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4890 VaporX for $205

Originally posted by: jaredpace
bout like this...
http://i5.techpowerup.com/revi...clearsky_1680_1050.gif

review:
http://www.techpowerup.com/rev..._4890_CrossFire/1.html
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Too bad they don't have a 4870 1GB in that link too. I imagine most of the performance increases you'll get will be due to the extra memory, at least more so than another 100MHz on the core.

At any rate, that's a great performer for just over $200, and the Sapphire aftermarket cooling is usually very good. Now that I went to a 26" monitor I kind of want to upgrade. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: SlowSpyder
Originally posted by: jaredpace
bout like this...
http://i5.techpowerup.com/revi...clearsky_1680_1050.gif

review:
http://www.techpowerup.com/rev..._4890_CrossFire/1.html
Click to expand...

Too bad they don't have a 4870 1GB in that link too. I imagine most of the performance increases you'll get will be due to the extra memory, at least more so than another 100MHz on the core.

At any rate, that's a great performer for just over $200, and the Sapphire aftermarket cooling is usually very good. Now that I went to a 26" monitor I kind of want to upgrade. 🙂
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It's not so much the quantity of ram as the type since the 1gb uses GDDR5 while the 512 does not.
 
Originally posted by: TemjinGold
It's not so much the quantity of ram as the type since the 1gb uses GDDR5 while the 512 does not.
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Nope, Only 4850 uses GDDR3, all 4870 and 4890 derivatives have always used GDDR5.
 
Originally posted by: ashishmishra
Originally posted by: TemjinGold
It's not so much the quantity of ram as the type since the 1gb uses GDDR5 while the 512 does not.
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Nope, Only 4850 uses GDDR3, all 4870 and 4890 derivatives have always used GDDR5.
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Yea, I assure you my 4870 512MB card has GDDR5. 🙂
 
I actually just ordered a couple of these. It's worth noting that they seem to keep alternating the prices. It's been jumping back and forth between this price and ~$230 all week, but fairly regularly. So if it jumps back up in price just wait several hours and check again.
 
Originally posted by: SlowSpyder
Originally posted by: ashishmishra
Originally posted by: TemjinGold
It's not so much the quantity of ram as the type since the 1gb uses GDDR5 while the 512 does not.
Click to expand...

Nope, Only 4850 uses GDDR3, all 4870 and 4890 derivatives have always used GDDR5.
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Yea, I assure you my 4870 512MB card has GDDR5. 🙂
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My bad, I was checking the wrong cards.
 
Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS
wow that stupid ass dynamite detonator shit is down again, no links work. piece of shit
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Yep apparently its a tool to detonate any link you want to use, nice feature!

Copy and paste link works though.
 
ya, looks like its gone now, as are some of the others. Cheapest one on ewiz now about $218.
 
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Starting from next month, AMD will cut the prices of their Radeon HD 4890, 4870, 4850 up to as much as US$50. This move is probably to lower the current inventory of their high end GPUs to make way for the RV870 series in September. Read more...
 
Originally posted by: Bozo Galora
"Quote"
Starting from next month, AMD will cut the prices of their Radeon HD 4890, 4870, 4850 up to as much as US$50. This move is probably to lower the current inventory of their high end GPUs to make way for the RV870 series in September. Read more...
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I was looking to upgrade to the 4890 but I'll wait for the price slash.
 
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