ATI Radeon HD 4890 and NVIDIA GTX 275 in Close Quarter Combat

Both graphics companies are throwing new products at each other in a fight that might ultimately be decided by software. We’ll spare you the reading of a 20 pages review: for all practical purposes, these two cards are close enough in performance, although the 4890 seems to have a slight upper-hand in low-resolution (1080p and below), while the GTX 275 seems better for 30″, high-res displays (2560×1600). Both cards will have overclocked versions on the market, although keep in mind that the 4809 is basically an overclocked 4870.

As we said above, software might play a bigger role in what has been a hardware fight for the past decade. Right now, NVIDIA has an edge, a big one, when it comes to GPU computing. With applications like vReveal that can clean your videos, or PhysX that can add tons of physically-animated “stuff” in the next-gen games, we wonder how long ATI hold their ground on the graphics front alone. It looks like NVIDIA has brought a gun to a knife fight.

If you really want to read a lengthy review, here are our picks: Anadtech, Bjorn3D