AMD To Launch RV770 On June 18th

matt100 · 13 Jun 2008 at 00:04

if thats scoring 15k in 06 with a 4ghz quad it needs to be cheap surely.. can't a clocked 8800GT manage that?

Skyboat · 13 Jun 2008 at 00:04

LoadsaMoney said:
Looks like a Nvidia trick that, the 4850 is identical to the 3850, just the number on the HSF is different.

Except that the 4850 is miles faster than it's predecessor.

Lightnix · 13 Jun 2008 at 00:36

matt100 said:
if thats scoring 15k in 06 with a 4ghz quad it needs to be cheap surely.. can't a clocked 8800GT manage that?

http://en.expreview.com/2008/02/26/9800gtx-3dmark06-score-here-dont-be-too-excited/

About as comparable as we're going to get I think.

TheRealDeal · 13 Jun 2008 at 08:47

So if the 4850 performance scales into games its as fast as a 9800gtx which is not to bad performance for the rated price. We still don't know if any of these benchmarks are true though.

Richdog · 13 Jun 2008 at 08:53

If the 4850 is as fast as a 9800GTX it will be an amazing purchase... considering the 9800GTX can handle 99% of games with ease. Crossfire will become a viable and powerful solution if the price is good.

gurusan · 13 Jun 2008 at 08:55

That is only at stock as well, I wonder how much overclocking headroom these have...if they can do 900+mhz easily like the 3850 then they will be even better bang/buck.

It's also interesting how the 4850 has such a massively higher SM3 score in comparison to the 9800GTX

Greebo · 13 Jun 2008 at 08:58

Yeah but we have seen that before haven't we? High 3dmark06 scores but not the matching performance in game framerates?

david25 · 13 Jun 2008 at 09:02

Real stats of a real 4850 512mb GDDR3 here (selling early in Hong Kong)

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=182304&page=95

Richdog · 13 Jun 2008 at 09:03

Yeah, ignore 3DMOCK for real-world performance comparisons.

jrodga2k5 · 13 Jun 2008 at 09:33

ATi <3 3dMark tbh! We all know this! SO great nice score and all that but we will see how fast it is in real gaming next to the 9800GTX!

psychas · 13 Jun 2008 at 11:35

4870 @ 329$ now

HeX · 13 Jun 2008 at 11:41

psychas said:
4870 @ 329$ now

~£170

170 x 1.175 = £200 inc VAT.

Sounds about right.

Duke · 13 Jun 2008 at 12:39

£329 you mean.

Scougar · 13 Jun 2008 at 12:41

Always get shafted over prices here. There prob selling them for $5 dollars each in India, where the government subsidise general purchases

But seriously, the dollar to pound conversion doesn't work out the way you hope it will when you buy electronics products in the UK

Matthew

HeX · 13 Jun 2008 at 12:47

Scougar said:
Always get shafted over prices here. There prob selling them for $5 dollars each in India, where the government subsidise general purchases

But seriously, the dollar to pound conversion doesn't work out the way you hope it will when you buy electronics products in the UK

Matthew

Hence I didn't do straight $ > £ I added on VAT as well.

Of course there'll no doubt be a bit more added on top, but I don't think it'll be a million miles away from the £200 mark.

Especially as the 4850's will be going for ~£130 and they are essentially the same card minus GDDR5.

Tom|Nbk · 13 Jun 2008 at 13:23

Bung another 30 quid on top for import tax blah blah.

The_Abyss · 13 Jun 2008 at 13:49

And another £30 because of short supply and 'just because they can'.

fornowagain · 13 Jun 2008 at 14:02

HeX · 13 Jun 2008 at 14:33

What are those benchies of forno? am I missing something?

matt100 · 13 Jun 2008 at 14:59

so the GTX280 appears to be within spitting distance of the 9800GX2 on what I guess are early drivers?

Its impressive but its not £450 impressive when you could get a more powerful card for £300... interesting!