4890 compared with GTX285

**KarmaKiller** · March 27th, 2009, 10:04 AM

Intel Core I7 920 @ 3800MHz
Asus Rampage 2 Extreme Mainboard
Corsair Dominator 1600MHz 6GB Triple Channel Kit
PowerColor ATI Radeon 4890 1024MB / Asus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 1024MB
Windows Vista 64-Bit Ultimate
Both cards using supplied drivers

3DM06
GTX 285: 20275
HD4890: 19321
HD4890 @ 990/1150: 21203
HD4890 OC CFX: 24538

Vantage with PhysX
GTX 285: P14699 (CPU - 50551, GPU - 11889)
HD4890: P11160 (CPU - 17378, GPU - 9960)
HD4890 OC: P12645 (CPU - 17405, GPU - 11574)
HD4890 OC CFX: P17874 (CPU - 17358, GPU - 18053) __________________

another review of the 4890:
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Looks decent..still wonder what the price is gonna be.

**ShyguyXPC** · March 27th, 2009, 10:09 AM

DAMN!!! I'm guessing there's a massive hit in CPU usage with the Radeon then, in Vista using Vantage & PhysX...

not sure if I'm reading that right? score for the GTX 285 CPU score is saying 50,551 vs 17K-ish for Radeons...?

**KarmaKiller** · March 27th, 2009, 10:15 AM

Yeah I noticed that too. I'm not sure what that is all about. It may be physx, but I really doubt that has that much impact on a CPU like that. IDK, it's also on "premature" drivers, so you gotta take that into consideration.

**ShyguyXPC** · March 27th, 2009, 10:17 AM

wait, doesn't ATI use a Different Physics API than Nvidia? could it be something like that, their more optimised for ATI's Physics, instead of Running Nvidia's? Agreed on drivers, but even for Immature drivers for a card thats not much more than an OC'd 4870, thats a HELL of a hit (in comparison to a GTX285, thats a massive 100%+ increase over the 4890, almost 300%).