ED#93 : The ATI Radeon HD 4870 Is Prepped For Launch!

Dashken · 16th Jun 2008, 07:17 PM

While we were at Computex 2008, we were told by at least 3 ATI partners that the Radeon HD 4870 was not ready for launch anytime soon. We were also told that ATI had decided to delay the launch of their Radeon HD 4850 graphics card from June 18 to June 25, 2008.

At first, we figured that ATI pushed back the Radeon HD 4850's launch date to avoid the launch of the NVIDIA GTX 280 and GTX 260 graphics. Perhaps that was originally the reason but we now understand that the delay has also allowed them to...

Link : ED#93 : The ATI Radeon HD 4870 Is Prepped For Launch!

Lacus · 16th Jun 2008, 11:06 PM

Btw 4850 is being sold here now

. I heard it's launching at June 18. both HIS and Gigabyte's 4850 are selling at 750 while Gecube has it selling at 690

Mac Daddy · 17th Jun 2008, 04:09 AM

Nice lets see how they perform

DarKSeeD · 17th Jun 2008, 11:43 PM

If Ati stays with single power connector and offers good speed, lower heat disipation and low noise not to mention lower price than 260/280 I would gladly buy one. The name of the game should be Green. But as far as I can see nVidia doesn't care, though it's green

Lacus · 18th Jun 2008, 12:26 AM

Lol, sellers here even have war on the new gpu O_O..from 750 to 699 with a free keyboard O.O

Adrian Wong · 19th Jun 2008, 02:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lacus

Btw 4850 is being sold here now

. I heard it's launching at June 18. both HIS and Gigabyte's 4850 are selling at 750 while Gecube has it selling at 690

Hehe.. I think ATI is less strict on their NDAs.

Chai · 19th Jun 2008, 07:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Adrian Wong

Hehe.. I think ATI is less strict on their NDAs.

Wrong. GT280 is already being sold as well!

Just like 8800GTS G92 was sold 2 weeks before the launch.

Lacus · 20th Jun 2008, 12:13 AM

@chai,yeah...and it's sold at 2.4k

..ain't cheap you know =/

Chai · 20th Jun 2008, 07:52 AM

I think GT280 is not worth buying at all. Just get 9800GTX.

Adrian Wong · 22nd Jun 2008, 08:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chai

Wrong. GT280 is already being sold as well!

Just like 8800GTS G92 was sold 2 weeks before the launch.

Then I really don't know why they are so paranoid about the GTX 280 at Computex.

16th Jun 2008, 07:17 PM	#1 (permalink)
Dashken Administrator! Join Date: 21 Apr 2003 Location: Penang Posts: 29,758 Reputation: 2162 Rep Power: 56	ED#93 : The ATI Radeon HD 4870 Is Prepped For Launch! While we were at Computex 2008, we were told by at least 3 ATI partners that the Radeon HD 4870 was not ready for launch anytime soon. We were also told that ATI had decided to delay the launch of their Radeon HD 4850 graphics card from June 18 to June 25, 2008. At first, we figured that ATI pushed back the Radeon HD 4850's launch date to avoid the launch of the NVIDIA GTX 280 and GTX 260 graphics. Perhaps that was originally the reason but we now understand that the delay has also allowed them to... Link : ED#93 : The ATI Radeon HD 4870 Is Prepped For Launch! __________________ \| Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3.2Ghz \| ASUS P5B-E Plus \| G.SKILL 2x1GB DDR2 800 \| 6 HDDs (2TB+ only ) \| NVIDIA GeForce 7600GT \| Dell E248WFP 24" Widescreen \| Blog : Dashken's I-Blog Gallery : Dashken's I-Paintings Last edited by Dashken : 16th Jun 2008 at 07:42 PM.

16th Jun 2008, 11:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
Lacus Super Active Join Date: 28 Mar 2008 Posts: 1,023 Reputation: 166 Rep Power: 3	Btw 4850 is being sold here now . I heard it's launching at June 18. both HIS and Gigabyte's 4850 are selling at 750 while Gecube has it selling at 690 __________________ GUNDAM 00[CPU=Intel Celeron Dual Core E1200 (3200Mhz)\| Mobo=Asus Rampage Maximus Formula (Rampage Bios Mod)\| GPU=Gigabyte HD4850 512MB GDDR3+T-Rad2 \| RAM=4x1gb DDR2 800Mhz Corsair XMS2 \| HDD=Western Digital WD6400AAKS 640GB \| Soundcard=Doom's Creative X-FI XtremeMusic \| Speakers=Creative Inspire P5800 \| PSU=Silverstone Strider ST56F \| Keyboard=Creative Prodikeys DM \| Mouse=Logitech MX518\| Casing=Lian Li PC-7YCF]

17th Jun 2008, 04:09 AM	#3 (permalink)
Mac Daddy Pickin' Da Gitfiddle Join Date: 19 Nov 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 2,048 Reputation: 802 Rep Power: 12	Nice lets see how they perform __________________

17th Jun 2008, 11:43 PM	#4 (permalink)
DarKSeeD BOG Translator Join Date: 30 Oct 2004 Posts: 228 Reputation: 101 Rep Power: 6	If Ati stays with single power connector and offers good speed, lower heat disipation and low noise not to mention lower price than 260/280 I would gladly buy one. The name of the game should be Green. But as far as I can see nVidia doesn't care, though it's green __________________ Gizas! what a mess

18th Jun 2008, 12:26 AM	#5 (permalink)
Lacus Super Active Join Date: 28 Mar 2008 Posts: 1,023 Reputation: 166 Rep Power: 3	Lol, sellers here even have war on the new gpu O_O..from 750 to 699 with a free keyboard O.O __________________ GUNDAM 00[CPU=Intel Celeron Dual Core E1200 (3200Mhz)\| Mobo=Asus Rampage Maximus Formula (Rampage Bios Mod)\| GPU=Gigabyte HD4850 512MB GDDR3+T-Rad2 \| RAM=4x1gb DDR2 800Mhz Corsair XMS2 \| HDD=Western Digital WD6400AAKS 640GB \| Soundcard=Doom's Creative X-FI XtremeMusic \| Speakers=Creative Inspire P5800 \| PSU=Silverstone Strider ST56F \| Keyboard=Creative Prodikeys DM \| Mouse=Logitech MX518\| Casing=Lian Li PC-7YCF]

20th Jun 2008, 12:13 AM	#8 (permalink)
Lacus Super Active Join Date: 28 Mar 2008 Posts: 1,023 Reputation: 166 Rep Power: 3	@chai,yeah...and it's sold at 2.4k ..ain't cheap you know =/ __________________ GUNDAM 00[CPU=Intel Celeron Dual Core E1200 (3200Mhz)\| Mobo=Asus Rampage Maximus Formula (Rampage Bios Mod)\| GPU=Gigabyte HD4850 512MB GDDR3+T-Rad2 \| RAM=4x1gb DDR2 800Mhz Corsair XMS2 \| HDD=Western Digital WD6400AAKS 640GB \| Soundcard=Doom's Creative X-FI XtremeMusic \| Speakers=Creative Inspire P5800 \| PSU=Silverstone Strider ST56F \| Keyboard=Creative Prodikeys DM \| Mouse=Logitech MX518\| Casing=Lian Li PC-7YCF]

20th Jun 2008, 07:52 AM	#9 (permalink)
Chai Administrator Join Date: 6 Oct 2002 Location: Maranello Posts: 26,757 Reputation: 3984 Rep Power: 72	I think GT280 is not worth buying at all. Just get 9800GTX. __________________ Chai (Contributor & Forum Admin) http://www.techarp.com/

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