Which Card @ 1920x1080?

[invisik]

Well i no the 4890 is faster but not much faster. Plus the 4870 cost a whole lot less!
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[efeat]

I would go with this card.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121288
overclocked version so i would imagine putting up a fight against the 4890.

That's a solid card, but for 1920x1080 the 1 GB would probably be best. Turning on AA/AF and using high quality textures can get you really close to maxing out all 512 MB, and it's only going to get worse as games advance. Of course, if the OP doesn't really use those, then that card's a fantastic choice.

 

[invisik]

Yes i would agree if you play intensive new games with all the eye candy at high resolution then get the 1gig card.

 

[colddevil324]

it all depends on what ur planning to do with the card that u buy.

the hd4890 kills the 260 in all the benchmarks anyways, but the diff is slight even if it is like 10% ur not going to notice the difference

 

[mexpedip]

I have found some additional reviews of the GTX275/HD4890 and each one seems to show a bigger gap between the two cards with the GTX275 winning most benchmark results. If you are part of folding@home then the gap is tremendously in favor of the nividia cards.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Inno3D/GeForce_GTX_275_OC/

 

[Axeon]

I am truly sorry everyone my sincere apologies, i thought he was talking about that 4870 lol. If it is the 4890 then that 260 has no match against it. LOL, me "Get the Nvidia card, for gaming its better" = MAJOR FAIL!!!!! LOL

 

[N890]

Can someone please explain the flaws in this statement, I refuse from this point forward to acknowledge this idiot. The 4890 is better so if you want to go longer without buying a new video card go with that. If you don't mind upgrading sooner, go with the cheaper card.

What a DICK!! 😉

 

[Guest]

Agreed dude, what a douchebag.

 

[bwj90]

The basic question is "what's better for 1920x1080". Well, in my honest opionion (no fanboyism here) I'd recommend the Ati 4890, not only for it's increased performance, but also for it's amount of ram. It's only a little more then 100 MB over Nvidia's 260, but that might make the difference in more demanding games, like for example GTA IV.

And indeed, IF the price on the 275 drops, lets say below $250, then it's hard not to recommend that, seeing as quite a bit better then the 4890.

 

[Axeon]

That's true the 4890 is better for that res. Unless of course you were going higher like the GTX275 or 285.

 

[bwj90]

the 285 would be way over raybo's budget, I guess, so the only thing I still have to say is: go for the 4890, and IF the GTX275 drops in price, consider that as well, they're mostly on par really.