ATI Radeon HD 4000 series is slated for late Q2

[terrybear]

Well this is probly why there also lowering 3870 prices to make them midrange then.

here's some info from the post on the site:

Radeon HD Shaders Core(s) VRAM GFLOPS Frequency (MHz)
4870X2 2x480 2xRV770 1GB GDDR5 2016 1050/1800
4870 480 RV770 1GB GDDR5 1008 1050/2200
4850 480 RV770 512MB GDDR5 816 850/1800
4670 240 RV740 512MB GDDR4 480 1000/1200
4650 240 RV740 256MB GDDR4 384 800/1000
4470 40 RV710 256MB GDDR3 - 900/800
4450 40 RV710 128MB GDDR2 - 700/500

Radeon HD Core(s) Idle Load Price
4870X2 2xRV770 <25W 250W <$499
4870 RV770 <10W 150W <$299
4850 RV770 <10W 120W <$249
4670 RV740 <10W 100W <$149
4650 RV740 <10W 80W <$129
4470 RV710 <10W 50W <$79
4450 RV710 <10W 30W <$59

the link to the article:

http://www.nordichardware.com/news,7356.html

[Silver Bullet]

Take with a rather large grain of salt .. this stuff is pretty far off .. and there are some reports of all this being bs.

[TurboVolvo]

Perfect. I've been looking to upgrade the 2900, but now I'll just wait.

[Coolme]

I don't get why they would use GDDR5 memory when their flagship 4870's memory speed is slower than 3870 memory speed. Is it not more expensive to use GDDR5 instead of GDDR4 memory and run them at GDDR4 speeds?

[Brandon]

I don't get why they would use GDDR5 memory when their flagship 4870's memory speed is slower than 3870 memory speed. Is it not more expensive to use GDDR5 instead of GDDR4 memory and run them at GDDR4 speeds?

Lower power consumption plus another 'point' to use for marketing purposes??

[board123]

Right now it's way too early to speculate on the next gen stuff. I'll believe it when I see it, and when I see it I won't be telling you guys ;)

Based on what I think I know, this article is BS.