When are ATI's HyperMemory cards released?

[y3llo]

Story:
I'm going to build a computer for my friend who casually plays games and I was thinking a 6200 TC would fit him well for his budget (case and everything inside it for less than 500). He'll most likely play UT 2k4 and other games he can't play on his Dell Inspirwhatever 1100 pos, and yes I read AT's review on the 6200TC being able to run first person shooters fairly decently at 10x7 resolution. Also I've got a s754 and PCI-e (well duh) for him in mind, but I'm open to suggestions. I've just started researching on motherboards like nf3 vs nf4 and etc etc but I'm a busy college student so I fit stuff in while I can.

Question:
In short, I'm going to build it for him by the time Summer rolls around and so I was wondering if ATI's HM is worth waiting for. Thanks.

Edit:
Is there such a card that has a 128-bit memory interface for the 6200 TC? I checked on newegg and it looks like it with the Asus for 71 shipped... if this is true, then wouldn't 128-bit 6200 TC's be more popular? It's 4am and I'm guessing yes its 128-bit, and I have yet to find a review on them... maybe something is better for 70 bucks?

 

[aatf510]

I think ATI Hypermemory's card is gonna be avaliable anytime. However, I think those card could only perform like the 6200TC at best if not any worse.
Since the x300 series is never very impressive comparing to the 6200s

 

[housecat]

Ditto.

On the low end, theres no reason to wait for ATIs response to TC and the 6200. Its more than likely still going to be the budget champ.

 

[otispunkmeyer]

Originally posted by: y3llo
Story:
I'm going to build a computer for my friend who casually plays games and I was thinking a 6200 TC would fit him well for his budget (case and everything inside it for less than 500). He'll most likely play UT 2k4 and other games he can't play on his Dell Inspirwhatever 1100 pos, and yes I read AT's review on the 6200TC being able to run first person shooters fairly decently at 10x7 resolution. Also I've got a s754 and PCI-e (well duh) for him in mind, but I'm open to suggestions. I've just started researching on motherboards like nf3 vs nf4 and etc etc but I'm a busy college student so I fit stuff in while I can.

Question:
In short, I'm going to build it for him by the time Summer rolls around and so I was wondering if ATI's HM is worth waiting for. Thanks.

do the motherboards for skt754 and pci-e exist yet? i know asus or some one was making one, can you buy it yet?

 

[y3llo]

Originally posted by: otispunkmeyer

Originally posted by: y3llo
Story:
I'm going to build a computer for my friend who casually plays games and I was thinking a 6200 TC would fit him well for his budget (case and everything inside it for less than 500). He'll most likely play UT 2k4 and other games he can't play on his Dell Inspirwhatever 1100 pos, and yes I read AT's review on the 6200TC being able to run first person shooters fairly decently at 10x7 resolution. Also I've got a s754 and PCI-e (well duh) for him in mind, but I'm open to suggestions. I've just started researching on motherboards like nf3 vs nf4 and etc etc but I'm a busy college student so I fit stuff in while I can.

Question:
In short, I'm going to build it for him by the time Summer rolls around and so I was wondering if ATI's HM is worth waiting for. Thanks.

do the motherboards for skt754 and pci-e exist yet? i know asus or some one was making one, can you buy it yet?

I checked on newegg and there are a few boards offering s754 with pci-e... if I do decide to pick the s754, it'll probably be that MSI k8n neo3. I'm pushing to see if I can put together a s939/pc-e system first.