What will an Extra $70 Get You? Radeon HD 4890 vs. Radeon HD 4870 1GB

The short answer is more performance. We see across the board improvement in performance from the highly clocked 4890. In some games the improvement is large while in others it is just a nice perk. But moving up to this price point we do still have diminishing returns. This isn't as significant as it is up above $300, but it's still a big price gap to cover for the gain. Only individual gamers can really decided whether they would benefit from the added performance enough.

The New $250 Price Point: Radeon HD 4890 vs. GeForce GTX 275 Another Look at the $180 Price Point: 260 core 216 vs. 4870 1GB
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  • lk7900 - Monday, April 27, 2009 - link


    Can you please die? Prefearbly by getting crushed to death, or by getting your face cut to shreds with a
    pocketknife.

    I hope that you get curb-stomped, f ucking retard

    Shut the *beep* up f aggot, before you get your face bashed in and cut
    to ribbons, and your throat slit.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGt3lpxyo1U">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGt3lpxyo1U

    I wish you a truly painful, bloody, gory, and agonizing death, *beep*
  • Veteran - Thursday, April 2, 2009 - link

    BTW. 4890 is not a rebadge or something, it is an improved core (check xbitlabs), it has 3M more pixels and about 22 sqmm more diesize
  • Veteran - Thursday, April 2, 2009 - link

    pixels should be transistors offcourse.....
  • GamerBad - Thursday, August 5, 2010 - link

    I am not sure what all the conversation here is about.
    I will tell you a bit my graphics card.
    First,
    I am an GeForce man through and through. I will tell you why.
    I have never purchased a GeForce card that was faulty. Luck?
    My current computer is running all Asus. Twin Ati Radeon 4890's ...
    and so far.. I am on my third replacement graphics card. The first one had memory problems. Second was doa... third.. well.. this one overheats and crashes.
    The Radeon may be better than the GeForce when it works. I really dont notice a difference.
    So to me.. it is quality of craftsmanship that makes the difference.
    Currently I am very unhappy with Radeon becuase I build my new system for this graphics setup. My Asus mother board dosent support dual GeForce only Radeon.
    It seems I am stuck sending my graphics cards back and praying eventually I will get one that is not a lemon.

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