ATI HD4650/HD4670 when?

[gazza.ladra]

still waiting...
anyone knows the release date?

[templetons]

is this a budget 4850/70 ?

[benwoodcock]

yep, rumoured to have 3850/3870 perfromance but running off the motherboard.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Here are more details about the FireGL V5700, the "professional" version of the card:
http://www.3dprofessor.org/Reviews%2...00/v5700p1.htm

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Looks like it will be out on September 10th:

http://gpucafe.com/2008/08/radeon-hd...pecifications/

Here are some pictures of the actual card:

http://gpucafe.com/2008/08/meet-the-4670-rv730/

According to Fudzilla it will be faster than a HD3850!

http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?op...8930&Itemid=34

I wonder if it will be faster than an HD3870(I have one of these!)?

[colmo]

I wonder what the prices will be? With 9800GT cards starting to appear as low as £85, it surely has to be lower than that.

The 4650/70 certainly fits the bill as a good all-rounder - low power requirements, excellent performance for proper high-ish resolution gaming, HD capability with sound via HDMI and not so expensive that a console looks more attractive. Right in the sweet spot of the market, I'd say.

[Lanky123]

I wonder what the prices will be?

Well the second link in CAT-THE-FIFTHs post said sub $150 for the HD4670. $150 is perilously close to the 9800GT as you said, once the inventive $ to £ conversion rate we get is factored in. I reckon AMD will have to launch it at about £75 to be competitive, though we don't yet know how well it performs compared to the 9800GT.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

More pictures of the RV730XT,RV730Pro and RV710 courtesy of Hexus:

http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=15122&page=1

The HD4670 scores more than the HD3850 in 3DMark Vantage:

http://www.vr-zone.com/articles/Rade...aled/6007.html