R700 Prices
June will be a busy month for GPU fans. Both AMD/ATI and NVIDIA are expected to launch their next-gen cards around the same time, meaning that head-to-head tests will be all over the place shortly after, so we’ll know exactly what to buy this summer.
A couple of days ago we learned about NVIDIA’s prices and today we take a look at how ATI is going to price their products. TG Daily has obtained some exclusive info on ATI’s products, and according to the renowned site the new boards will come with support for “physics processing” and prices that will start below $200 for a 512 MB board. Logically dubbed the Radeon HD 4800 series, ATI’s cards will launch several days after Nvidia’s GT200.
According to Fudzilla, ATI’s RV770XT- and Pro-based products have been officially announced to launch on June 16th. These are the mid/mid-high solutions though, so we can’t really compare them to NVIDIA’s GT200. ATI's Radeon 4800 series will come in three major flavors, at first: we have the 4850, the 4870 and the flagship model 4870 X2.
The RV700XT is actually Radeon 4850, code-named “Makedon,” which integrates 512 MB of GDDR3 or GDDR5 memory and will include a single slot cooler. July will see the official launch of Radeon HD 4870, which will come equipped with 512 MB GDDR5, plus the highly-anticipated HD 4870X2 with 1024 MB GDDR5.
Price points for these cards are as follows: the 3850 512MB is expected to retail for $189 - $219, while the 4870 GDDR5 cards will end up retailing for about $199 - $249. No pricing details on the 4870X2 for the moment.
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