HD 4830 is launched

it looks the same haha
even the specs
i have exact same sapphire card just the 4850 with same aftermarket heatsink

i guess its cheaper.

Only difference is 640 SPU instead of 800.

4850 $129.99 after rebate

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814261027

4830 price needs to come down a few bucks

If that hd4830 is locked, will flashing the bios to whatever unlock it? If not and prices are so close to the unlocked hd4850, no ones going to buy the hd4830, what a disapointment.

Simple, it falls in right where the 8800GT/9800GT/GT 140 Watchamacallit goes, if you don't find a place for the HD 4830, then you don't find a reason for the 8800GT to exist either, since they are priced at about the same (9800GT going for $120-150). Rebates shouldn't come into the pricing discussion yet, this is a brand new product, so expect them to come soon to match the competition.

With that said, I do agree with you, if someone was planning to purchase a card in that price range, why not pay a little more and get an HD 4850. But not everyone thinks like us.

Just so not true. The 8800GT is an older model now, yet still has the performance of some newer models ie. 9800GT. That is different than introducing another card that is simply almost the same. BTW the 8800GT was one of Nvidia's biggest jumps in performance/price ever

I'd expect the benchmarks tomorrow which is when the NDA is supposedly over. The 9800GT is $130 on average in newegg, even though there are a few at $120 you can also find some going for $140-150. I wouldn't really factor in MIR as a big selling point, since the HD 4830 are a brand new release, so they will have similar rebates offered soon enough to match the competition.

I wish nvidia would stop selling the G92 as 9800GT and rename them already to GT 140, it'd just be funny to see the card finally rebadged for a third time, even though that might cause some trouble to manufacturers since they would have to get new stickers for them.

There is also a 3650 for $320 on Newegg. The convention is going by the lowest stable price for new product (not open box, or on sale). You can always find more expensive ones, there is no limit on how high you can go.

Edit: damn, just saw the Far Cry 2 benchmark. Performance is below the cheaper 8800gt/9800gt. Not encouraging. Although the bench looks flaky, performance values jump around quite a bit. So hopefully it's not representative of overall performance. Maybe Far Cry 2 just isn't an optimized game. It doesn't seem to scale with dual gpu either.

Not according to that benchmark. But then again, that bench looks off.

It seemed like a very soft launch by Ati atleast to me.

Its a good card and will do what ATI want it to, Plenty of people say the 4670 and wanted a 256 bit version, well this is just a bit better than that. Still want to know if the clocks are locked or if teh extra SIMD can be enabled

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