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Latest on 4870x2 ??

Man every new PC hardware I want is due August :(

4870X2
Lian Li Gaming Case or its little brother that X500
Hazro 24" Fixed Panel

Worst of all wait 3 months after that and its launch of X58 boards and even worser the nehalem chips !
 
Greebo said:
More than that. Look how awesome two 4870's in xfire are. Through in the fact that a 4870x2 will cost £60 less than two 4870's and that is one hell of a card for £300 inc VAT
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I have seen mention that there will be a 4580x2... that will be a good card for the money!!!
 
Maybe true, but then arguably when Nehalem hits it may be a while before the best mobos/chipsets (performance/stability/overclocking/price wise) are available, and then a couple of months after that there could be big price cuts due.... yadayadayada
 
It almost seems too good to be true. Ati back in the game with amazing pieces of hardware and low prices. 4870x2 will most likely be my next graphics card after the 8800gts 512mb.
 
Vertigo1 said:
August is not the time to be building from scratch when Nehalem will be here soon.
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Isnt Nehalem due like Xmas time 2008 ?

That still 5 months away ?

Am seriously considering not just spending 1.5k-2k usual PC order I tend to do cos I know in 3 months time will be wishing I held off.

As far as I can see it August is the time when to go shopping for the X2 and many other PC hardwares due then also which is all but very bad timing.
 
HighlandeR said:
Isnt Nehalem due like Xmas time 2008 ?

That still 5 months away ?

Am seriously considering not just spending 1.5k-2k usual PC order I tend to do cos I know in 3 months time will be wishing I held off.

As far as I can see it August is the time when to go shopping for the X2 and many other PC hardwares due then also which is all but very bad timing.
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Plus only extreme chips may be available first off and hence it might be another few months before affordable ones come out unless you want to pay a premium.

Intel's Q3 prices drops really ought to have hit by AUgust and as said, the 4870x2 will be out and prices will have dropped on graphics cards and I suspect even the GTX260/280 will have dropped some more.

Therefore, building a system in AUgust is not a bad idea. You can get top notch mobo, q9550, ddr3 and a 4870x2 for not silly money which will be an awesome system and it's not as if it will then be redundant when the Nehalem comes out.

Okay Nehalem will be 10-20% quicker clock per clock but at what price premium?

If you get a ddr3 board and memory then when you do want to upgrade to Nehalem you will only be selling your cpu and mobo in the upgrade and use the 4870x2 and ddr3 memory you have already.

Makes perfect sense to me.
 
from what I've seen nehalem is 50-100% faster clock for clock in certain circumstances. But if I recall correctly, the non "extreme" chips are not going to be released til 09
 
However, what about overclocking the Nehalems??? The may alter the playing field... no more getting the cheapest processor and clocking it to the same performance as a £600 processor.
 
Greebo said:
Plus only extreme chips may be available first off and hence it might be another few months before affordable ones come out unless you want to pay a premium.

Intel's Q3 prices drops really ought to have hit by AUgust and as said, the 4870x2 will be out and prices will have dropped on graphics cards and I suspect even the GTX260/280 will have dropped some more.

Therefore, building a system in AUgust is not a bad idea. You can get top notch mobo, q9550, ddr3 and a 4870x2 for not silly money which will be an awesome system and it's not as if it will then be redundant when the Nehalem comes out.

Okay Nehalem will be 10-20% quicker clock per clock but at what price premium?

If you get a ddr3 board and memory then when you do want to upgrade to Nehalem you will only be selling your cpu and mobo in the upgrade and use the 4870x2 and ddr3 memory you have already.

Makes perfect sense to me.
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You know been having the same thoughts and idealy that would be a better plan to get DDR3/4870X2 and just be future proof that way in future its just a new mobo/cpu.

But personaly I just tend to sell off the pc every 6 months+ anyhow and just start from scratch.

Might just not bother.... may just get a new beefy pc now and a temp graphics card at least till August ;)
 
There will be 3 Nehalem's released this year - 2.4, 2.8 and 3.2 ghz or similar I think - only the highest clocked is the Extreme version. There is some debate over whether the others have the IMC though.

Intel said at a recent event that contrary to popular belief, these chips would not be clocked down and indeed the architecture will be more open to overclocking than ever.

But anyway, this is the Graphics forum...
 
R700 up to 80 % Faster than GeForce GTX 280

Pre-release performance evaluations suggest that the Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB GDDR5 model will on an average be 50% faster than the GeForce GTX 280 and in some tests 80% faster. A second model, the HD 4850 X2 (2GB GDDR3 memory, 2x RV770Pro) will also convincingly outperform the GeForce GTX 280. The R700 series will be brought into the market late-July thru August.
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R700 GDDR5 to sell for $549

R700, Radeon HD 4870 X2 with 2GB of GDDR5 will start selling at $549. The first retail cards should be expected in the second half of August. Nvidia has already dropped the price of Geforce GTX 280 to $499 in American etail and the cheapest one at newegg sells for $469.99 after a $30 mail in rebate.

According to VP of AMD's graphics marketing, the R700 should end up faster than Geforce GTX 280 and with 2GB memory it might look much more attractive than it would look with 1GB.
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Samples are out.



Couple of weeks back, we brought you some exclusive details on AMD's upcoming flagship Radeon 4800 series card; R700. We were the first one to report a July launch, which was confirmed by chinese daily Digitimes six days later.

Again, we are the first one to bring you the exact launch date. R700 (4870X2) is currently slated for launch on the 14th of July. AMD decided to pull the preview ahead by two weeks, so availability is still on track for end of July. R700 samples are already in the hands of reviewing media, Sampsa Muropaketti (famous finnish overclocker) has already recieved one (blog post titled "GTX 280 Killer is here"). Expect records to tumble.
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Link

Get the salt out and try to fend off ATI fanboys as the interweb's mysterious ways are 'suggesting' that the upcoming graphics performance crown contender, the single PCB, dual-GPU Radeon HD 4870 X2 will be officially introduced as soon as Monday, July 14. Apparently, Monday the reviews will begin pouring in while actual cards will arrive in stores later on, before the end of this month.
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