AMD To Launch RV770 On June 18th

Greebo · 20 Jun 2008 at 13:53

fornowagain said:
Just seen the 512Mb for £240 pre order elsewhere

They were £211 on ocuk for the 20 seconds they were up.

rojones · 20 Jun 2008 at 13:53

ouch !

fornowagain · 20 Jun 2008 at 13:55

Greebo said:
They were £211 on ocuk for the 20 seconds they were up.

Lets hope they don't see the competitors prices, oops

hardtarget · 20 Jun 2008 at 14:03

Azza said:
Ordered two.

Ill get a third when the price drops a bit more.

What sort of PSU will you need to run two of these (4850)? I have an Corsair 620W HX would this be ok?

Azza · 20 Jun 2008 at 14:05

hardtarget said:
What sort of PSU will you need to run two of these? I have an Corsair 620W HX would this be ok?

Same one.

Soviet · 20 Jun 2008 at 14:08

Steedie said:
How much faster are Crossfires 4850's compared to a 8800GTX?

I wanna know this too. Thinking of getting a new mobo and 2x 4850s or even 4870s.

gurusan · 20 Jun 2008 at 14:09

Crossfire 4850s should absolutely destroy a 8800GTX in every way.

I just ordered myself a lovely HIS 4850

jrodga2k5 · 20 Jun 2008 at 14:09

Soviet said:
I wanna know this too. Thinking of getting a new mobo and 2x 4850s or even 4870s.

well think of it as the 4850 is equal to or greater than the 8800GTX in some benchmarks and so add a second probably around 50% faster on average

gurusan · 20 Jun 2008 at 14:20

I wonder when we are going to see some overclocking software for the 48xx series.

Soviet · 20 Jun 2008 at 14:21

Awesome.

Hmm now I just need to order a new mobo (might need some recommendations for this as I'm clueless when it comes to good/bad motherboards) a new processor, a better PSU and probably some better RAM for said mobo.

My bank balance is definately gonna feel this.

Greebo · 20 Jun 2008 at 14:23

jrodga2k5 said:
well think of it as the 4850 is equal to or greater than the 8800GTX in some benchmarks and so add a second probably around 50% faster on average

Or since crossfire on 4850's are scaling to 100% with some games, make that 50-100% quicker

FrostedNipple · 20 Jun 2008 at 14:53

Can anyone confirm to me that the 4850 will work in a pci-e 1 port?

Skyboat · 20 Jun 2008 at 15:10

What's your motherboard's chipset?

FrostedNipple · 20 Jun 2008 at 15:11

its an Asus P5B Vanilla

Skyboat · 20 Jun 2008 at 15:11

P965 yes? Should work

FrostedNipple · 20 Jun 2008 at 15:13

p965 good, just need to lurk to find a good deal now

procrastinator · 20 Jun 2008 at 15:14

Skyboat said:
What's your motherboard's chipset?

I'm currently using an asus P5B board. I think thats based on the P965 chipset, although Im not certain.

procrastinator · 20 Jun 2008 at 15:16

Skyboat said:
P965 yes? Should work

Awesome. I just have to find the money to buy one now.

sxndy · 20 Jun 2008 at 15:47

Well, I held off and bought the Asus 4850 from OC, comes tomorrow.

I don't know if it's worst or better than the sapphire or his, but it has a pretty girl on it and thats all that matters.

Nick1881 · 20 Jun 2008 at 15:49

According to the benchies its much better than my GTS in the only game I play, COD4. Think i will hold out til the 4870 or even the X2 as I want a massive increase in performance, very promising so far.