Apr 12 2009, 08:38 PM
QUOTE(ma43q @ Apr 12 2009, 09:57 AM)
user who plan to buy those X2 cards not only need to think about the power consumption, price but also space in the casing, cooling, power supply to use and so on. ITs not the matter of buying the card any more. I believed that only limited number of hardcore users will invest so much. After all, the target group is definitely not the common average users.
So coming up with a 4890X2 with such great power consumption and initial pricing should be higher than 4870X2 first appeared in the market might not be that great after all. PErhaps it will only appear in smaller quantity for a niche market. Like what you said, users might just opt for 2 4890 in crossfire but i guess the power consumption is not that small too to run both cards in crossfire.
As i believed 1 4890 will need 1 PCI-E 6pins and one 8 pins. so running two in crossfire will require double of that. Average PSU might not be able to cope and these are serious investments
+1So coming up with a 4890X2 with such great power consumption and initial pricing should be higher than 4870X2 first appeared in the market might not be that great after all. PErhaps it will only appear in smaller quantity for a niche market. Like what you said, users might just opt for 2 4890 in crossfire but i guess the power consumption is not that small too to run both cards in crossfire.
As i believed 1 4890 will need 1 PCI-E 6pins and one 8 pins. so running two in crossfire will require double of that. Average PSU might not be able to cope and these are serious investments
i hope the price not over 2k
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