Very nice article as always! :)

GTX275 and 4890 is really evenly matched in every different way(Price, performance, overclocking performance etc) except for the fact that 4890 can be used with the 19$ Accelero S1:

http://translate.google.com/translate?p...mp;sl=sv&tl=en&history_state0=

, which makes it totally quiet and cool. Just watch those VRM-temperatures and you will be just fine!

This is the main reason why I chosed the 4890 over GTX275, and the fact that I had a CF-compatible motherboard.

By the way, why didnt you include the 4890 (1\1.2)GHz idle power draw? Or is it just a little type-o? :)

Request: GTX275 SLI vs 4890 CF (And overclocking bonanza! :)))))

\walp

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thanks for the feedback ... but I'm not touching overclocked SLI and CF ... ugh!

I didn't include the 4890 1/1.2 in idle power because it is redundant as it doesn't affect idle power. and came in at the same idle power as the other two. I wanted to save on graph space where i could because there was so much data -- plus we already covered that in the 4890 overclocking article. Sorry if I dropped too much out.




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Hmm, mkay.
Was just confused by the fact that the sligthly overclocked 4890 wanted less juice than the original version in idle.
Maybe due to better VRM\mosfet underclocking or whatever. :)

At least do GTX275 SLI vs. 4890 CF, (and while doing that, just overclock them slightly, plz ;)
I have my finger on the 'ordering-another-4890-button', but wont buy another until anandtech.com reviews 4890 CF!

\walp

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Better be careful - from their 4890 extravaganza overclock article they did first and used the results in this comparison against nvidia:
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" We absolutely must caution our readers once again that these are not off-the-shelf retail parts. These are parts sent directly to us from manufacturers and could very likely have a higher overclocking potential than retail parts. "
YES WE KNOW - NOW YOU'VE TRANSFERRED YOUR RESULTS HERE AGAINST A 703 CORE THAT IS LOWER THAN THE FTW EVGA GTX275 you can but stock faster!
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You had BETTER look at a few other places that aren't so GD biased it's built in - and Derek is insanely red rooster fan boyed, and hates Nvidia, obviously, like so many little cluckers here for over a year now.-
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Jeepers- a special 4890 up against non overclocked gtx275 in the 4890 article, then transfer the special results here, and put NOT a regular clocked 4890 as in the other article to be half fair - but jam the massive results in from the special cards they got...
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I'm mean you really can't screw it up much worse than that.
They did their best red rooster bias blab possible, I'll say that much for em, and covered it up as best they could.


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" Given the performance and pricing of Phenom II and the upcoming Radeon 5000 series, if AMD does not pull into black [records a profit] and achieves great sales success, we don't know what needs to happen in order for AMD to actually earn some serious money. "
LOL
Will ATI ever make a profit ? We keep hearing how smart they are and how they can really make money while NVidia's monster vore costs nvidia so much ! LOL
Awwww- poor ati can't make dime one while nvidia keeps posting profits...
http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/20...-has-the-smallest-directx-11-chip.aspx
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Any red roosters gonna stop crowing about smaller gpu cores and their savings for ATI who loses money every single quarter, anytime soon ?
Probably NOT - they're so smart, so wise about making gpu's.



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Not only does the gtx275 beat the 4890, but the gtx260 beats the 4870 !
http://www.techspot.com/review/164-radeon-4890-vs-geforce-gtx275/page3.html
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Oh gee, I guess I should follow dereks chart instead... ( GAG ! )

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Yes the gtx 275 wins even in overclocking... i wonder what went wrong with dereks tests...( no i don't !)
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http://www.techspot.com/review/164-radeon-4890-vs-geforce-gtx275/page9.html

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Evenly matched? The 4890 OCed beats the GTX275 OCed in almost all benchmarks and wins considerably in every game at the resolution that I play at: 1680x1050. It also uses substantially less power and costs less than $200 (eg. ewiz deal at $160, newegg deal at $180), whereas the GTX275 still costs upwards of $220.

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I have to agree...

vote me down if you like, but the way this article is worded just reinforces the commonly held assumption that anandtech is biased towards intel/nvidia.



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Except that the GTX 275 OC had a very moderate overclock compared to the greater overclock on the HD 4890.

I don't see how Anandtech only got 700mhz out of the core.

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