RV740 4770 launch date seem to be set - April 28

[thilanliyan]

Originally posted by: lopri
Didn't you guys see ATI's .ppf slide? NVIDIA has a special card waiting in the wings - GTS 240.

You mean relabel of the 9800GT?

 

[TC91]

Originally posted by: thilan29

You mean a rerelabel of the 8800GT?

Corrected .

 

[thilanliyan]

Originally posted by: TC91

Originally posted by: thilan29

You mean a rerelabel of the 8800GT?

Corrected .

My mistake.

 

[evolucion8]

LOLL

 

[bigsnyder]

The 4850 will hold an advantage in shader instensive games. I do like the idea of the 4750 and 4770 for a HTPC setup. Should be near HD4850 performance at 4600 series temps.

 

[Stoneburner]

Originally posted by: bigsnyder
The 4850 will hold an advantage in shader instensive games. I do like the idea of the 4750 and 4770 for a HTPC setup. Should be near HD4850 performance at 4600 series temps.

Yep. I really hope it's available. There is a HIS dual slot 4670 for about 60 after rebate. For a 40 dollar premium, a 4770 seems worth it. My HTPC case is set up so that the video card cuts off half the case. Unless the video card blows air out, the air flow will be pretty bad. The 4770 appears to have a stock exhaust type cooler.

 

[cbn]

Originally posted by: bigsnyder
The 4850 will hold an advantage in shader instensive games. I do like the idea of the 4750 and 4770 for a HTPC setup. Should be near HD4850 performance at 4600 series temps.

But won't 640 shaders @ 750Mhz be very very close to 800 shaders @ 625? So will this "shader advantage" really hold true?

 

[soccerballtux]

Don't know what the big deal for this is, it's just a 4830. Exact same performance.

 

[evolucion8]

Originally posted by: soccerballtux
Don't know what the big deal for this is, it's just a 4830. Exact same performance.

The only difference in performance between the HD 4770 and the HD 4830 would be the core clock speeds, considering that the HD 4770 is gonna have higher clocks, it should be faster than the HD 4830, but slower than the HD 4850 unless if it's clocked to 780MHz to make it up for the missing 160 stream processors, making it as fast as the HD 4850 at stock in raw speed.

 

[Kraeoss]

does it make sense upgrading to it from an 8800GT ?

 

[evolucion8]

Originally posted by: Kraeoss
does it make sense upgrading to it from an 8800GT ?

It would be like upgrading to a 9800GTX, a small performance gain, unless if you want to save a lot of money in power consumption or reduce your heat dissipation, you may sell that 8800GT in ebay and your upgrade will be almost for free, and you will get back more power savings features, DX10.1 and less heat dissipation and better FSAA performance.