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4890 Or Wait?

dk345

dk345

dk345

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Hey Guys,

I'll be building a new rig in the near future (1-2 months) and seeing as I am an ATI fanboy, was planning on putting one of the new Radeons in for graphics, hopefully seeing a performance increase from my lowly 2900XT.

Basically, what I was wondering is A)Does anyone know when the HD5K series are launched and B) Is it worth me holding off and upgrading once they are released, or just getting a 4890 or 4870??

Thanks for the replies,
 
A) I dont.

B) If you hold off for tech then you basically end up waiting forever. Only if your upgrading and new stuff is days/weeks off release is it worth holding out for. Buy what you can afford as it will be nearing xmas when next gen cards are out.
 
Thanks for the reply.

I was thinking that if the new cards were out around say, August, then I would wait, but I had a feeling it was around Christmas. Guess that's that one sorted then :)
 
there should be 40 nm cards somewhere in end of 2009 q2. but they still will use dx10/10.1 probably more powerful then current ones
 
I would just go for it because new stuff are always coming out. And the 4890 is a very nice card, so you shouldn't have any performance issues for a good while.
 
Thanks everyone,

But i'm probably going to do as Loadsamoney has suggested, the 4870's are a lot cheaper and the Sapphire one seems to have a much better cooler that the ATI reference one the 4890's.
 
dk345 said:
Thanks everyone,

But i'm probably going to do as Loadsamoney has suggested, the 4870's are a lot cheaper and the Sapphire one seems to have a much better cooler that the ATI reference one the 4890's.
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The Sapphires a cracker, got one myself, the coolers silent, and temps are very low. :)
 
I wouldn't go for a 4890 when the 4870 1GB and GTX260-216 are so well priced. I'd choose between those two, get 90% of the performance, and pocket the change. :)
 
dk345 said:
I'll be building a new rig in the near future (1-2 months)..
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As he said this (above) I would have picked the best value deal on the day of order, which if right will be around end of may maybe later. Right now I agree the 260, or 4870 is great value but who knows what prices the 4890 might be when he presses the buy button.
 
Th0nt said:
As he said this (above) I would have picked the best value deal on the day of order, which if right will be around end of may maybe later. Right now I agree the 260, or 4870 is great value but who knows what prices the 4890 might be when he presses the buy button.
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If buying from Ocuk then the 1Gb 4870 is the sensible buy, but the 4890 can be found for not far off the same money!:)
 
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