Well it's the same reason with some TWIMTBP games with nVidia, they paid the devs
Notice that big red ATI logo in the HL2 options screen?
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AMD To Launch RV770 On June 18th
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Well it's the same reason with some TWIMTBP games with nVidia, they paid the devs
Notice that big red ATI logo in the HL2 options screen?
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The 4870 is only meant to be a mid range card i think so if sli is working properly i think gx2 will be faster but if sli ain't working then the new 4870 should be much faster than a gx2. The thing is nobody knows nothing yet so we may be in for a shock good or bad. There is leaked info on ati next gen architecture suposedly out at the end of the year if the specs on that are true then they will be back on the high end scale again. Basically all we know from all the sites over the internet may be true maybe not so until some concrete info comes in we really don't know anything concrete.
Basically RV770 is a core with twice as much shader power (1.5x the amount of shaders and they're running at 1.5x what they were on RV670) as rv670, twice as much texturing power (32 TMUs compared to 16 on RV670) as RV670 and trucks of extra bandwidth thanks to GDDR5. I wouldn't get too thrown off by its 'midrange' tag IMO.
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eh?
That thing at the top-left.
Boy, I do wonder where I've seen the 4850 cooler before.
I was hoping we'd get more heatsinks with flames on them. I guess they save that for power drawing monsters like the 2900.
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ooooooooooooo that R700 looks cool
Not so keen on the RV770XT though, which is the one I will probably buy :\. Still, with a mind to get an R700 later on for Tri-fire, its all good.
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Not so keen on the RV770XT though, which is the one I will probably buy :\. Still, with a mind to get an R700 later on for Tri-fire, its all good.
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4870 XT is the 9800 GTX competitor
http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7511&Itemid=1
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'The RV770XT should be as fast as a non-overclocked version of the Geforce 9800GTX 512MB or around that speed. This means that the RV770XT might be a bit faster or a bit slower than this Nvidia offering.
However, the RV770XT based 512MB cards won't be able to beat overclocked Geforce 9800 GTX 512MB cards'
Oh dear, hope not.
http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7511&Itemid=1
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'The RV770XT should be as fast as a non-overclocked version of the Geforce 9800GTX 512MB or around that speed. This means that the RV770XT might be a bit faster or a bit slower than this Nvidia offering.
However, the RV770XT based 512MB cards won't be able to beat overclocked Geforce 9800 GTX 512MB cards'
Oh dear, hope not.
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It could have a little truth in it being around the performance of the 9800GTX. The reason I think it might be true is that it could end up 50% to 75% cheaper than the 9800GTX. Then you can go and buy a GTS 512mb for nearly the same price though? .
I hate rumours.
. I hate rumours. Pointless posting here wondering and wondering.
Sit back, sup some of your favourite alcohol and wait til they come out.
It's only a few weeks now, the samples will be out to all the usual companies well before then and they'll be butchered to bits to see what they'll give.
Saving me all the hassle.
Sit back, sup some of your favourite alcohol and wait til they come out.
It's only a few weeks now, the samples will be out to all the usual companies well before then and they'll be butchered to bits to see what they'll give.
Saving me all the hassle.