Upgrading from a Radeon 4890 1gb...

I upgraded fro mthe XFX 4890 1GB to the 6970.

Yes it performs better but not worth the upgrade imo having had both cards I think my opinion should carry some weight.

RE: noise and heat the 4890 was quieter and a little bit cooler - I think it got a bad rep for no reason from my experience.

I would keep the 4890 and wait another 6 months tbph. DX11 won't make any difference to you. Turn down the eye-candy a tiny bit to get constant 60fps in your games and continue for 6months like I say and get next gen.

If you would sell your 4890 then it makes it better price for upgrading but still.....I'd wait.

My 2 pence.

GZA
 
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[WU-TANG]GZA;18434646 said:
I upgraded fro mthe XFX 4890 1GB to the 6970.

Yes it performs better but not worth the upgrade imo having had both cards I think my opinion should carry some weight.

RE: noise and heat the 4890 was quieter and a little bit cooler - I think it got a bad rep for no reason from my experience.

I would keep the 4890 and wait another 6 months tbph. DX11 won't make any difference to you. Turn down the eye-candy a tiny bit to get constant 60fps in your games and continue for 6months like I say and get next gen.

If you would sell your 4890 then it makes it better price for upgrading but still.....I'd wait.

My 2 pence.

GZA
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Thanks for the info, really appreciated. And yes I'm starting to think I should just wait a bit longer. It's just the upgrade bug though, once you start the thought process it's hard to stop lol.
 
My experience is I upgraded an ASUS 4890 to the XFX 6950 (2Gb) a week ago, and have noticed quite a big difference in the two games I play (Arma2 OA and BC2). I can't quantify the improvements but I can certainly crank up the quality settings in Arma2 and am enjoying the better visuals. I got 1 FPS in the 08 benchmark so not a mega step up, and there is still some texture popping and stuttering, but a definite improvement over the 4890 and probably the max I will get without a punchier CPU and disk setup.

I went the 6950 route because I use three screens and I think the 2Gb may be useful in future at high AA settings etc, plus the chance to flash to a 6970 for a boost might go away soon with the newer 1Gb 6960 cards without a dual bios. Lastly, with three screens I can look at Eyefinity off the card as I only have one slot currently, though a move to a Sandy Bridge might be on cards once I see off the kit I have lying around.

cjoh
 
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