4890 is design to be >gtx260 216 55nm, may b trading blows wit gtx285, but not more powerful den 4850x2.

dey mention it has different pin, incompatible wit 4870 board.

also, dey mention vr-zone got news of nvidia preparing gtx275, but again, it fudzilla, no official words on vr-zone site yet.

4870 1gb already drop to ~USD170, dats ~rm630.

& 4870 512 drop to ~USD150, dats ~RM560.

yes, but, dunno wen will reach m'sia, probably during pc fair.............
even gtx260 has been drop to ~170USD.

a quick browse @ newegg, cheapest gtx 260 216 retail @ USD179.

i'll pass 4890.
hang on to my 4870 till 5k series & dx11 support.....

i'm afraid HIS will hav 2 do better in pricing.

4870 iceq loose to palit sonic in cooling.............yet more expensive.

zhen^wei, price down......price down...............


This post has been edited by tech3910: Mar 14 2009, 05:31 AM

its not a proven technology yet. just prototype.
not yet a proven technology.

if physX is proven benefit in gaming, ATI also will start doing it, wit havoc.

this might be true if u look @ older generation card like the geforce 7.

but now, the IQ of nvidia & ati GPU produces is equally good.

dun get confused.

the RV740 128 bit refers to 4750 (2 version, ddr3/5), not 4890.
4890 is 256 bit, ddr5.

bandwidth of the card is calculated by it s GPU supported bit & also memory speed.
example, 4870 wit 256 bit & fast ddr5 actually has more bandwidth den gtx260 (448 bit) wit slower ddr3.

ATI & nvidia opted for different die strategy.
because GPU with higher width (bits) also means bigger die, it will be mor expensive to produce to produce.

but as a seller, u sure get stock b4 9th............
got pre order?..............

well, according to current exchange rate of 3.64, USD239 shud translate to ~ RM870.
which begs the question, zhen wei setting HIS 4890 1gb @ 1090, dat shud b a non reference price....................
& the price of 512mb is USD199, do the math.

got actual gaming benchmarks?

i think v will hav 2 wait till next driver release to c the true potential of 4890.

This post has been edited by tech3910: Mar 31 2009, 10:21 PM

nvidia in big trouble once ATI accelerate havok.
a lot more games run on havok den physx.
plus, havok own by intel, & every know intel is a nasty player.

wat driver dey use on the benchmark?

to people who bought the 4890, wat driver did dey include in the package? 9.3?

for 1GHz, u'll need to bump the vcore.

u can change the voltage via ATT or bios mod.

dis is b coz there bit different for the reference cooler.

4870 heatsink uses 2 8mm heat pipe, where 4890 uses 1 8mm & 2x6mm, total 3.
in terms of fan speed, for the 4890 bios, ATI adjust it sightly higher den 4870, dats y it is cooler & noisier.

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardw...b-review-8.html

bit different wit heatsink.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Sapphire/HD_4890/28.html

of coz, the bios fan speed can be tune by different manufacture, but the default bios by ATI, which use on sapphire, is quite noisy.

u can argue, yeah, may b the chip has improvement as well, but i'm sure ATI change the heatsink & fan speed for some reason as well.

yes, i know.

modified heatsink = better heat dissipation

heatsink + fan speed + tweak chip = temperature improvement
may b all the factors contributes together & ended up as a cooler card.

i did not rule out dat new chip improves temperature condition, & u also shouldn't rule out dat new heatsink and fan speed tweak as well.
as i pointed out earlier, i'm sure ATI does the minor tweak for some reasons.