HD 4890 to HD 5870...big difference?

If I upgraded from a 4890 to a 5870, would I be seeing a huge difference in performance?

Seeing as you already have enough to max out any game (depending on the rest of your config.) I wouldn't buy the 5870 till DirectX 11 flourishes and games need more horsepower than you already have.

Depends how much u want dx11 if u dont really mind not having it get a second 4890 u can always play dx11 games in the future when 5800card prices have dropped a bit

My guess is that you wont notice it at all, not even a bit!

Your eyes can just see 25-30 frames per second, your monitor (usaly) cant wiew more than 60 fps/hz so my responce is therefor - NO!

An obvious question to you is: what game did you play where not the HD4890 could handle?

Today graphic cards provide a lot more power than we need, and only a handfull of games can get the best of new hiend cards, your upgrade seems to be totally unnecessary.

less than 60 fps on monitors is known to cause eye strain and headaches. but prices are not going to drop much for the next year or 2. i don't imagine we will see much more than a 5800x2 by this time next year. so by waiting you will only be limiting your enjoyment of better fps and higher res until then. these 58xx's will be the gold standard for a few years, just like the 4870 was. if you wait....you'll be in the same boat you are right now....a new gpu and boom they release a new one on you, just buy it now and enjoy it otherwise you won't get the full use out of it, otherwise plan to upgrade to a 5890 or w/e in 2011 and miss using dx11 the entire time

as for noticing the difference....you WILL see improvements, and notable ones in games like crysis and crysis 2 ect ect.

At 1920x1080 and above you will see a huge gain, just look at some benchmarks. You'll get to crank the aa/af way up there to for almost every game and still get great frames. I am in the same boat with a 4890, but I am waiting a little longer as I am planning on a whole new build by Jan '10, but I want to do watercooling on at least cpu+gpu. So I'll see how Nvidia turns out as I'm in the high-end gpu market and don't want to spend the money on the full coverage waterblock on a 5870 and see the gtx300 kill it. Want to see that Lucid Hydra too, that could change things comletely. To me the 4890 just doesn't have enough raw power for some games, and it is only going to get worse, especially if I add a 30" 25x16 as my primary.

If I upgraded from a 4890 to a 5870, would I be seeing a huge difference in performance?

IMaBIOHAZARD

My guess is that you wont notice it at all, not even a bit!

Your eyes can just see 25-30 frames per second, your monitor (usaly) cant wiew more than 60 fps/hz so my responce is therefor - NO!

An obvious question to you is: what game did you play where not the HD4890 could handle?

Today graphic cards provide a lot more power than we need, and only a handfull of games can get the best of new hiend cards, your upgrade seems to be totally unnecessary.

swehunt

It's more like 60-100fps, 30fps looks jerky to me.

[QUOTE="swehunt"]

My guess is that you wont notice it at all, not even a bit!

Your eyes can just see 25-30 frames per second, your monitor (usaly) cant wiew more than 60 fps/hz so my responce is therefor - NO!

An obvious question to you is: what game did you play where not the HD4890 could handle?

Today graphic cards provide a lot more power than we need, and only a handfull of games can get the best of new hiend cards, your upgrade seems to be totally unnecessary.

superchronik

It's more like 60-100fps, 30fps looks jerky to me.