Early benchmarks for the HD4870 are out

[iBP_James]

Our AMD rep gave us the green light to post some preliminary benchmarks of the HD4870s in single and CrossFireX setups. We have the stats on our forums, check it out!

It certainly looks promising for the Reds considering the pricepoint they are offering their HD4800 series cards.

 

[iBP_James]

Whoops, realized that the thread title said "3870". The cards are actually the new 4870s. Darned "3" and "4" are easy to hit by mistake.

 

[mailpup]

Those look kind of like prototypes. What is their MSRP?

 

[iBP_James]

They are engineering samples.

AMD plans to have their MSRP at $299, which makes it promising for its performance value compared to NVIDIA's current offerings.