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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  • tamalero - Thursday, April 9, 2009 - link

    the 270 is a 285 nerf, so what?

    your point is?
  • SiliconDoc - Thursday, April 23, 2009 - link

    The other point is, when you've been whining about nvidia having a giant brute force core that costs too much to make, and how that gives ati a huge price and profit advantage ( even though ati has been losing a billion a year) , that when ati make a larger core and moer expensive breadboard and cooler setup standard for their rebrand, you point out the greater expense, in order to at least appear fair, and not be a red raging rooster rooter.
    Got it there bub ?
    Sure hope so.
    Next time I'll have to start charging you for tutoring and reading comprehension lessens.
  • SiliconDoc - Thursday, April 23, 2009 - link

    Uh, for you, the mentally handicapped, the point is since ati made a rebrand, call it a rebrand, especially when you've been screeching like a 2 year old about nvidia rebrands, otherwise you're a lying sack of red rooster crap, which you apparently are.
    Welcome to the club, dumb dumb.
    I hope that helps with your mental problem, your absolute inability to comprehend the simplest of points. I would like to give you credit and just claim you're being a smart aleck, but it appears you are serious and haven't got clue one. I do feel sorry for you. Must be tough being that stupid.
  • Griswold - Thursday, April 2, 2009 - link

    Just that one "rebadge" comes with 3 million extra transistors; deal with it.
  • SiliconDoc - Monday, April 6, 2009 - link

    " Because they’re so similar, the Radeon 4870 and 4890 can be combined together for mix-and-match CrossFire, just like the 4850 and 4870."

    Yep, that non rebadge. LOL
  • jtleon - Thursday, April 2, 2009 - link

    Visit:

    http://chhosting.org/index.php?topic=24.0">http://chhosting.org/index.php?topic=24.0

    To see AO applied to FEAR. Boris Vorontsov developed the directx mod long ago!
  • SiliconDoc - Monday, April 6, 2009 - link

    Oh sorry, forgot forced SLI profiles, and I don't want to fail to mention something like EVGA's early release NVidia game drivers for games on DAY ONE. lol
    Aww, red rover red rover send the crying red rooster right over.
    Did I mention ati lost a billion bucks two years in a row for amd ?
    No ?
    I guess Dewreck and anand forgot to mention the larger die, and more expensive components on the 790 ati boards will knock down "the profits" for ati. LOL Yeah, awww... we just won't mention cost when ati's goes up - another red rooster sin by omission.
    I ought to face it, there are so many, I can't even keep up anymore.
    They should get ready for NVidia stiffing them again, they certainly deserve it - although it is funny watching anand wince in text as he got addicted to Mirror's Edge - then declared "meh" for nvidia.
    lol - it's so PATHETIC.
  • tamalero - Thursday, April 9, 2009 - link

    what the hell are you talking about?
  • SiliconDoc - Thursday, April 23, 2009 - link

    You proved you can't read and comprehend properly on the former page, where I had to correct you in your attempt to whine at me - so forget it - since you can't read properly ok nummy ?
  • SiliconDoc - Monday, April 6, 2009 - link

    Ahh, thank you very much. lol
    NVIDIA wins again !
    rofl
    I'm sure the ati card buyers will just hate it...but of course they are so happy with their pathetic "only does framerates, formerly in 2560 for wins, now in lesser resolutions for the win"
    It just never ends - Cuda, PhySx, Ambient Occlusion, bababoom, the vReveal, the game presets INCLUDED in the driver, the ability to use your old 8 or 9 Nvidia card for PhysX or Cuda in a xfire board with another NVidia card for main gaming ...
    I know, NONE OF IT MATTERS !
    The red rooster fanbois hate all of that ! They prefer a few extra frames at way above playable framerates in certain resolutions depending on their fanboy perspective of the card release (formerly 2560 now just lower resolutions)- LOL that they cannot even notice unless they are gawking at the yellow fraps number while they get buzzed down in cold blood in the game.
    Ahhh, the sweet taste of victory at every turn.

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