AMD Radeon HD 4890 CrossFire

eidairaman1 · Apr 2, 2009

Bus Width is what tells it.

btarunr · Apr 2, 2009

No, GTX 295 is 2x275GTX.

GandalfNYC · Apr 2, 2009

It's neither, actually... my guess would be that btarunr is correct, though I have not researched the specs on the 275GTX.
I suppose my GTX 285 @ 747/1581/2664 will have to suffice for now.

It's nice to see that AMD continues to release high quality, reasonably priced graphics cards. This can only be good for the consumer!

This is my first post here, and I'm sure it has not impressed anyone but I gotta start somewhere, right??

And yes, if you recognize me from my fame on another non-related site, it's really me and not some numbnut impersonator.

BrooksyX · Apr 2, 2009

Sweet review. Thanks.

btarunr · Apr 2, 2009

Guys, each digg saves a kitten: http://digg.com/hardware/techPowerUp_AMD_Radeon_HD_4890_CrossFire_Review

GandalfNYC · Apr 2, 2009

btarunr said:

Done, I registered and clicked "digg" as you requested.
I would like to encourage others to do the same.

Now, how about welcoming me to this site?

RomeoX47 · Apr 2, 2009

W1zzard
really thanks for this amazing work test over 4890 CF :toast:

GandalfNYC · Apr 2, 2009

btarunr said:

GandalfNYC said:

Looks like my encouragement was enough for 3 others to do the same... still waiting for a proper welcome! :ohwell:

Studabaker · Apr 2, 2009

I Digged it.

RomeoX47 · Apr 2, 2009

I Digged it too im the 7th digg lol lucky number , i I Should Be So Luckyl lucky lucky lucky , lol 80 years kyllie Minogue song :pimp:

Troubled · Apr 2, 2009

I would love to see AMD come out with a Quad Core GPU...that would be great....then be able to CF them....*DROOL*...Just think about having 16 Graphics Processing Cores (4 Cards with 4 Cores each)...

random · Apr 2, 2009

wow! that's awesome, I knew ATI would make a come back! from the benchmarks it looks like it competes with the gtx285 and not any lower. It actually beat gtx295 in crossfire, can't wait to see 4890x2, lots of people saying it wouldn't be much of an improvement from the 4870.... well now I see why the 4870 dropped in price so much cause this looks like a new possible crown holder.

hooj · Apr 2, 2009

Awesome review !

Scrizz · Apr 2, 2009

must sell 4850s

mdm-adph · Apr 2, 2009

Anybody know where 2xGTX285's would score on that list? Probably about equal to the 2x4890's?

Salsoolo · Apr 2, 2009

to tpu
you newer games for the bench.

HolyCow02 · Apr 2, 2009

holy crossfire beatdown on the 295. Damn those things scale pretty well! Great review!

ChaoticAtmosphere · Apr 2, 2009

btarunr said:

I saved a kitten!

ChaoticAtmosphere · Apr 2, 2009

GandalfNYC said:

Welcome to TPU Gandalf!! I'm sure it's because we're too busy drooling over the new 4890!!

DarkMatter · Apr 2, 2009

Why doesn't power managemant work in CrossFire? Man 308w in idle is just way too much. So much that Wizz had to have added at least 3-6 months of 100w electricity bill to calculate the perf/price. :laugh:

Xphobe · Apr 2, 2009

Great review, but I would LOVE to see a maxed OCed 4890 vs an OCed GTX 275. I wonder who would really be the winner then?

erocker · Apr 2, 2009

GandalfNYC said:

The white wizzard of NYC approaches! Welcome to TPU! :toast:

I digg as much as possible and generally am the first to digg reviews here. Not only does it save kittens but it keeps sheep fed too!

zithe · Apr 2, 2009

WOW. It really showed an increase over the 295 and 4870x2. I wonder if the 5850 will be to the 4870x2 like the 4850 is to the 3870x2. That'd be a nice jump.

Rabidpeanut · Apr 2, 2009

Man, this sucks soooooooooo hard, crossfire for the hd4870 in crysis hardly even scales at all, in fact i get a loss of 1 frame/s. ATI make my heart heavy. I specifically bought the damn things in crossfire so that i WOULD get a playable framerate specifically in CRYSIS. Gay. Very very very gay. I am even considering going vista 64 so i can use catalyst 9.3 for the 9.2 crossfire gain in crysis warhead.

Drizzt5 · Apr 2, 2009

Did you try the tricks and tweaks to get crossfire to scale well with crysis? There out there somewhere (console commands, maybe renaming the exe, stuff like that... I may look into it). And a loss of 1 frame? It scales decent enough for me... I get a few more fps out of my 2nd 4850... sometimes 2-5 fps more, sometimes even 10. But in other games I get much much more.

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