4870x2 and Newegg

Allright ive seen a ton of fourms pricing the new 4870x2 at around 500 which imo is a much better price than I expected.

With a price I like that I decided this is the card I should certainly go with for my new build. I have everything ready except for the gpu, so im curious if anyone knows when these new products usually end up on websites like newegg (or even best buy).

Since these cards are expected to sell out pretty quickly with the ddr5 shortage and the lack of good competition.

this card is supposed to be released tommorow (august 12th) so does anyone know what time these websites usually update/add new products ? Im far too excited about my new build, and having to wait a couple weeks for a newer batch of 4870x2s wouldnt be ideal.

(also does anyone know whether the 4870x2 for 500$ is going to be the 2g version ? And if they have adequate cooling compared to the 4870 ?)

Also sorry about all the rambling and ranting above im just far too excited about finally having a pc that isnt crap.

lol thats my plan. I wanted to order mine at like midnight.

Ive been gaming on a 2.0ghz pentium 4 with a fx 5600 ultra for the last few years.

As you can imagine im ready to game on something that doesnt belong in an antique shop

I guess you should check newegg at like 12:30, although they might not have anyone working to add it this late, so maybe you have to wait till morning.

I was looking at the 9800gx2, 260, 280, and the 4870. Would the 4870x2 be the better choice? I'm looking for a super video card with a Penryn processor (either the E8600 or Q9550) but then again I have Nehalem in my head also.

Ok while I havent seen any websites selling the card yet, it is officially out

http://game.amd.com/us-en/unlock_r [...] 2.aspx?p=1

"Believe it or not - the best just got better. For the first time ever, 2.4 teraFLOPS of graphics horse power, 1600 stream processors and 2 GB of GDDR5 memory have been combined to create the fastest and most powerful graphics card available today."

At least learn to read, you a..hole.

thanks dragon.

now confirmed:
4870X2 599$
GTX280 499$

now Nvidia has the advantage when it comes to price/performance ratio

and the best part is that it finally scales well in crysis woot woot

So, the G280 is within 10% of the 4870x2? I dont think so. Also, theres a premium for being the fastest card. Also, these are starter prices, theyll drop, not 250$ like the still overpriced G280, but Im betting we see these at 500$ in a few weeks or so

Not when you can buy a 4870 for 260$. LOL

Actually... Nvidia loses Price/performance to the 4850 and 4870...

All along your argument was that if people want the best they have to go Nvidia regardless of price. Well now for much less than the 280's initial price you can get a card that's substantially better at almost every game, including Crysis.

Concrum you should just leave the forums, you've lost, Nvidia has lost, we, the consumers, have won.

GTX280 21% cheaper (430$ for gtx280)......but 30 to 50% slower..............

can sum1 comfime if he has any brains.....

well i am no fanboi of nvidia but ATI seems to have kiked them where it hurts.
i'm due to build my new system as i am still on a single core 3200+ 64bit and a gainward 7800gs+, so as you can see i need a new system.

q6600 SLACR GO
4870x2
4 gig ddr Corsair
and other bits like psu ,hd's and stuff but the main headache has been GTX280 or is the 4870x2 going to be out in time and also am i going to be able to get one with in a week from friday 15th as i am very impataint and want one now RIGHT NOW!!!! , i hope my supplier can get hold of one or i might just spend £40 on a cheap ass pci-e card for the time being and wait for me to get my hands on one or two or maybe three i just like to be greedy.

for over a week my brain battled GTX280 or 4870x2 i settled for the 4870x2 and knowing my luck they will proberbly be delayed in the UK or it will take weeks to get one due to high demands.......

GO ATI!!!!!!!!! its about time Nvidia got knocked down of thier perch.
msg to Nvidia don't take things for granted anymore as there is allways some one around to kik u up da @$$.
can't wait to see the next gpu from Nvidia things are hot i tells ya hot HOT HOT!!!!!! let the battle commence.

this one 4 u concrum:


so basically, 4870x2 is faster and has more value than GTX280 wit AA....now if u wana complain that u wana play without AA, go get 4870. 4870x2 is for ppl who wans to play at hightest possible screen size and details

snaaaap they're on newegg now

EDIT: bought one...overnighting it. *drool* *dropkicks 7900gtx*

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] x2&x=0&y=0

Prices are $580, $570, $560

way way overpriced, id rather get GTX280, it's as low as $430

Look, if you don’t want one then don't get one! You and your anti-ATi BS is getting annoying. It was only after ATi released a superior product for much less that NVIDIA had to reduce the cost of the bloated GTX280. The 9800GX2 is faster that the GTX280 on average! Why are you not signing praises for that?

Actually, even if we take $430 as the number for the GTX280, that makes it about the same performance per dollar as a $550 HD4870x2. Not only that, but the 4870x2 price is a release price, meaning it is likely to drop fairly quickly, while the GTX 280 is not likely to fall any more.

FYI, you have been able to buy the GTX280 for $369 after $30 rebate for well over a week now.
Link: http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Prod [...] t=celebros

Even so, at $370 the GTX280 does not win price/performance wise. It's still overprice compared to the 8800GT or HD4850. Just run two of those and you have more bang for less buck.

Is it cold in here, or is it just me ? heheh