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Best value for $200 @ 1920x1200 gaming?

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Looney

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Like the title says, what's the best value for 1920x1200 gaming? I'm looking for around $200 at the most.

I've been looking at the 4870 1GB, but just wanted a second or third opinion before i buy it.
 
I don't know if this is the absolute best value for the money, but it's in your budget and kills just about any reason to get a 4870 I'd think. It's also a good performer at the resolution you use.

4890 for $185.

There may be some better performing combos that fit your budget if you go multicard (pretty sure there are 4850's for $99 floating around) but not sure if mult-card is something you're interested in.
 
yah 4890 for 185 and core216 for 157 are both the best deals right now. theres also 4850 crossfire for $178 if you have the motherboard for it.
 
Originally posted by: jaredpace
yah 4890 for 185 and core216 for 157 are both the best deals right now. theres also 4850 crossfire for $178 if you have the motherboard for it.
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At 1920x1200, wouldn't 1GB of usable RAM be better than a ton of processing power and being limited to 512?
 
Originally posted by: angry hampster
Originally posted by: jaredpace
yah 4890 for 185 and core216 for 157 are both the best deals right now. theres also 4850 crossfire for $178 if you have the motherboard for it.
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At 1920x1200, wouldn't 1GB of usable RAM be better than a ton of processing power and being limited to 512?
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I would go with the 4890 myself. Just saying the options. There are many times when 4850 512 xfire is faster, even with 4xAA at 30" resolutions, like here:
http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=16300&page=6
(and that is only hd 4830 crossfire at stock)
 
I thought about the 4890, but that's out of my price range. $200 is the max i'm looking at, without messing with rebates or PM or any other complications. $200USD works out to be about $250CDN, but i would much rather go cheaper it possible.
 
Well no, $200USD works out to be about $250CDN. This is what i'm looking at Text

I can't find an 260 for anything cheaper than $350.

If i could go cheaper than $200 i definitely will. How does the 4850 1GB compare to the 4870?
 
Originally posted by: Rick James
4770's in Crossfire
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Hm the 4770 sounds like a pretty good card actually. I won't Crossfire. This isn't a huge gaming machine i'm making here, i mostly only play MMOs like EQ2, AoC, and eventually the new Star Wars, and those games are more CPU limited.
 
The 4870 1GB is tied with the 260 anyway so go ahead and get it, if you really cant afford the 4890

I think at that resolution it will be way better than the 4850 specially because of the 1GB, so stick with it
 
Originally posted by: Looney
Originally posted by: Rick James
4770's in Crossfire
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Hm the 4770 sounds like a pretty good card actually. I won't Crossfire. This isn't a huge gaming machine i'm making here, i mostly only play MMOs like EQ2, AoC, and eventually the new Star Wars, and those games are more CPU limited.
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For whatever it's worth I play AoC @ 1920x1200 on my 4870 512MB card. All settings are maxed completely, and I'm using 2xAA. I'm in 'DX10 Test' mode... so I don't know what it's running, DX9 or DX10, I don't see any real difference when I select between the two.

Anyway, it runs suprisingly well on my 512MB card, though if I were buying today for this resolution I'd certainly get a 1GB card. In Old Tartiana my FPS dips into the low 20's. Everywhere else is 30+FPS to 200+FPS.

Anyway, just wanted to share my experiences with a game you mentioned on the card I have. Good luck with whatever you choose. :thumbsup:
 
Originally posted by: SlowSpyder
I don't know if this is the absolute best value for the money, but it's in your budget and kills just about any reason to get a 4870 I'd think. It's also a good performer at the resolution you use.

4890 for $185.

There may be some better performing combos that fit your budget if you go multicard (pretty sure there are 4850's for $99 floating around) but not sure if mult-card is something you're interested in.
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Thanks for posting this. I was trying to decide on a new card to purchase and this deal pretty much decided it for me.
 
Definitely get the 4890. It is an incredible deal in slowspyder's post.

check out how it owns All Nvidia in crossfire:

http://i1.techpowerup.com/revi...s/crysis_1680_1050.gif

-Based on this image from Techpowerups review of HD4890 crossfire, the second 4890 is adding a 67% performance boost in Crysis when crossfire is enabled (25.6FPS -> 42.7FPS).

...and its performance when overclocked:

http://images.anandtech.com/gr...042209122109/18835.png

-If you figure 67% performance boost from running two cards in crossfire, then based on this anandtech graph, OC'ed 4890 crossfire would score 62FPS (37.2FPS x 1.67). 62FPS is more than twice as fast as a stock GTX280 in this benchmark (30.9 FPS). You'd get twice the speed of a GTX280 and have completely fluid 60FPS 1920 x 1200 Crysis for $370 ($185 x 2). You're basically buying HD4890X2 OC performance for ~ $368.00. (just remember you would want that preferably to be on X58, P55, X48, or maybe P45 at the least)
 
I bought my HD4890 for $199 shipped ($179 after rebate). There will probably be deals coming around the corner. The NV GTX 260 is also a nice card. I ahev the exact same HD4890 as the deal posted above. Its pre-overclocked and can go a lot higher (at the expense of more fan noise, though).
 
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