I'd go for another 4890 and Crossfire them
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There's no rush for DirectX11 right now.
Add another 4890 ? or go DX11 ?
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You're not going to be seriously hurting before March as far as gaming goes and settling for a lesser DX11 card just to have one now is going to give you buyer's remorse.
[...edit] ...and doubling down on a dead horse is a fools bet.
Originally Posted by headcracker Wait a bit, keep saving and get a 5870 FEB/March |
You're not going to be seriously hurting before March as far as gaming goes and settling for a lesser DX11 card just to have one now is going to give you buyer's remorse.
[...edit] ...and doubling down on a dead horse is a fools bet.
IMO, just wait a bit... after the DX10 flop, I've decided to be a bit more hesitant in my card purchases. Hardly any games make use of the current hardware available, so why bother having the best? You'll end up saving yourself money by waiting and there's no real downside to it. I personally won't be considering DX11 cards until I see some games make use of it (BF:BC2 is the one I'm waiting to see). Retrospectively, I still think I would have just been fine sticking with my 8800 GT
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Yeah me too, I wasn't all that happy my old 8800 couldn't run dx10 which is why I'm not sure what to do this time. I'm also waiting for BC2 and would love to play it in DX11 (if it does turn out to be worth it, and DX11 is looking ok so far)
Originally Posted by killa_concept IMO, just wait a bit... after the DX10 flop, I've decided to be a bit more hesitant in my card purchases. Hardly any games make use of the current hardware available, so why bother having the best? You'll end up saving yourself money by waiting and there's no real downside to it. I personally won't be considering DX11 cards until I see some games make use of it (BF:BC2 is the one I'm waiting to see). Retrospectively, I still think I would have just been fine sticking with my 8800 GT
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Direct X 11 has already been released. We've seen Dirt 2 as well as benchmarks comparing DX11 appearance/performance. In my opinion, DX11 is fail. Why? There's not enough of a difference between it and the older versions of Direct X to justify the costs of the cards. A 5850 is a small step above the 4890, yet I see them going for 320 plus shipping on the egg, while 4890's are 160 used here on OCN. That's less than half the price, and you can grab two 4890's for less than a single 5850 and boast better perfomance than a 5870. I'm actually selling my 5870 due to this.
In conclusion, I say you stick with your single 4890 for now because it demolishes nearly all of the hardest games to run, and just wait for Fermi.
Originally Posted by killa_concept IMO, just wait a bit... after the DX10 flop, I've decided to be a bit more hesitant in my card purchases. Hardly any games make use of the current hardware available, so why bother having the best? You'll end up saving yourself money by waiting and there's no real downside to it. I personally won't be considering DX11 cards until I see some games make use of it (BF:BC2 is the one I'm waiting to see). Retrospectively, I still think I would have just been fine sticking with my 8800 GT
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In conclusion, I say you stick with your single 4890 for now because it demolishes nearly all of the hardest games to run, and just wait for Fermi.
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I really feel this being put off about DX11 because of DX10 is overblowing things. DX11 is about as sure a bet as comes along. Why?
1: DX10 was the flop. Usually after a big flop comes the really successful thing.
2: The reasons why DX10 was a flop don't exist with DX11.
In fact, the conditions surrounding DX11 are the diametric opposite of the conditions DX10 had to deal with. DX11 is supported on two OSes. A: Vista which is all ready on many machines can be seen a big advantage over what DX10 had to deal with at it's start when Vista just started out and few wanted to adopt it early on. B: Windows 7, which everybody loves, in part because it is the thing after the flop which was Vista.
3: DX11 is faster than DX10 and things that are faster get adopted faster.
You can be skeptical, but DX11 has the wind at it's back.
Originally Posted by killa_concept IMO, just wait a bit... after the DX10 flop, I've decided to be a bit more hesitant in my card purchases. Hardly any games make use of the current hardware available, so why bother having the best? You'll end up saving yourself money by waiting and there's no real downside to it. I personally won't be considering DX11 cards until I see some games make use of it (BF:BC2 is the one I'm waiting to see). Retrospectively, I still think I would have just been fine sticking with my 8800 GT
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Originally Posted by headcracker Yeah me too, I wasn't all that happy my old 8800 couldn't run dx10 which is why I'm not sure what to do this time. I'm also waiting for BC2 and would love to play it in DX11 (if it does turn out to be worth it, and DX11 is looking ok so far) |
1: DX10 was the flop. Usually after a big flop comes the really successful thing.
2: The reasons why DX10 was a flop don't exist with DX11.
In fact, the conditions surrounding DX11 are the diametric opposite of the conditions DX10 had to deal with. DX11 is supported on two OSes. A: Vista which is all ready on many machines can be seen a big advantage over what DX10 had to deal with at it's start when Vista just started out and few wanted to adopt it early on. B: Windows 7, which everybody loves, in part because it is the thing after the flop which was Vista.
3: DX11 is faster than DX10 and things that are faster get adopted faster.
You can be skeptical, but DX11 has the wind at it's back.
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