Thread: which graphic card should i pick?

yust to say hy i am new at the scene
i relly need help in deciding since i do not know what to pick. which would give me a better gaming expiriance.
THIS ARE THE ONLY 2 options so please do not start naming something else.
not shure what would be better this one Sapphire RADEON HD 4890 OR powercolor x1950pro extreme 512mb(note there are two of them so they would be conected on my mother board together)?
so the question is one radeon hd 4890 OR two powercoler x1950pro extreme?
REALLY NEED SOME GOOD ADVICE?



did not want to make a new thread for this
what do oyu think of this power supply
http://www.kohn.hr/ducan.html?page=s...category_id=59
its called INTER-TECH Energon EPS 650W it costs 45$(40 euros) 650 w

one 4890 would blow away a x1950pro in crossfire (crossfire=2 of them)

and not all games scale well in a crossfire setup

Originally Posted by pinkpuffer

one 4890 would blow away a x1950pro in crossfire (crossfire=2 of them)

and not all games scale well in a crossfire setup

why do you think that can you explain.
well i have a friend who told me to get crossfire ones(but he just thinks he is smart and knows it all).
i want to know why would be the 4890 one better so that i do not regret it later ?

oh yeah and + rep for the quick reply

here is a list from a few years back ranking video cards at those time
there is no 4890 maybe because it was not yet released at that time
anyway, as you can see from the list, x1950pro 512mb is #90
x1900xt is at #83 so its faster than the x1950pro
x1900xt crossfire is at #63
4870 is at #37
and thats just a 4870, imagine what rank a faster 4890 would have
so yeah its not even close, 4890 over x1950pro xfire

1. GTX 295 1792mb Quad SLI
2. GTX 285 1gb 3-WAY SLI
3. GTX 280 1gb 3-WAY SLI
4. HD4870 X2 Quad CrossFire
5. 9800GX2 Quad SLI*
6. GTS 250 1gb 3-Way SLI
7. 9800GTX+ 3 Way SLI
8. 8800ULTRA 3 Way SLI
9. 9800GTX 3 Way SLI
10. GTX 285 1gb SLI
11. GTX 280 1gb SLI
12. GTX 295 1792mb
13. GTX 260 Core216 SLI (65/55nm)
14. HD4870 1gb CrossFire
15. GTX 260 896mb SLI
16. HD4870 X2 2gb
17. HD4870 CrossFireX
18. HD4870 + HD4850 Hybrid CrossFireX
19. GTS 250 1gb SLI
20. HD4850X2 2gb
21. HD4850X2 1gb
22. 8800Ultra 768mb SLI
23. 9800GTX+ 512mb SLI
24. 8800GTX (G80) SLI
25. GTX 285 1gb
26. GTX 280 1gb
27. HD4850 512mb CrossFireX
28. 9800GTX 512mb SLI
29. 9800GX2 1gb
30. HD3870X2 Quad CrossFireX*
31. HD3870X2 + HD3870 CrossFireX
32. 8800GTS (G92 512mb) SLI
33. 8800GT (G92 512mb) SLI
34. 9600GT OC SLI
35. 9600GT SLI
36. GTX 260 Core216 (65/55nm)
37. HD4870 1gb gDDR5
38. GTX 260 896mb
39. HD3870 512 gDDR4 CrossFire
40. HD4870
41. HD3870X2
42. 8800Ultra
43. 9800GTX+
44. HD4850
45. 8800GTX 768mb
46. 9800GTX 512mb
47. 8800GTS 512MB (G92 Revision)
48. HD4830 512
49. 8800GT 512MB/ 9800GT 512mb (same card)
50. HD2900XT CrossFire
51. 7900GTX SLI
52. HD3870 512MB gDDR4
53. 9600GT 1gb
54. 9600GT 512
55. HD3850 256mb CrossFire
56. 9600GSO/8800GS 768mb OC
57. HD4670 512
58. HD3870 512MB gDDR3
59. HD2900XT 1GB
60. HD2900Pro 1GB
61. HD2900XT 512MB
62. HD2900Pro 512MB
63. X1900 XT CrossFire
64. X1950 XTX CrossFire
65. 7800GTX 512mb SLI
66. 7950GX2 1gb Quad SLI
67. X1900 XTX CrossFire
68. 7950GT 512mb SLI
69. 7900GT 256mb SLI
70. 8600GTS 256mb SLI
71. 8800GTS 640MB
72. HD3850 512MB
73. 8800GT 256MB
74. 8800GTS 320MB
75. 7950GX2
76. 8800GS/9600GSO 384mb
77. HD 3850 256MB
78. HD2900GT
79. 8600GT 256mb gDDR3 SLI
80. X1950XTX
81. X1900XTX
82. X1950XT
83. X1900XT 512MB
84. 7900GTX
85. X1900XT 256MB
86. 7900GTO
87. 7800GTX 512MB
88. 7950GT
89. X1650 XT Crossfire
90. X1950Pro 512MB
91. X1950Pro 256MB
92. 7600GT SLI
93. 7900GT 512MB
94. 8600GTS
95. 9500GT 256 gDDR3
96. X1800XT 512MB
97. 7900GT 256MB
98. X1800XT 256MB
99. X1900GT
100. X1950GT
101. 8600GT 512MB
102. 8600GT 256MB
103. X1900GT Rev2
104. 7800GTX 256MB
105. 7900GS
106. 7800GT
107. 6800GT SLI
108. HD2600 Pro Crossfire
109. 7600GS SLI

what else to say but thank you,repped you already,what do you think about the power suply i edited the thread so i do not make a new one.

Originally Posted by manijak2210

what else to say but thank you,repped you already,what do you think about the power suply i edited the thread so i do not make a new one.

not sure about that brand
but corsair, ocz and silverstone which are also listed at that site make very good power supplies

this is a guy on xbox360iso said what do you think on that(will copy-paste)
-Out of those 2 I would personally go with the Powercolor The clock speeds are way above that Radeon u chose. I'm more of a NVidia man myself so I wouldn't personally go with either one of them but that's just because I've always bought from NVidia and trust their products.

Reading reviews you should be able to get some good gaming out of that powercolor x1950. I REALLLLLLY love the clock speeds on that one compared to the Radeon 4890

Originally Posted by manijak2210

this is a guy on xbox360iso said what do you think on that(will copy-paste)
-Out of those 2 I would personally go with the Powercolor The clock speeds are way above that Radeon u chose. I'm more of a NVidia man myself so I wouldn't personally go with either one of them but that's just because I've always bought from NVidia and trust their products.

Reading reviews you should be able to get some good gaming out of that powercolor x1950. I REALLLLLLY love the clock speeds on that one compared to the Radeon 4890

i really dont know what clocks he's referring to
that dude is, to put it bluntly, an idiot
he's an nvidia fanboy so he's never even had an ati card before
i've had both nvidia and ati videocards
i've had a pc since 1986, yeah i've been using them for 25 years lol
i dont buy pre-built cpus, i build my own

x1950pro core clock=575, mem clock=690 yr released=2006
hd4890 core clock=850, mem clock=1950 yr released=2009

http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards....=466&card2=608

and if you want a review here's one:

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/g...core,1829.html

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/g...R.-2,1813.html

fear 2 1920x1200 maximum quality

4890 = 105 frames per sec
x1950 xtx xfire = 55.5 frames per sec