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I have 250-300 dollars and was wondering if there was anything I could buy for that price that would beat a HD 4890.
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Best uprade from a HD 4890
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Get a ATI 5850. If you overclock really high you can beat a 5870. Look up the MSI Twin Frozr 2 model 5850.
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GTX 470 or you can save up a little bit more and wait till the new gpu offerings, since the 4890 is still an excellent card.
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Im wanting to stick with Nvidia for personal reasons, What about this - http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...?EdpNo=6594578&csid=ITD&body=MAIN#detailspecs
Has a lifetime warrenty, How well would that stack up with the 5850?
Has a lifetime warrenty, How well would that stack up with the 5850?
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At stock speeds that will beat a 5850. The only advantage the 5850 has over the 470 is that is overclocks like a mad-man, other than that clock for clock the 470 is better.
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If you want to get a GTX 470, here is probably the best GTX 470 you can get http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...C-Froogle-_-Video+Cards-_-GIGABYTE-_-14125338. The cooler is insane but also, the PCB is different so even at a 100mhz overclock vs. stock, it uses less power than a reference GTX 470. It is though $350 but will perform very comparably to a GTX 480 if pushed even farther.
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Eh thats a little pricey, What about the 460's? Do they compare to a HD 4890? I might save for that Gigabyte card but I want to see if there is anything out there that has the same performance for a lesser price, Also needs to fit inside a Coolermaster Storm Scout case.
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From a 4890, a GTX 460 won't give you that much more performance. If you go for a GTX 470 you would definitely feel it. I don't think spending over $200 for a new card that will give you little bit more performance is worth it. With a 470 like I showed you, you would feel more of a difference. Down the road when you want to maybe SLI, the 470's will definitely be a lot more future proof then a pair of gtx 460's. There are cheaper GTX 470's like this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133341. Now what makes the Gigabyte better is that is uses much less power and overclocks farther with better cooling but the price on this card is unbeatable. Might wanna grab two if you can.
Not worth that 50$ in this case 
... I would go for this PNY that is reference but will oc almost the same as gigabyte ( or you are planning to use sub 0 cooling ), evga is reference too only nice superclocked label.
... ah and I sold my bro HD4890 to buy GTX470
... I would go for this PNY that is reference but will oc almost the same as gigabyte ( or you are planning to use sub 0 cooling ), evga is reference too only nice superclocked label.... ah and I sold my bro HD4890 to buy GTX470
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Why not just crossfire the 4890 you have now and save some cash. That should last you until nvidia comes out with their new line and go from there? I mean the 4890 is still a decent card.
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Thank you for using my recommendation!! Hope all goes well. When you get it, tell us how it goes.
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How high can you overclock it? Or are you just fine on how it is? Well right now the 6870 looks to be the hottest card right now. It's in between a 5850 and a 5870 but only $240.
