275GTX or 4890 ??

[shoaibz 0]

Hi all,

My vid card just died on me (8800GTS 640MB) and now I'm planning to get a xfx 275GTX, rest of my machine is Core2Quad Q9650 4Gb 1333 Mhz ram 1 TB SATA II HDD, and windows 7 64bit. My question is should I go for this card or should I go for a 4890 1Gb ? I've read mixed results of both of these cards, and I'm in a kind of a fix. They are almost equal in terms of cost, but will the extra 128 Mb of ram really make a difference? (275GTX has 896MB).

Thankx

Edited September 14, 2009 by ShoaibZ

[Gringo85 0]

Hell yeah 4890 best option, comparing it with GTX 275, especially in ArmA II.

[Bluterus 10]

I have a GTX275 1792mb EVGA man. Its not much more than the 896mb XFX and has way more video memory.

I paid aussie $415 or US $355 whereas the XFX is aussie $325 or US $278

There'd be no difference in games like Team fortress 2, COD, farcry 2 but in games like GTA4, ARMA 2 the 1792mb makes a huge difference when the view distance is cranked up.

My GTA4 uses 1690mb video memory at 1920x1080 max everything.

Check these out The radeon 4890 1gb overclocked to 915mhz on farcry 2 dx10 8x aa ran 25fps at 2560x1600

http://www.guru3d.com/article/overclocking-the-radeon-hd-4890/4

Whereas the 1792mb gtx275 pulls 33 fps at the exact same settings not overclocked running at 630mhz. Also pulls higher in 3d mark vantage with stock speeds over the overclocked 4890.

http://www.guru3d.com/article/evga-geforce-gtx-275-1792mb-review/10

Mines overclocked to 743mhz so will pull even more fps again.

Although if you can't afford the extra man go for the 4890 its pretty much enough to run most games except gta4 with max view distance and arma with max view distance.

I'll test mine tonight when I get home with fraps and see what it gets at the moment I'm running max everything at 1920x1080 with view distance at 3600 and runs great.

Edited September 14, 2009 by Bluterus

[o22cool 10]

Wait til Sept 23rd, 5870s and 5850s are being released.

[doakwolf 10]

^ Yep, I'd wait for the 5800s to be released. If not to get a 5800 series card, at least the prices on the 4800s will drop right down when the new range is released. Then a 4890 will be cheaper!

[W0lle 1042]

PC Discussion thread, thanks.