4870 vs GTX 260 vs 5770 vs 4890

2009-11-11 05:36:11

#1

[HOF]Mercenary: o_O; +53|6438

I am in the process of building a budget rig (components should be ordered within a couple weeks) and I am not sure which video card is best price to performance. (Other components will be E5200, 4 gigs of G-Skill (800 mhz), other lower end components).

4870:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … -_-Product
GTX 260:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … -_-Product
5770:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … -_-Product
4890:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … -_-Product

It seems to me that the 4890 is clearly the winner, and at 5 bucks more than the 5770, and 5 bucks less then the 260 its the obvious choice. Is this just great pricing? Or is there some pitfall to the 4890.

2009-11-11 06:32:28

#2

Benzin: Member; +576|6258

Get the 4890. http://techreport.com/articles.x/17747/9

2009-11-11 07:37:34

#3

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6674|Finland

Get HD 5770. It is not far from HD 4890 in terms of DX10 performance (HAWX on bugged drivers doesn't tell squat, compare to overall performance).

And HD 5770 runs cooler and quieter, DX11 and needs less power.

3930K | H100i | RIVF | 16GB DDR3 | GTX 480 | AX750 | 800D | 512GB SSD | 3TB HDD | Xonar DX | W8

2009-11-11 09:02:31

#4

GCFC: Davide Santon; +45|6189|NY/CT

GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
5770

Get it

2009-11-11 09:05:02

#5

King_County_Downy: shitfaced; +2,791|6857|Seattle

I just go by the numers. Since 5770 is the highest number listed, that'd be my choice as well GTX 270 doesn't even come close.

Sober enough to know what I'm doing, drunk enough to really enjoy doing it

2009-11-11 09:19:17

#6

Benzin: Member; +576|6258

GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
Get HD 5770. It is not far from HD 4890 in terms of DX10 performance (HAWX on bugged drivers doesn't tell squat, compare to overall performance).

And HD 5770 runs cooler and quieter, DX11 and needs less power.

I just linked the last page I had been looking at after glancing through that review. Review seems like you get more performance out of the 4890. Especially since it's a budget rig...

EDIT: Looking through the rest of the review, I would probably stick with the 4890. I mean, you get more performance in a card that costs less. Sure there are other benefits that clearly give the 5770 the advantage, but in raw FPS? I think the 4890 is the way to go. But it could go either way. I suppose the problem is that DX11 isn't really being used at all much to be able to tell us just how great it will be in the end. I think the best advice would be this: WAIT! Wait until the DX11 price premium has eroded and wait for Nvidia to release their batch of cards. Then we can tell the REAL price/performance.

Last edited by CapnNismo (2009-11-11 09:28:52)

2009-11-11 09:59:24

#7

Stubbee: Religions Hate Facts, Questions and Doubts; +223|7003|Reality

HD 5770 vs. HD 4890

Last edited by Stubbee (2009-11-11 09:59:39)

The US economy is a giant Ponzi scheme. And 'to big to fail' is code speak for 'niahnahniahniahnah 99 percenters'

BF2S Forums 4870 vs GTX 260 vs 5770 vs 4890

GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:

GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:

Board footer