AMD To Launch RV770 On June 18th

[C64]

Well lets see what after market coolers come for these the s1 is a tremendous cooler hopefully there will be something similar for these.

 

[gurusan]

my card will be going under water so I could care less about the cooler, but gDDR5 and possible better speed binning are what draw me to the 4870

 

[Schnippzle]

Same i think will go 4870 for the dual slot because they get hot

Not because of performance gains?

 

[FrostedNipple]

Wish I had the spare cash to get one looks like I'm going to miss the boat will probably have to keep my 8800gt forever now and use it as an in between upgrade backup card.Not worth me selling it now would be lucky to get £60 for it now.

they go for about £70 in the mm right about now!

 

[tetsuo]

Yeah I love the look of the 4870

Not liking the 4850 though personally, I actually prefer dual slotters

Yeah me too. they should have stuck a dual on the 4850 after looking at the temps.

 

[queamin]

Not because of performance gains?

It depend how much as they are the same gpu just clocked higher with gddr3/5, i just want a new toy and replace my 320

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Single slots fine, 8800 GT had a single slot, and was hitting 90+ underload, and no problems with them.

 

[Lightnix]

I'll probably get a HIS IceQ 4850 or a stock 4870 once they drop a bit below £100, personally, depending on the prices and the performance gap.

 

[C64]

they go for about £70 in the mm right about now!

yea but I don't have the £70 on top to buy the 4850 and i cant bare to be without my pc for even a week lol.

 

[sutom]

I'll probably get a HIS IceQ 4850

Don't suppose you know if the HIS version is likely to be out soon after the other companies do you? I'm probably going for a 4850 but all the high-temp stuff is a bit worrying.

 

[tetsuo]

so are there any good estimates on 4870 prices?

 

[tetsuo]

I'll probably get a HIS IceQ 4850.

thats whati was hoping for.

 

[queamin]

Single slots fine, 8800 GT had a single slot, and was hitting 90+ underload, and no problems with them.

That depends, the cores are meant to OC like mad but if heat is a issue then i am not sure if that will be a limiter,so i might just go for a 4870 but i need to see what they oc to.

 

[TheGamingGeneral]

so are there any good estimates on 4870 prices?

Apparantly they have went down to $299. After tax and import duty your looking at the £200 range, I would be suprised if it is much more than that though. Especially with Nvidia anouncing that 9800GTX+ for $230ish and dropping the current 9800GTX too $199.

Martyn

 

[TheGamingGeneral]

Edit: I did it again!

 

[chaotic_uk]

Apparantly they have went down to $299. After tax and import duty your looking at the £200 range, I would be suprised if it is much more than that though. Especially with Nvidia anouncing that 9800GTX+ for $230ish and dropping the current 9800GTX too $199.

Martyn

are you sure ? as i have seen the 4850 for £148 , surely the 4870 will end up more than £200

 

[Lightnix]

are you sure ? as i have seen the 4850 for £148 , surely the 4870 will end up more than £200

Yeah, but let's be fair here, that's 'very limited quantity because of brought forward release' prices. I'm sure in a couple of weeks we'll see 4850's going for £120 and less.

 

[queamin]

are you sure ? as i have seen the 4850 for £148 , surely the 4870 will end up more than £200

At moment there isn't a lot of site selling them over here wait until they all start selling it should come down in price

 

[Tute]

ANandtech review up.

 

[tetsuo]

Apparantly they have went down to $299. After tax and import duty your looking at the £200 range, I would be suprised if it is much more than that though. Especially with Nvidia anouncing that 9800GTX+ for $230ish and dropping the current 9800GTX too $199.

Martyn

awesome, i'm holding off for a 4870 then. I like bigger cards anyway....it makes me feel better about my small penis