well actually its possible indeed cuz the drivers arent in much favor to crossfire in most games so a single 4890 might be able to beat it pretty easy unless the catalyst drivers are perfected... till then my theory is tht a single 4890 can keep up to a 4850x2 or crossfire and might even beat it... as amd says that its not gonna be in the 49xx series rather its gonna be 48xx then i think they are gonna produce a 49xx graphic card too.. Thts wat i think. and as for te benchmarks the radeon 4890 gonna have better hardware so raising clocks on a 4870 dosent matter cuz its got old hardware. as for the prices they are gonna drop tillapril so a single 4890 for 199-249 is possible... AND THTS MY THEORY