ATI's predicted 4800 pricing model

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ATI predicted pricing model

4870X2 499.99
4870 1GB DDR5 339.99
4870 512MB DDR3 299.99
4850 512MB DDR3 199.99
4670 (rebadged 3870) 129.99
4650 (rebadged 3850) 89.99
 
Hope that holds true. NVidia needs a kickin'.
 
POPEGOLD said:
ATI predicted pricing model

4870X2 499.99
4870 1GB DDR5 339.99
4870 512MB DDR3 299.99
4850 512MB DDR3 199.99
4670 (rebadged 3870) 129.99
4650 (rebadged 3850) 89.99
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I hope this is true. These are great price points for all their video cards. At the $200 mark the 4850 is a great midrange video card for my upcoming PC build.

Hell, for a budge sub $500 gaming PC you could do some serious gaming with a HD4650/3850 for $90.
 
If that price is correct I will be getting the 4870x2 perhaps even 2. I haven't gone ATi in a while, but I'd love to come back to them if they have everything sorted out performance wise with AA enabled.
 
Same here. The only brands I have ever owned were 3dfx (voodoo 1 & 2) and Nvidia (TNT2 Ultra, and 8800GTX). But I am planning on buying a 4870X2 if it delivers, we will see this week hopefully when the 4870 benches start to leak.
 
Looking forward to 4870X2 1GB (shared) or 4870 1GB.

8x AA hit is much better (less) on ATI so there you go.
 
Think I'll go for 4850 this time, it seems to be the most balanced card in this gen.
 
4870 1gb would be nice, but who knows when we'll actually see it.

I'm getting eager to build my new rig and upgrade from my 7800 gtx =/
 
I don't think the 46x0 series is going to be a redone 3800 series personally. ATI will probably have something with a similar number of SPs, but with the improvements that came from the RV770, like the AA fix. I could have sworn that there was going to be a GDDR5 version of the 4670, don't quote me on that though.
 
Not sure about 1GB 4870.. The 4870X2 would need 2GB of memory then (due to each GPU needing a separate copy of the textures etc.).. That's not very likely, and I don't think ATI would want the 4870 to be superior to the 4870X2 in certain situations, either. But you never know.

4850 is where my money is at. I can't justify the additional $100 for the 4870 given the games I play and the resolution (1280x1024). 4870 or even GTX260 would be nice for Crysis, but I have no desire to replay that game when it looked "good enough" on my 8800GT.
 
POPEGOLD said:
ATI predicted pricing model

4870X2 499.99
4870 1GB DDR5 339.99
4870 512MB DDR3 299.99
4850 512MB DDR3 199.99
4670 (rebadged 3870) 129.99
4650 (rebadged 3850) 89.99
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Predicted by who? You? Source?
 
POPEGOLD said:
predicted by me...thats why it says predicted

i base my prediction on what i have been seeing around the web.
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wouldn't the 4870x2 be almost double the cost of the 4870? so closer to 600$, unless by the time it comes out the 4870 is down to 250$.
 
Doodies said:
wouldn't the 4870x2 be almost double the cost of the 4870? so closer to 600$, unless by the time it comes out the 4870 is down to 250$.
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i think Ati will undercut nvidia on the high end....the 4870x2 doesnt evn have to beat the gtx280 just be close... then hit it on price performance
 
redman223 said:
Same here. The only brands I have ever owned were 3dfx (voodoo 1 & 2) and Nvidia (TNT2 Ultra, and 8800GTX). But I am planning on buying a 4870X2 if it delivers, we will see this week hopefully when the 4870 benches start to leak.
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Wait, you went from a TNT2 Ultra to 8800GTX SLI?
 
Predicted price drops :D

4870X2: 399.99 ~ 449.99
4870 1GB DDR5: 279.99 ~ 299.99
4870 512MB DDR3: 239.99 ~ 279.99
4850 512MB DDR3: 149.99 ~ 169.99
4670 (rebadged 3870): 79.99 ~ 99.99
4650 (rebadged 3850): 49.99 ~ 69.99


GTX 280: 449.99 ~ 499.99
GTX 260: 279.99 ~ 299.99
 
Yeah, it sounds crazy but its the truth. I stopped playing PC games sometime in 2001 and I kept that computer for another 5 years (P2-400, 384mb ram, TNT2 Ultra, Aureal Vortex 2) only upgrading the hard drive to a 120gb from a 10gb, I had that thing for like 8 or 9 years haha. I just used it for music, internet, and school, but it was too slow to watch tv shows and movies, so I upgraded in 2006 to my current system. The last game I played on that old system was either Warcraft 3 or Red Alert 2. After building this system, I went back and played all the games I wanted to play but didn't have the system to run starting in 2000 with Mechwarrior 4...
 
JimmiG said:
Not sure about 1GB 4870.. The 4870X2 would need 2GB of memory then (due to each GPU needing a separate copy of the textures etc.).. That's not very likely, and I don't think ATI would want the 4870 to be superior to the 4870X2 in certain situations, either. But you never know.

4850 is where my money is at. I can't justify the additional $100 for the 4870 given the games I play and the resolution (1280x1024). 4870 or even GTX260 would be nice for Crysis, but I have no desire to replay that game when it looked "good enough" on my 8800GT.
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That isn't the case this time. as the two GPU communicate through the memory it will will be a shared memory. If it works as good as people think it should kicks some major ass. This is sounding like a real win for ATI, better performance, cheaper cost, lower overhead (there should not be near the penalty for using multiple GPUs)

This is the card I am waiting for.
 
Good thing the GTX 260 doesnt come out until next week, when the ATI's will get tested. I would have pulled the trigger on the 260 already if not, most likely :p
 
-Tetsuo- said:
Good thing the GTX 260 dont come out until next week, when the ATI's will get tested. I would have pulled the trigger on the 260 already if not, most likely :p
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i just bought 2 9600GT in SLI and already i wanna ebay em....i am waiting to see what the 4870x2 looks like .. might force me to sell em
 
I'm interested to see what the performance difference will be between the 4870 512mb ddr3 and the 4870 1gig ddr5.
 
I sitll have a TNT2 laying around... lol I can't even imagine the change from TNT2 to 8800GTX when a 7900GTX to 8800GTX was big enough...

I doubt they're making GDDR3 versions of the 4870, in fact for $299 I think that might be the 512MB GDDR5 version of the 4870, not GDDR3

Also, people are saying that there might be a 4850X2 as well so take that fwiw
 
berzerker said:
Predicted price drops :D

4870X2: 399.99 ~ 449.99
4870 1GB DDR5: 279.99 ~ 299.99
4870 512MB DDR3: 239.99 ~ 279.99
4850 512MB DDR3: 149.99 ~ 169.99
4670 (rebadged 3870): 79.99 ~ 99.99
4650 (rebadged 3850): 49.99 ~ 69.99


GTX 280: 449.99 ~ 499.99
GTX 260: 279.99 ~ 299.99
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:confused: Good luck with that sub 300 gtx260..... u might see it that low when the 5870 and gtx380 do battle in 09
 
Doodies said:
wouldn't the 4870x2 be almost double the cost of the 4870? so closer to 600$, unless by the time it comes out the 4870 is down to 250$.
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Not necessarily. 4870 X2 is on one PCB, has one cooler/fan and 1024mb shared over 2 GPUs; 4780 is two seperate PCB, two coolers/fans and 2048mb. When 3870 X2 was released, it was $450 while a single 3870 was $250 or so ($450 vs $500)

My bet is, however, that a single 4780 1024mb's in Crossfire will perform a tad better than a 4870 X2 (much like 2x 3870 vs 3870 X2)
 
harmattan said:
My bet is, however, that a single 4780 1024mb's in Crossfire will perform a tad better than a 4870 X2 (much like 2x 3870 vs 3870 X2)
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I wouldn't bet on that.
4870x2's should perform better than two single 4870s in crossfire.
 
Predicted prices after first week:

4870X2 1999.99
4870 1GB DDR5 139.99
4870 512MB DDR3 99.99
4850 512MB DDR3 79.99
4670 (rebadged 3870) 69.99
4650 (rebadged 3850) 39.99
 
MirageMobile said:
why say it without something to back it up?
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I didn't write it as a fact. It's all speculation at this point.
There's a lot of talk that the microstuttering issue has been fixed since the communication on the 4870x2 will be done in memory instead of the bridge chip as in the 3870x2.
While the crossfired 4870's will still probably have the same rendering problems.
 
Ah, i had not heard that yet. That would be cool if it was fixed. I just didn't like reading "this will be better" with no backup, and "no the opposite is better' with no backup.
 
Well to bad nvidia over price their gtx 280. I could have getting the 4870 1 gig crossfire since is more affordable but I have the 780i and I'm not buy any new board to replace it. I hope the 4870 gets release soon so nvidia can drop their freaking skyhigh prices
 
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