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[I_no]

Atlast a non-reference HD4770 from Gigabyte and guess what, it comes without a cooler and has a massive silent heatpipe design and 1GB of GDDR5 memory. Get ready for a new leader in sub10k cards.

*img197.imageshack.us/img197/1181/116a.th.jpg

Also announced is Powercolor HD4770 with Passive heatsink.

*www.techpowerup.com/img/09-06-03/4770_scs1.jpg
*www.techpowerup.com/img/09-06-03/4770_scs2.jpg

That heatsink is MASSIVE!!
Personally, I don't see any use of passively cooled 4770 as if you don't have fans blowing out of case with that card, then all the heat will be dumped inside the case, not good at all. And if you already have a fan blowing air out, then you should also be able to bear the video card's noise considering the size of the heat-sink.
Also, you don't want to do gaming with something passively cooled and a 4650 is plentiful if you want something passive to watch blu-ray and for LPCM.

 

[I_no]

The Sapphire HD4890 1GB Atomic looks good but...

1. By when can we expect it in India?
2. What would be the expected price?
   [*]For software like autodesk 3ds max and inventor, which would be better, the evga gtx 275 ftw with 896MB memory or the sapphire hd4890 atomic with 1GB? (on a full hd monitor)
3. When the atomic is consistently at the top of the charts, then why is there such a big difference in the 3dmark vantage score between the sapphire hd4890 atomic and the evga gtx 275 ftw?

Do people seriously do professional level rendering with gaming cards??
I always thought they(ATI, nVIDIA) make the gaming drivers useless for professional work to stop them from cannibalizing their Quadro-like series cards.

 

[comp@ddict]

^^^ It is possible to SOFTMOD a GeForce Graphics Card to a Quadro FYI. And after the SOFTMOD, which is completely reversible, your GeForce Card works as good as a Quadro Card of the same specifications.

AMD to Slash Prices of Radeon HD 4800 Series

AMD is expected to introduce a series of price-cuts next month, for its ATI Radeon HD 4800 series graphics products. The price-cuts may amount to as much as US $50, perhaps taking advantage of the low manufacturing costs.

When implemented, the price of the high-end Radeon HD 4890 is expected to be $199, down $50 from its current price of $249. Radeon HD 4870 will sell for $149 from its current listing price of $199, although there needs to be some clarity on how the 1 GB and 512 MB variants are positioned. Finally, the Radeon HD 4850 will enter the $100 realm, to substitute the Radeon HD 4770, which seems to be suffering an acute stock shortage.

*www.techpowerup.com/96355/AMD_to_Slash_Prices_of_Radeon_HD_4800_Series_Products_in_Q3.html

So new prices of HD4800 series:-
1. HD4850 512MB GDDR3 @ 99$ (from 129$)
2. HD4870 1GB(I hope)GDDR5 @ 149$ (from 199$)
3. HD4890 1GB GDDR5 @ 199$(from 249$)

Damn, nVidia is gonna have a tough time to beat that, especially when they are already selling their GTX200 series cards at the lowest possible prices.

 

[desiibond]

damn. HD4890 for $199 is totally wicked. go ATI go!!!

I hope this will initiate another price cut by nVidia.

 

[I_no]

This is REAL BAD NEWS for nVIDIA.
They are already struggling and are not earning from gt200 as much as ATI is with R7xx and this only spells doom for them.

This move from ATI shows that they are making room for evergreen and it looks to be a big leap ahead from present generation.

 

[topgear]

If those cards are going to be that cheap then my next gfx card will be an ATI one for sure

 

[constantine]

ATi have to reduce prices thats all they can do cause they have no other way to increase sales against nvidia sales.
no doubt nvidia is gonna have to face some losses now case ppl are gonna make stupid decisions and but ATi.
but seriously ask yourself can ATi ever beat nvidia ............. if you still havent got the aanswer its NO!!!

If you are a true gamer make the right choice go for nvidia.

 

[I_no]

ATi have to reduce prices thats all they can do cause they have no other way to increase sales against nvidia sales.
no doubt nvidia is gonna have to face some losses now case ppl are gonna make stupid decisions and but ATi.
but seriously ask yourself can ATi ever beat nvidia ............. if you still havent got the aanswer its NO!!!

If you are a true gamer make the right choice go for nvidia.

Here comes a true nVidia fanboy, still living in g80 realm.

 

[comp@ddict]

^^^ We are true gamers, but u are a true FANBOI.

Right now the only cards of nVidia that are selling like hot-cakes are:
-GTS 250
-GTX295

Now the problem is, GTX295 quantity of sales is like very very less, so not a big win for nVidia here. The only other card people are buying apart from HD4670, HD4770, HD4870 1GB and HD4890 is GTS 250, as a replacement of HD4770, as that card is not available everywhere in abundance and people are getting fooled of nVidia's naming strategy, 9800GTX to 9800GTX+ to GTS250

 

[desiibond]

Here comes a true nVidia fanboy, still living in g80 realm.

certainly a true fanboy. Who else, using 8600GT will praise nVidia. That card resulted in total disaster. heat ups, lost exclusive partners, card recalls, punches from notebook manufacturers.

Let him live in Virtual Reality

 

[MetalheadGautham]

ATi have to reduce prices thats all they can do cause they have no other way to increase sales against nvidia sales.
no doubt nvidia is gonna have to face some losses now case ppl are gonna make stupid decisions and but ATi.
but seriously ask yourself can ATi ever beat nvidia ............. if you still havent got the aanswer its NO!!!

If you are a true gamer make the right choice go for nvidia.

This is 2009, did you know that ?

^^^ We are true gamers, but u are a true FANBOI.

Right now the only cards of nVidia that are selling like hot-cakes are:
-GTS 250
-GTX295

Now the problem is, GTX295 quantity of sales is like very very less, so not a big win for nVidia here. The only other card people are buying apart from HD4670, HD4770, HD4870 1GB and HD4890 is GTS 250, as a replacement of HD4770, as that card is not available everywhere in abundance and people are getting fooled of nVidia's naming strategy, 9800GTX to 9800GTX+ to GTS250

The REAL cards which make nVidia win are:

1. 9600GT
2. GTS250
3. GTX 260 Core216

Then maybe GTX295 is an extra addon to the above list.

ATI on the other hand has:

1. HD4770 512MB GDDR5 (not in stock)
2. HD4730 512MB GDDR5 (future replacement for HD4830 and HD4850)
3. HD4850 512MB GDDR3
4. HD4850 512MB GDDR5 (Palit's HD4870 512MB GDDR5 replacment)
6. HD4890 1GB GDDR5 1GHz Core (from sapphire; forgot version name)

But if you look closely, there is no competition here. Even GTS250 which competes with HD4770 can't compete due to lack of stock in RV740XT.

 

[I_no]

ATI on the other hand has:

1. HD4770 512MB GDDR5 (not in stock)
2. HD4730 512MB GDDR5 (future replacement for HD4830 and HD4850)
3. HD4850 512MB GDDR3
4. HD4850 512MB GDDR5 (Palit's HD4870 512MB GDDR5 replacement)
5. HD4890 1GB GDDR5 1GHz Core (from sapphire; forgot version name)

1. But will be, if yield issues are taken care of, which should be, but it is a card that won't last much long and is just a test chip for experimenting on 40nm and the real deal will be mainstream DX11 card coming along with WIN7
2. HD 4730 is a crippled 4830 with GDDR5 and half the bus width @55nm and is no way competition to 4850, let alone beating it, even 4770 lags behind 4850 by ~1-2%.
3. Agreed
4. Agreed and if successful, then other vendors should also follow suite.
5. Sapphire ATOMIC and sapphire is not the only one, other vendors have also listed such parts, around 3-4 i have seen till now.

But I agree with you that nVidia is in a BAD position and I don't know anything how is it going to turn out for them. Maybe g92c @40nm

 

[desiibond]

Sparkle Announces GeForce GTX 275 1792 MB
*www.techpowerup.com/96987/Sparkle_Announces_GeForce_GTX_275_1792_MB.html

Sapphire Radeon HD 4730 Shipped
*en.expreview.com/2009/06/16/sapphire-radeon-hd-4730-shipped.html#more-3934

Sapphire HD 4730 is now available for pre-order at around €80.

Inno3D Announces GeForce GTX 295 Platinum Edition

*www.techpowerup.com/96955/Inno3D_Announces_GeForce_GTX_295_Platinum_Edition.html
specification: *www.techpowerup.com/img/09-06-16/24b.jpg

 

[comp@ddict]

^^ I've seen the review of HD4790, it matches the HD4870 512MB because it's the same card.

But here's news with a BANG

*i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb261/pvhk/16028.jpg

GPU - HD4770 (with the cheap cooler)
Core - 1000MHz aka 1GHz!
Memory - 1050MHz aka 4.2GHz QDR

Another guy was able to do 1132MHz on the memory aka 4558MHz QDR with core at 1GHz.

This is amazing, I'm pretty sure this card would edge away towards a HD4870 512MB or the old GTX260(192 shaders) in performance with such clocks.

Hoping XFX or others release HD4770 with premium cooler and clocks such as 950MHz core and 1GHz memory(the memory is RATED to run at 1GHz after all)

 

[ShekharPalash]

This is awesome... I was just looking for one to buy soon!

 

[topgear]

The 3DMARK06 window is showing the cpu as Pentium III @ 3840 Mhz . Lolz, why the hell 3DMARK06 is showing a quad core as P3 ???????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[comp@ddict]

Damn I hadn't noticed at all, whoa!

 

[desiibond]

^^ I've seen the review of HD4790, it matches the HD4870 512MB because it's the same card.

But here's news with a BANG



GPU - HD4770 (with the cheap cooler)
Core - 1000MHz aka 1GHz!
Memory - 1050MHz aka 4.2GHz QDR

Another guy was able to do 1132MHz on the memory aka 4558MHz QDR with core at 1GHz.

This is amazing, I'm pretty sure this card would edge away towards a HD4870 512MB or the old GTX260(192 shaders) in performance with such clocks.

Hoping XFX or others release HD4770 with premium cooler and clocks such as 950MHz core and 1GHz memory(the memory is RATED to run at 1GHz after all)

hmm. But for me, ATI OD in catalyst won't allow GPU clock higher than 830MHz and memory clock higher than 850MHz.

 

[topgear]

Damn I hadn't noticed at all, whoa!

Yup buddy I think something is really going fishy with that image though not sure. Don't you think so ?

 

[comp@ddict]

NVIDIA G210 AND GT220
We already reported that during September this year NVIDIA can release a model number of desktop graphical solutions with video chips, which support directX 10.1, released on 40 nm technology. The corresponding mobile products were presented during June.

The chip has 24 standardized stream processors and 64- bit bus, which allow to communicate with DDR-2 or DDR- 3 memory . One G210 version will work at 600/1425/800 MHz frequencies. The cost of video card on base Of G210 will lie within the limits from $30 to $35.

GT220 possesses already 48 stream processors and 128- bit bus, which can communicate with DDR-2, DDR- 3 or GDDR- 3 memory . The memory capacity can reach 1 Gb. The frequencies of GT220 are equal to 625/1375/800 MHz. With the price $55-60 video cards on base of GT220 will exceed the speed Of GeForce 9500 GT.

*xtreview.com/addcomment-id-9331-view-Nvidia-G210-and-GT220.html