+1 i thought it was long cleared and done with like some people have already 4850 so they now like
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AMD To Launch RV770 On June 18th
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+1 i thought it was long cleared and done with like some people have already 4850 so they now like
strife will u get sad if its pwnage ?
+1 i thought it was long cleared and done with like some people have already 4850 so they now like
Hence the confusion between 480 and 800:
The Radeon 4850 features a 625 MHz core clock and GDDR3 clock in excess of 2000MHz. Corporate documentation explains that the 480 stream processors on the RV770 processor offer considerable enhancements over the 320 stream processors found in the RV670 core, though AMD memos reveal little about how this is accomplished.
Ask if they can mark it as a gift, wack in the description, used / faulty & donation or something. Marked at $100.
Jobs a good 'en, no import tax.
Dg the bay is your friend and you can see how much we can get them for
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Oh that is a bargain until you add shipping and 10% import duty, then I am guessing it will work the same as buying it next week.
Although I wonder if the money I can save on two 4870 cards would justify the cost of a plane ticket
this is from guy whos already got the 4850
the midrange segment that this card is in includes the 9800 and 8800gts. It can hold it\'s own against the competitions cards. from what has been said by owners of the other cards it is as fast or faster depending on which games you are playing or plan to play. And it includes DX10.1 which the Nvidia cards do not support at this time
me thinks now that 130.00 has just flew out the window and 160.00 has just flown in.
the midrange segment that this card is in includes the 9800 and 8800gts. It can hold it\'s own against the competitions cards. from what has been said by owners of the other cards it is as fast or faster depending on which games you are playing or plan to play. And it includes DX10.1 which the Nvidia cards do not support at this time
me thinks now that 130.00 has just flew out the window and 160.00 has just flown in.
My last post on this as i don't want to upset people too much
GPU-Z just displays whatever the author put in a text document. There is screens of it displaying both 480/800.
Quote from dailytech from yesterday:
Yesterday tomshardware also reported that it had 480SP. Both of those sites are usually creditable.
Finally i will ask again, how can a 2.5 times increase in the number of shaders result in a ~20-30% increase in performance. Assuming the 4870 will run at similar speeds to the 3870, 750/775, then it would be inline for a 50-60% increase- i.e 320SP>>480SP.
Enjoy the next week!
Not upsetting anyone your just wrong it has 800 shaders look for yourself on the bay. While i am no lawyer and not familiar with US law i assume they have something along the lines of our laws and you can't just make things up to sell something. It was confusing for a while as there seemed to be a contradiction on how many shaders it has but that has now well and truly been cleared up it has 800. If Ati were stupid enough to try and charge £160 in the UK it would be better for us all to buy from the US and pay import tax nah they will retail for a decent price but not an overly high price.
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My last post on this as i don't want to upset people too much
GPU-Z just displays whatever the author put in a text document. There is screens of it displaying both 480/800.
Quote from dailytech from yesterday:
Yesterday tomshardware also reported that it had 480SP. Both of those sites are usually creditable.
Finally i will ask again, how can a 2.5 times increase in the number of shaders result in a ~20-30% increase in performance. Assuming the 4870 will run at similar speeds to the 3870, 750/775, then it would be inline for a 50-60% increase- i.e 320SP>>480SP.
Enjoy the next week!
That's making the assumption that the stream processors are as complex as those on the 3870, besides 320SP>>480SP is 1.5 times
I guess we won't know what they have done until next week, but I want my 4870 now if the 4850 is anything to go by. Then I can CF it in at xmas for another little speed boost
That's fair enough, but people have the cards now and its deffo 625Mhz GPU clock.
Which means if it is only 480SP then it isn't a 1Teraflop card unless the shaders are unlinked...
I swear there has never been this much mystery over a GPU's archetecture this close to its release before!
Bravo to ATi for making it so damn hard to figure out and give us all something to chat about until it's released lol
well just found this and now not looking as good as most are saying.basically same as a 8800gt.you can get gt for 100 now so maybe these arnt going to be great at 130.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=191575
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=191575
Surely the next set of drivers from ATi will sort that out though?
I do hope they get a move on, the ''final'' drivers of the 260 and 280 will release and hopefully boost there performance (which is why I am not totally writing Nvidia off yet), that GTX 260 can be found at reasonable prices and I am getting an itch sitting here.
Martyn
I thought the 177.35 were the final proper drivers?