4770 benchies

Yup, this is the card I want to bear my children.

Very impressive, ATI has done an excellent job, though, I wonder what'll happen to the HD 4850. I see almost no reason to buy it, anymore.

*Edit/Addition*

Now that I've read the whole thing, I'm very happy. Earlier it was calculated that the ROP, TMU, and Shader power of the HD 4770 was almost exactly equal to the HD 4850, and I figured it was limited by bandwidth a little. Page 11 of the review is their overclocking, and memory on 3 cards all hit 1050 on memory, which gives it greater bandwidth than the stock HD 4850. Overclocked, it also scored ~20% higher on Vantage, so, this could be right even with the HD 4850 when BOTH are overclocked. (stock 4850 showed 8367, 4770 stock showed 8086, overclocked 4770 was 9989, ~15% higher than the HD 4850)

I thought that all along!!!

Although, the HD 4850 will probably still remain for awhile, but it might be phased out in the next couple months.

I don't think the 4770's price will drop from $99 for awhile. I mean, it already kills on price/performance, and brings lower power consumption than the HD 4850/9800GT(X+).

Really, it's performance is close enough to almost consider it equal to them, yet it wins out on price, temperature, and power usage.

I've gotta say, it's probably
HD 4770 >~ HD 4850
HD 4770 >~ 9800GTX+
HD 4770 > HD 4830
HD 4770 > 9800GT

???

The reviews said the 4770 is 6% behind the 4850.

How does it own the 4850?

The 4850/GTS250 is around $130, and the 4770 is around $99.

Yeh, price per performance is better, but it doesn't exactly own the 4850.


But price for performance wise, the 4830 for $75 is also up there, just as good as the 4770 when all things considered.

Personally i dont expect this cards price to do anything but go up. Given its performance, unless they, shops etc have got rid of the backlog i can only see the 4830/4850 getting sold off cheaper than the 4770 which means the price will go up to facilatate this with the 4830/4850 probably going down a bit, sort of six of one etc. Remember the 4830 is only bad 4850/4870 chips at the end of the day, unless the reviews i saw were wrong about that. So these cards will be about as long as the 4870 i sat least.

On the review im dissapointed that the eletist thing has returned as far as the resolution used to test is concerned. No 19" screen, come on there are lots of people out there me included who are planning to put this cardon a 19" screen to maximise FPS and quality. Guess we will wait for a review from the usual parties.

Mactronix

It was a severe exaggeration in order to get people to post.
And looks like you fell for it .

I wouldnt consider the 4830 "up there", if it was just as good, it wouldnt be replaced by the 4770.

"I dont see Nvidia having an answer except for dropping the 250gts to the same price point, at which point ATI will just drop the 4770 lower. I reckon it will be within 5% of a 4850/9800gtx in performance, possibly even faster than a 4850."

Same thread 10 days ago.

If we can get such a powerful card as this for only $99, what price will the high-end 40nm cards be at?

This will make a great card to connect to a 720p TV for gaming and HTPC use. Well, the non-reference cooler models may be better for this.