AMD To Launch RV770 On June 18th

[psychas]

well anyway 2 weeks and few days left hopefully we see some more info as release date getting closer

 

[LoadsaMoney]

well anyway 2 weeks and few days left hopefully we see some more info as release date getting closer

Might get some this week, as Computex starts tomorrow i think.

 

[Fuzz]

Yep June 3rd - 7th

 

[Strife212]

This is using second generation unified shaders, its a big change from G92 afaik

 

[RizlaKing]

I would be very surprised if we didn't get anything new and extra coming out of computex.

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

Might get some this week, as Computex starts tomorrow i think.

Awesomeness, better be mobility X2 laptop chips out.

 

[TheGamingGeneral]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! July now!!? Awwwww noes

AMD isn't quite certain how to price its new graphics cards. It feels certain that it's new cards will be able to restore a lot of the former ATI glory, but at the same time it's feeling a bit uneasy because of the upcoming launch of the GeForce GTX series. AMD will only have one of the cards ready at launch, Radeon HD 4850, with additional supplies of the faster GDDR5-equipped 4870 coming in July. Later in August, AMD is hoping to launch the dual-GPU Radeon HD 4870X2 which is instructed to take down the GeForce GTX series.

Even though prices haven't been written in stone yet, AMD is going to pitch the idea of pricing the cards at $199, <$299 and $499 to partners at Computex. The only really uncertain of the three is the non-X2 4870, which has shown great promise in AMD's own tests and AMD feels that a price tag much lower than $299 is a bit too cheap. We should know more after Computex starts.

July for the 4870s........ That has totally screwed up my whole upgrade plan. Another two months!

Source: http://www.nordichardware.com/news,7826.html

Martyn

 

[3t3P]

I DON'T WANNA WAIT TILL JULY :[
isn't there someone I can call? like the ghostbusters?

 

[Tom|Nbk]

July is too late. They will have missed the boat.

 

[3t3P]

at this rate i'm gonna switch on the telly to find blue peter making a 4870 from egg cartons, some double-sided tape and some paint

argggHHHH!

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

Interested, will the egg boxes allow full 16X PCI-e? And what will we need to make the crossfire bridges?

 

[Lightnix]

July is too late. They will have missed the boat.

You mean the 6-month update boat? 'Cause.. Y'know, July could mean anything. The first of July would mean only a couple of weeks after the GTX280 which is hardly that late at all, and would give AMD a good chance to gauge how nVidia's cards are performing and are priced, giving them an ample chance to act accordingly.

At the same time, it's getting a damn sight later than the May launch that was first predicted. :\

 

[TheGamingGeneral]

You mean the 6-month update boat? 'Cause.. Y'know, July could mean anything. The first of July would mean only a couple of weeks after the GTX280 which is hardly that late at all, and would give AMD a good chance to gauge how nVidia's cards are performing and are priced, giving them an ample chance to act accordingly.

At the same time, it's getting a damn sight later than the May launch that was first predicted. :\

You know I thought the same, but I mean if its early July then fine, two weeks I can cope with. But chances are it's the end of July and that's as much as six weeks away (after launch). By then Nvidia will already be discounting there cards, specifically the 260 which is where the fight will really be. And have an extra month over the competing ATi product in sales.

 

[Owenb]

You know I thought the same, but I mean if its early July then fine, two weeks I can cope with. But chances are it's the end of July and that's as much as six weeks away (after launch). By then Nvidia will already be discounting there cards, specifically the 260 which is where the fight will really be. And have an extra month over the competing ATi product in sales.

If the *rumours* are true then Nvidia won't be discounting anything due to poor yield's. If the 4870 is delayed it will probably be down to the use of GDDR5.

 

[this_is_gav]

Well, in theory. There are still (completely unsubstantiated) rumours than the GTX280 release will be little more than a paper one, with early stock issues not dissimilar to the 8800GT release. We'll have to wait and see. No idea how GTX260 is coming along.

 

[LoadsaMoney]

8800 GT wasn't a stock issue, that was deliberate holding of cards to keep prices at a premium.

 

[J.D]

8800 GT wasn't a stock issue, that was deliberate holding of cards to keep prices at a premium.

All these PC component retailers must have had some crazy LAN events in the office at that time .

 

[LoadsaMoney]

You could tell it was all a deliberate holding when the GTS came out, same G92, yet there was ******* millions of em in stock everywhere on launch day, funny that eh, can't get G92's for love nor money for ******* months on end, then all of a sudden they have a new more expensive card coming out using them, and suddenly as if by magic, G92's are streaming out in great quantities like theres no tomorrow, but only streaming out for their more expensive GTS's, wonder why eh, could it have been because they wanted to make even more money on the higher priced GTS's, as more people would buy them due to not being able to find a GT as they were still in an apparent severe shortage. (i.e stacked floor to ceiling in a ******* shedload of warehouses somewhere), nah.

 

[Monkeynut]

Wasn't one of the first batches dodgy in the 8800GT though?

 

[Skyboat]

Well they were indeed stockpiling a load of G92 cores whilst making the GT, before the GTS release - hence the shortage and price hikes. Those cores were then used for the refreshed GTS 512