4890 to 6870...

[nOOky]

My 4890 died, leaving me with an old 8800GTS512 to keep my system running for now. I am wondering if it's enough of an upgrade, I plan on getting a 1920 x 1200 lcd at the same time. I also wonder if my system is fast enough to not bottleneck it all anyway.
I skipped out on a 5850 last year because the price went up, I'm wondering if I should just hit the place order now button and get the monitor and the 6870 or wait until X-mas time and see what the new refresh cards bring. I will be getting a new 4890, but that can be relegated to second system status.
Opinions please.

 

[cusideabelincoln]

Your system will handle any card fine.

The 6870 will provide a pretty decent performance jump over your 4890. I'd consider it a mild upgrade. A big upgrade would be Cayman, but they won't release until later and will definitely be more expensive.

 

[Attic]

4890 to the 6870 is going to be a huge performance upgrade in certain games, SC2 comes 1st to mind but there are certainly others, and more mild perfomance increase in others. I'm guesing 25% to 80% improvement.

The 6970, Cayman, is the card that would be a more substantial upgrade, likely consistent 80% improvement minimum in GPU limited situations.

My opinion is wait for the replacement 4890 and buy a new card at X-Mas.

 

[darckhart]

your system is fine.

if you were going to get a 5850 originally, then i'd say you should wait and see what cayman brings because depending on how much eye candy settings you need at that res, you may end up wanting something more powerful.