4850 X2 vs. 4870 crossfire vs. 4870 X2 vs. 4890 crossfire

[krjcook]

I need help choosing between these configurations. Each one has 2GB of ram. Which is faster? Which is the best bang for your buck?

 

[belial2k]

need more info...what resolution? what budget? what cpu? what psu?

 

[jonpaul37]

i would say 4890 crossfire, it will serve you well, but for kicks, post the rest of what you have including monitor...

 

[QuiddlerX]

Depends what you want to play? Crysis, WOW, doom 2? Its all relative to what you intend to use those graphics cards for. 2 4850s are on par with one 4890, but you can get a 4890 for less with rebates now.

 

[belial2k]

actually 2 x 4850 is surprisingly powerful. Most benchmarks put it as slightly outperforming a gtx285, so you can expect them to perform much better than a single 4890

 

[yellosnowman]

if budget isn't affecting you
get a hd4890 crossfire =P
you won't be dissapointed

P.S try to get the ones with non reference coolers like mine
http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=2bgXQ8xJkV4odiKM&templete=2
its sexy

 

[leon2006]

4890 crossfire is the way to go....

 

[yellosnowman]

4890 crossfire is the way to go....

HD4890 crossfire ftw

 

[Kl2amer]

unhOLY tHREaD rEvIVAL!

 

[belial2k]

Funny thing is the OP never came back to give us the needed info so we could make an informed recommendation. And the original question is kind of unclear. Everyone knows 4890 in crossfire will outperform 4870 in crossfire, but if you throw value into the mix, the 4870s are a far better value, since you can get two for slightly more than the cost of one 4890. So now the thread has been taken over by the obvious posts of 4890 in crossfire is the best performance.

 

[_orbital_]

wait and go for 5870...