AMD To Launch RV770 On June 18th

Mr Paul · 19 Jun 2008 at 19:01

Wow seems to have 40 TMU's compared to the 32 we all thought.

Oh and 800 shaders

toucam · 19 Jun 2008 at 19:15

Am I right in thinking that if I have already owned a highly overclockable 8800GTX, I should not get excited at all by these new releases from ATI until 4870X2 arrives? (btw, I'm not interested in XFire or XFire X either). Would love to go back to ATI in August

Tom|Nbk · 19 Jun 2008 at 19:19

toucam said:
Am I right in thinking that if I have already owned a highly overclockable 8800GTX, I should not get excited at all by these new releases from ATI until 4870X2 arrives? (btw, I'm not interested in XFire or XFire X either). Would love to go back to ATI in August

Well the 4850 pretty much smashes the 8800GTX so I'd be excited but it's not worth the hassle of changing really.

Crossfiring them is another option. I'm glad I sold my GTS last week. It may be worth **** all now

titaniumx3 · 19 Jun 2008 at 19:28

I think I'll wait for the 4870 tbh, looks like the GDDR3 and 512mb of ram is holding it back quite a bit.

TheOtherOption · 19 Jun 2008 at 19:30

Looking at the Guru3D review the 4850 really does look like a sweet little bit of kit, very tempting to nab one however will wait and see what kind of can of whup-ass the 4870 is able to open

LoadsaMoney · 19 Jun 2008 at 19:34

have to agree, the AA performance is really impressive, AMD have done a cracking job here. :cool:

Alexrose1uk · 19 Jun 2008 at 19:37

Seems like ATI have really listened to criticism of the 29/38 series here, the new 48 seem to have cracking performance for the $ again, just this time without the downside of low AA performance.

Nice to see them back in the game, especially since I might even occasionally get drivers with ATI rather than relying on NV betas

Looks like the 48 series should be the true sucessor to the X1900 cards

C64 · 19 Jun 2008 at 19:38

Lets see what they sell for if they are £200 then meh

Tom|Nbk · 19 Jun 2008 at 19:41

C64 said:
Lets see what they sell for if they are £200 then meh

the 4870s?

C64 · 19 Jun 2008 at 19:43

No the 4850 and by all accounts it is only a bit faster than an 8800 gtx so if it's way more than the price of a second hand gtx I really don't see what all the fuss is about.
Lets say I can get 60 fps for £100 why on earth would I pay £200 for 75 fps.

Richdog · 19 Jun 2008 at 19:44

C64 said:
No the 4850 and by all accounts it is only a bit faster than an 8800 gtx so if it's way more than the price of a second hand gtx I really don't see what all the fuss is about.

They're already on sale for around £130... and the price will drop in the coming weeks. Where on earth did you get £200 from.

Tom|Nbk · 19 Jun 2008 at 19:45

C64 said:
No the 4850 and by all accounts it is only a bit faster than an 8800 gtx so if it's way more than the price of a second hand gtx I really don't see what all the fuss is about.
Lets say I can get 60 fps for £100 why on earth would I pay £200 for 75 fps.

The 4850 will be no where near £200 It's already been spotted in other retailers for a significant amount less in the UK.

LoadsaMoney · 19 Jun 2008 at 19:45

The 4850's are not £200, they way less.

Lightnix · 19 Jun 2008 at 19:46

It's $200. It'll be a fair bit cheaper than £200.

That is what the fuss is about, not because they're record breaking performers, but because they claim the mid-range.

C64 · 19 Jun 2008 at 19:47

But I have seen this before where cards are advertised at a price and not actually available at that price then 2 days later everywhere is more than that price.

Richdog · 19 Jun 2008 at 19:48

C64 said:
But I have seen this before where cards are advertised at a price and not actually available at that price then 2 days later everywhere is more than that price.

Err... ok.

C64 · 19 Jun 2008 at 19:49

The 8800gt was advertised at around £140-£150 2 days later it was like £180+ everywhere.
I have googled to death and cant find the 4850 available anywhere.

Locky · 19 Jun 2008 at 19:50

The 4850 is a beast of a card, its very impressive, quiet and cheap, in crossfire it sacles very well, all i can say now.

HeX · 19 Jun 2008 at 19:50

C64 said:
The 8800gt was advertised at around £140-£150 2 days later it was like £180+ everywhere.

Well I can tell ya now i've just bought two for just shy of £280.

C64 · 19 Jun 2008 at 19:52

Take your word for it then just had a feeling the price would increase as it matches the £200 ish cards performance.