Budget Upgrade from 4890 CF

guitarfreaknation · Feb 18, 2013

So, I might be in a market to upgrage my GPUs and I am looking for a budget replacement that would give me better performance (obviously) and better power consumption/less heat. Preferably a single-card setup. Although if I can find 2 decent cards to SLI or CF, that would work.

Also, what would one be able to get for 2x used 4890s these days?

[Ion] · Feb 18, 2013

What's your budget? I figure you should be able to get $75 for the pair of $45 each no problem.

A HD7850 or HD7870 (Tahiti LE preferred) would be a solid improvement for far less power. The GTX660 is also good :toast:

guitarfreaknation · Feb 18, 2013

[Ion] said:
What's your budget? I figure you should be able to get $75 for the pair of $45 each no problem.

A HD7850 or HD7870 (Tahiti LE preferred) would be a solid improvement for far less power. The GTX660 is also good

I don't really know what I want to spend ATM, since I just put in $400+ into i7+Z77 setup. BUT, I might be able to go up to $300-$350. Thank for your suggestions. The last time I owned an Nvidia card was when I had 9800GTX, how fun is PhysX? Also does it reduce performance drastically when used?

[Ion] · Feb 18, 2013

guitarfreaknation said:
I don't really know what I want to spend ATM, since I just put in $400+ into i7+Z77 setup. BUT, I might be able to go up to $300-$350. Thank for your suggestions. The last time I owned an Nvidia card was when I had 9800GTX, how fun is PhysX? Also does it reduce performance drastically when used?

If you can go for $300+ that's hardly a mid-range card IMO---you should easily be able to land a GTX660TI or HD7970--maybe a GTX670.

EDIT: I've never used PhysX, so I can't comment on that.

Geofrancis · Feb 19, 2013

If your on a budget check out eBay for the previous gen high end stuff I got a hd5970 dual core card for £150 ~ $230 us and it was £600 new! Before that I got a 4870x2 for £100! So if you want performance on a budget it's the way to go.

BiggieShady · Feb 19, 2013

guitarfreaknation said:
how fun is PhysX? Also does it reduce performance drastically when used?

PhysX is fun in Borderlands 2, subtle in Arkham City, performance killer in Mafia 2 and Alice, useless everywhere else.

Dent1 · Feb 19, 2013

guitarfreaknation said:
how fun is PhysX? Also does it reduce performance drastically when used?

Not very fun. Physx as a trademark and technology is pretty much dead. Virtually no games support it. I wouldnt make a purchase based on it, shouldn't even be an afterthought.

ThE_MaD_ShOt · Feb 21, 2013

I'd say a 7950 which will give you great performance for the dollar on a single gpu setup. And you can always crossfire later if you want.

brandonwh64 · Feb 21, 2013

660ti@!

Jack1n · Feb 21, 2013

A 7950 will be able to max any thing at your current resolution,if you dont want to spend that much a non-ti 660 is a solid performer.

guitarfreaknation · Feb 21, 2013

brandonwh64 said:
660ti@!

http://sacramento.craigslist.org/sys/3629363887.html

Is it me or is that a pretty decent price?

What you guys think?

[Ion] · Feb 21, 2013

guitarfreaknation said:
http://sacramento.craigslist.org/sys/3629363887.html

Is it me or is that a pretty decent price?

What you guys think?

The box and card don't say TI on them so I'm suspicious--but if it's a TI, yes, a very solid deal IMO :toast:

guitarfreaknation · Feb 21, 2013

[Ion] said:
The box and card don't say TI on them so I'm suspicious--but if it's a TI, yes, a very solid deal IMO

Wow, good eye. Yeah I don't think this is a Ti because if you look at the Ti box it clearly says that.

EDIT: OR, maybe he just used the image he got on the internet and messed up with the edition

guitarfreaknation · Feb 23, 2013

I am lost atm. Still not sure if I should grab the EVGA 660ti SC off craigslist or just buy a new one, OR grab the 670 off the tpu forums.

claylomax · Feb 23, 2013

Dent1 said:
Physx as a trademark and technology is pretty much dead

That is so true; been saying for ages.

MT Alex · Feb 24, 2013

guitarfreaknation said:
I am lost atm. Still not sure if I should grab the EVGA 660ti SC off craigslist or just buy a new one, OR grab the 670 off the tpu forums.

If it is the 670 from Soylent Joe, I'm sure it's in immaculate condition and rest assured he's a top notch seller. I wish I was getting it.

a_ump · Feb 24, 2013

depending on the price you could probably get some of my money for one of those HD 4890's. if you do decide to sell them, be a kind man and put them up on TPU

1nf3rn0x · Feb 24, 2013

guitarfreaknation said:
I am lost atm. Still not sure if I should grab the EVGA 660ti SC off craigslist or just buy a new one, OR grab the 670 off the tpu forums.

You will know the cards been taken care of

guitarfreaknation · Feb 24, 2013

a_ump said:
depending on the price you could probably get some of my money for one of those HD 4890's. if you do decide to sell them, be a kind man and put them up on TPU

I would love to get rid of both, but who knows. There is a good chance they will end up on TPU after I upgrade. :toast:

guitarfreaknation · Feb 24, 2013

Decided to go with Silent Joes 670. :rockout:

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