AMD To Launch RV770 On June 18th

[Dark_Angel]

800SP's crammed into this little tiddler. Not much bigger than a penny.

I'm hoping that's an AMD engineer with a defective core for demo purposes.

I don't think that AMD can afford to be throwing away working GPUs right now!

That actually just made me lol.

I can almost imagine them in the plant dropping them randomly "oppps... oh well we are only wrecking about 30 or so percent of the ones we make!"

 

[Tom|Nbk]

It's most likely a bad yield

 

[FrostedNipple]

yeh, if iirc engineers never have to touch the chips ever at all along the making process

 

[Tom|Nbk]

yeh, if iirc engineers never have to touch the chips ever at all along the making process

Not often no.

A video here from AMD not so much the GPU fab side more CPU. Gives you good idea.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p26UNb_G0Y0

 

[Strife212]

There's always distance selling act to send my GTX 280 back if some solid news comes soon...

 

[SS-89]

4870 for me by the looks of it.

 

[chaosophy]

I'm thinking a 4870 as well but really want a 1GB version, might even be tempted to wait for the X2 if a mid August release is likely. As that'll be this years B'day present to myself sorted. And the next big game on my radar is Stalker:CS, which hopefully will hit at the end of Aug.

 

[Broken Hope]

4870 isn't due till the 8th of July

[edit]

New Tweak Town article

How NVIDIA Stuffed the GTX 280

The thing is though, I’ve tested the HD 4850, and what’s interesting is that the card is going to be a mid-range solution. But in Crossfire? - Wow! - With the amount of people who have CF boards as well, thanks to the Intel CPU and chipset being the products of choice, this is going to be a great solution.

...

The GTX 280 is slower than a pair of CrossFired 4850s for the most part; it’s also $250 AUD dearer. The price on the HD 4850 in AUD is around $250, so $500 for a pair while the GTX 280 is starting at $750.

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As frustrated at NVIDIA as I am, who has really annoyed me is ATI. The fact that the NDA has been pushed back is just killing me. Knowing the results on the HD 4850 has completely changed my outlook on the GTX 280. At the moment, a lot of review websites have compared the GTX 280 to the 9800 GX2 and they see the performance being similar with a single core, then they see the new technology that’s implemented into the card and find it all to be pretty amazing. Performance talks though, and if these people had seen the HD 4850 run in CrossFire, I don’t doubt that their opinion on the cards would have likely changed.

 

[Tom|Nbk]

I believe that's mass availability. You should still be able to get one on the 25th. Check back through this thread, it's been covered.

 

[Perfect_Chaos]

looks like multi card setups are getting quite popular now, and for the price to performance you get im not that surprised.

I just want benches of 4870/xfire.. we need to wait another week?

 

[Tom|Nbk]

4870 samples go out towards the end of this week. So look for leaks etc then.

 

[TheGamingGeneral]

looks like multi card setups are getting quite popular now, and for the price to performance you get im not that surprised.

I just want benches of 4870/xfire.. we need to wait another week?

Indeed, it is part of ATi's strategy afterall, one that I didnt think would work to begin with, but if this concencious that a 4850 xfire can beat a GTX 280 for less cash (or within reason) is correct then hats off to ATI.

Martyn

 

[Talrinys]

Wow, R700 in 8 weeks or so, if prices on that hit about 240£, i really hope those cards rock so i can get one

 

[psychas]

oh snap if its july i will be eaten by big pigeon

 

[Duff-Man]

Wow, R700 in 8 weeks or so, if prices on that hit about 240£, i really hope those cards rock so i can get one

r700 is a high-end card, so I imagine it will be priced accordingly.

Assuming it beats the GTX280, I would imagine a price-tag of around £350 or £400. Remember ATI's offerings the past 18 months or so have all been mid-range cards (with the debatable exception of the 3870x2).

 

[Tom|Nbk]

oh snap if its july i will be eaten by big pigeon

 

[gurusan]

lol I've seen that a gajillion times over the years and it still cracks me up every time

 

[Talrinys]

r700 is a high-end card, so I imagine it will be priced accordingly.

Assuming it beats the GTX280, I would imagine a price-tag of around £350 or £400. Remember ATI's offerings the past 18 months or so have all been mid-range cards (with the debatable exception of the 3870x2).

It probably will be priced there at first, but my currency is doing well in terms of exchange rate to the pound, and the prices will drop, i think i will have enough money to buy one

 

[straxusii]

Not sure if this has been posted, 4850 crossfire benches:

http://forums.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?t=290136

GTX280 Crysis 1920x1200 4xAA VeryHigh = 17.2
HD4850 CF Crysis 1920x1200 4xAA Very High = 22.96

 

[Perfect_Chaos]

if ATI are using xfire to get a win i really hope there are no issues.

and that it works in a vast majority of games

but the question is.. how much faster in almost all recent and not so recent games?

we already know the new cards will be killers in source games