AMD Radeon HD 4830: R.I.P.

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Silluete: You should, yes. 4600s are budget/midrange, 4800s are gaming.

8_bit: So? :p They're just stopping production because their GPU lineup is so cheap overall and they can't lower the price any more on the 4830.
 
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Oh and Silluete, the 4830 is significantly better then the 4650, I owned the 4670 which is just slightly worse then a 9600 GT, the 4830 is slightly better then the 9800 GT and will significantly up the framerates.
 
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Almost every rumor I've read pointed to the RV740 being the first 40nm chip.

That's kind of a bummer if it's 55nm, fortunately it will still use less power than the RV770 since the extra transistors are removed rather than simply disabled.
 
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"The problem 4830 faces is that the RV740 performs slightly better in benchmarks while offering a cheaper price point."
How do you know all this? Did i miss your benchmark? They're only rumors and by the way the rumors also said that it will be 40nm. Is this based on that chinese web site review? I hope not...
 
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yeah, this is a real letdown. it was expected to be 40nm and 128 bit (no power connector required?) and it's neither. i just hope the 896 gflop performance approximation holds up
 
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With prices expected to drop again in another 2~3 months. There is really no need for the part as there is only a $30 difference between it and the HD4850.
 
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"How do you know all this? Did i miss your benchmark? They're only rumors and by the way the rumors also said that it will be 40nm. Is this based on that chinese web site review? I hope not"

Guru3D has done a preview with benchmarks for it already.
 
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It's not like the RV740 is going to be too much faster. It will only be a small improvement, but the RV740 is going to be much cheaper to produce and consume less power than current 4830 cards. That being said I would look foward to seeing 4830s under $80, especially when two such cards in crossfire can outperform much more expensive single cards like the 4870 or GTX260 sp 216, and even the GTX280 in some cases.
 
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[citation][nom]SneakySnake[/nom]Oh and Silluete, the 4830 is significantly better then the 4650, I owned the 4670 which is just slightly worse then a 9600 GT, the 4830 is slightly better then the 9800 GT and will significantly up the framerates.[/citation]
Thanks Snake, maybe i'll just wait until 4890 out.
 
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they really need to cut down on the many version they make. Nvidia and ATI both have too many versions, then the manufacture as even more versions on it plus versions on those. Then you through re-branding in there it becomes just stupid.

You have from nvidia with 9400, 9500, 9600, 9800, with both GS, GT, GTS, GTX options (then there is the damn mobile versions).
 
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The 4600 series is better for office work for the occasional gamer who loves to play 2-3 year old or older games!
The 4600 series also offer much better performance per watt (have a much lower power consumption),and are probably the best cards for an HDTV PC.

I will probably be waiting for the better card then!
The 4830 was more then enough for me,so whatever is coming might certainly be too. (I'm not playing crysis,so name me one game that this 4830 can not play fluently at my 1280x800 monitor).

I think TOMS need to do the graphics card lineup again. And perhaps see if it has become more beneficial to buy a $500-800 computer @ walmart, or buy parts and fix a PC yourself?
I mean, they offer $600 at their stores so expensive.
As long as I own a OEM copy of Windows,am I better off buying my PC or fixing one from newly bought parts?
 
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I mean, they offer $600 at their stores so expensive.
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I meant, the pc's they offer don't match up on their pricetag. If I see Toms is able to create a $800 gaming pc, that get sold for $1000 or more @ walmart, I begin to think...
 
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slightly worse than a 9600 gt ???? have you acvtually benched a 9600 Gt?? the 4670 is miles below it, a 9600 Gt is only about 5% - 10% slower than a 8800/9800 gt .. i think you are thinking of the 8600 gt WHICH is ALSO a much much slower card than the 9600 GT ... note even a toms review of the 9600 when it first came out made mention that it is considerably more pwoerful than the old 8600 the 9600 gt was NOT a rebranding of the 8600 the 8600 was a rebranding of a 7000 part , while the 9600 gt was a 8000 part with only half the shaders turned on (has 64 as opposed to the 128 shaders on teh 8800/9800 gt ) Tom's old article even made mention that it was increadible that performance was only slightly lower on teh card given it had half the shaders disabled EVERY thing else about this card is mathced exactly to the 8800/9800 gt
while the 8600 had a smaller memeory buss and much lower clocked GPU and ram.

So shoudl get your facts striat before making coments about a card being crappy by saying are reallyc rappy card is only slgihtly worse than it , when in fact the 9600 gt is FAR more powerful than a 4670.
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I told him that a 4830 would give him quite a bit better framerates then a 4650. Explain to me how that turned into a "9600 GT is a crappy card".

The 9600 GT isn't "far more powerful" then a 4670. It is just more powerful - like I said. It beats the 4670 soundly in two games, Mass Effect and MS Flight Simulator. It loses to the 4670 in Assassins Creed and is virtually tied with it in Crysis.

I have never benched a 9600 GT but there is such a thing as reviews and I read quite a few. I picked up my 4670 for about $60 after rebate when the cheapest 9600 was ~$100. You said that the 9600 is a rebranded 8000 series part - correct! It is the 8800M GTS or 8800 GS.

I honestly don't see what your post is trying to accomplish. I say the 4670 is slightly worse then the 9600 GT - and all of sudden some flamer comes along screaming "WTF !!! the 9600 is amazing and the 4670 sucks something aweful"
 
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