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$250...4890 or 4850 X2?

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This is the question, i already have a 4580 but dont have an xfire mobo and dont wanna buy one till i upgrade to core i7 so which should i get? i play at 1920x1080.

And before you say new cards are coming ino but i dont wanna wait, thanks.
 

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If you play games that scale well with crossfire, the 4850x2 is the best choice, if they don't scale well then the 4890.
 
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You said it yourself, you don't want to buy a new board till i7, so it's either buy i7 + another 4850 or sell the current 4850 and buy a 4890. There's really not an option here.
 
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Are you talking about a 4890 vs the Sapphire 4850 X2 card or 4890 vs 2x4850 Crossfired?
If it's the Sapphire 4850 X2, I think you'd rather go with the 4890, I've heard plenty complaint about instability on the X2.
 

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yea the sapphire x2 not 2 4850's, but thanks for the help, ima get 4890 then
 
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4890 is the best choice. Micro stutter is bad enough as it is without throwing anouther GPU into the mix.
 

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4890 is the best choice. Micro stutter is bad enough as it is without throwing anouther GPU into the mix.

Umm this micro stutter i'm yet to see lol.

To the OP maybe you should wait like some other say as the 58xx range be here soon and the prices will drop at least. Win win..
 
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Umm this micro stutter i'm yet to see lol.

It happens with multiple GPU scaling. With ATi its the worst from my experience. But its still there with Nvidia multi GPU configs too. Your specs say nothing about Crossfire so I assume you thought I was talking about a single card?

I said "another gpu" in regards to the 4850x2 option with his current hardware.

To the OP maybe you should wait like some other say as the 58xx range be here soon and the prices will drop at least. Win win..


He disregarded that idea in his first post. But I do agree with that proposal being one of his better choices at this point.
 

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It happens with multiple GPU scaling. With ATi its the worst from my experience. But its still there with Nvidia multi GPU configs too. Your specs say nothing about Crossfire so I assume you thought I was talking about a single card?

I said "another gpu" in regards to the 4850x2 option with his current hardware.




He disregarded that idea in his first post. But I do agree with that proposal being one of his better choices at this point.

Just sounded like you were saying it happens with single card to.. I's early here was not thinking that you were on about the 4850x2 lol.

To the OP depending on what games you play you will not be able max all game out at that res. It does a good job but cannot stop thinking that the 58xx range will do a much better job of it.


Yep he did but that don't mean more people should not suggest it still as it is a GOOD idea. Only reason i got a 4890 was due to my 2900XT blowing up. Now i gotta sweet talk the wife all the way to Feb time as that be the next time i be able to get one lol.
 
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I'd go for the single 4890, oh and btw microstuttering doesn't just affect multi gpu setups, i get it in Vista x64 on COD4, its easily solved by enabling dual video cards in the graphics options tho, still kind of weird.
 
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