Second Wave Of New Radeon 4850 on the way(to compete against 9800GTX+)

[Elevon]

http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/38077/135/ .

Toronto (Canada) – AMD is preparing an answer to Nvidia's recently released GeForce 9800GTX+ card. Overclocked Radeon 4850 cards are set for an introduction in the second week of July.

The first wave of Radeon 4850 boards is already on store shelves, with prices that already are below the MSRP of $199. In Europe, we have seen prices of 130 Euro – which is about $200 and quite surprising, as prices in Europe always have been higher than in the U.S. in the past.

Now we hear that ATI has removed all overclocking restrictions, giving add-in board (AIB) partners more room for new products. Our sources indicate that vendors are preparing a second wave of cards that will feature higher clocks for the GPU and the memory.

 

[reflux]

This is why I love competition.

 

[Xiler]

lol ati has hit nvidia hard this time round, and they just keep hitting !

 

[Greebo]

Isn't that just removing the limits in CCC though?

 

[Elevon]

Isn't that just removing the limits in CCC though?

More then that,it does say in the link ,

Senior ATI officials told us that “4850 Overclocked” cards are likely to come with a core that is clocked about 50 MHz higher, while the GDDR3 memory will be clocked to get at least 5-6 GB/s of bandwidth.Cooling will also change. Pre-announcements indicate that overclocked cards are on their way from companies such as HIS, Sapphire and Diamond.

More bandwidth,higher speeds,better cooling,more choices ,we can't complain .

 

[Elevon]

Once owners can change the fan speed of the 4850 it'll help with cooling and overclocking for the standard models.

Personally I feel the fan speed is way too low,the new overclocked range should have better cooling solutions.

 

[The Asgard]

Looks like ATI are coming out fighting. Great news

 

[Greebo]

More then that,it does say in the link ,



More bandwidth,higher speeds,better cooling,more choices ,we can't complain .

I know, my point was that apart from different coolers, all they are doing is overclocking the 4850 slightly.

It is only the same as BFG, Asus, Zotac releasing pre-overclocked cards for people who don't want to do it themselves.

The only major boost is the better cooler. Nothing said they are cherry picked components so if the price is any more than £13 extra you might as well buy your own aftermarket cooler which will probably still be superior.

 

[gurusan]

the 4850s do 700mhz easy anyway....buying an oc version is super lame-O

 

[Elevon]

I know, my point was that apart from different coolers, all they are doing is overclocking the 4850 slightly.

It is only the same as BFG, Asus, Zotac releasing pre-overclocked cards for people who don't want to do it themselves.

The only major boost is the better cooler. Nothing said they are cherry picked components so if the price is any more than £13 extra you might as well buy your own aftermarket cooler which will probably still be superior.

That's what Nvidia did with the 9800GTX+ ,tick for tack as they say,however some people don't like modding their own cards since it voids warranty.