HD 4890 or GTX295

[ACE_RIMMER]

just about to order a new card and just wondering what to get, I had a HD 4890 which was faulty but when it did work it seemed to run whatever i wanted it to gaming wise, so would there be any point in getting a GTX295 or would a HD 4890 run anything I need to for the next year or so or would I be better spending the extra and getting the GTX295.

Cheers

[GheeTsar]

I'd go with the 4890 as you might find that with DX11 coming you'll want to upgrade sooner than if you had a GTX295. It's also half the price!

[Phage]

+1 for the 4890. Or even the 4870x2. They're both a cheaper option while you wait for DX11 sometime in 2010.

[usernameisvalid]

Agreed. If you do want to upgrade with DX11, consider the 4870 too. Not much slower at all and fewer pennies.

[shaithis]

Hell, I'm going to throw the 4850x2 into the mix...amazing bang-for-buck.

[sammorris]

You mean 4890 vs GTX275, not 295 - not comparable. The HD4890 every time, it's so cheap, and still very powerful.

[ACE_RIMMER]

You mean 4890 vs GTX275, not 295 - not comparable. The HD4890 every time, it's so cheap, and still very powerful.

No, i meant get the 4890 or go for the better option of the GTX295 but, as the 4890 is so cheap now I think I'll go with that and wait for the new cards, didn't know how good the new cards would be and if it's worth getting the GTX295 to last a couple years then upgrade.

[sammorris]

The HD4890 and GTX295 are nothing alike, one is a £150 high-end single GPU card, the other is a £350 top-end dual GPU card. The GTX295's rival is the HD4870X2, and the HD4890's rival is the GTX275. In both cases I would take the Radeon for mostly the same reason - memory.

[scaryjim]

Ebuyer have an XFX 4890 for £130, according to their latest eblast. I think they've made your decision for you

[sammorris]

Yeah I spotted that last night, amazing :O

[nibbler]

made a decision then??

[sammorris]

Trying to get to 20 posts before closing time?

[noobieocer]

i recently got a 4870 and its great powerful enough to run the games and i got it £80 secondhand cheap as chips

[nibbler]

Trying to get to 20 posts before closing time?

Nope, just trying to be friendly lol. Don;t have money to buy anything to claim free delivery from scan on till december anyway

[sjbuck]

I wouldn't worry too much about Direct X 11, I'm guessing that we'll need the power of the next generation of cards to utilize the new effects/features anyway.
4890 @ £130.....bargain.

My experience of the GTX295.....fast, but too noisy, sold it and went back to my trusty 8800GTX as I've laid off gaming for a while.

[nightkhaos]

My experience of the GTX295.....fast, but too noisy, sold it and went back to my trusty 8800GTX as I've laid off gaming for a while.

Dual PCB 295s WERE noisy. Single PCB ones are not.