650w psu, what wattage should I go for 750 to run two 4890's, or higher?

edit

I have only two pci-e sockets, so I can't add more gpu's

muppetkiller · 16 Oct 2009 at 00:41

I have crossfire 4850 would it be worth selling and buying 1 5850?
Sorry for coming in on your post op

Owenb · 16 Oct 2009 at 01:12

750watt should be more than enough. 650watt is probably enough unless the rest of your machine is a monster.

muppetkiller: A 4850 is about 50% as fast as a 5850. Given that the average Xfire gain is 50-60% your current setup is between 75-80% as fast as a 5850.