Only 60 bucks more than the 4890 that I'm looking at getting? Oh man... it's going to be hard to not justify saving up the extra money and springing for this instead.
Good grief. To think I'm most likely going to buy a 5000 series radeon and put my 2-month-old GTX 285 into my E6600 as a dedicated folder. Such a waste of money.
If your in the market for a new card right now and you are a serious gamer, this is really the best first option, unless you have cash for a 5870 of course. Buying the 4890 is hard to justify, a 4870 for $135 or so may be sensible if your on a budget, but $200 for a 4890 when the 5850 is staring you down at $259, its impossible to pass up the DX11 ready goodness unless your saving some significant cash.
I've read Asus will have some models with its voltage tweak software that might help us get another 30% or so out of these cards getting you to stock 5870 levels and beyond, not shabby for $259, I think these cards are going to be amazingly popular.
Sweet... I know what I'll be upgrading to next year. I like to pick up cards when they're about a year out and around $100. Still get great performance, but don't have to pay the early-adopter tax, which I can ill-afford right now, anyway.
BuddyJ
Dept. of PropagandaOKC Icrontian
Comments
I've read Asus will have some models with its voltage tweak software that might help us get another 30% or so out of these cards getting you to stock 5870 levels and beyond, not shabby for $259, I think these cards are going to be amazingly popular.