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boudy   03-20-2009 at 12:13:48 AM

well they finally released the card, but sadly it is priced extremely high for a 4850.
http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php? [...] &Itemid=34

153 euros is roughly equivalent to $210.

There are plenty of 4870s with 512MB of GDDR5 memory for under $200........so if the price of this card doesnt come down, then there is no reason to buy it.

Here a Sapphire 4870
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814102810

This card let me down.........Even if the performance is "close to" the 4870, the price makes it not worth buying.

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megamanx00   03-20-2009 at 06:41:13 AM
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Well it's not like they sell gainward stuff here in the states anymore. I was hoping that the they would die shrink the 4800 series and come out with something like a 40nm 4860 with GDDR5, but it seems like only the RV740 chip will be 40nm for now.

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boudy   03-20-2009 at 07:54:45 AM
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megamanx00 wrote :

Well it's not like they sell gainward stuff here in the states anymore. I was hoping that the they would die shrink the 4800 series and come out with something like a 40nm 4860 with GDDR5, but it seems like only the RV740 chip will be 40nm for now.




There are a lot of problems with the 40nm die and a lot of shaders, thats why they didnt come out with a bigger chip. After they perfect the 40nm, they should definitely come out with a 5870 (or something to that effect).

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FrozenGpu   03-25-2009 at 05:40:31 AM
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so if u overclocked the 4850 w/ gddr5 to the 4870 levels, wouldn't it be a 4870 in benchmarks?

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boudy   03-25-2009 at 06:26:15 AM
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FrozenGpu wrote :

so if u overclocked the 4850 w/ gddr5 to the 4870 levels, wouldn't it be a 4870 in benchmarks?



Yes it would. The only difference between the 4850 and the 4870 are the type of memory used, and the clock speeds, but the problem with this card is that it costs more than many of the 4870s, and that is NOT good.

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