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AMD plans price cuts for Radeon HD 4800 series

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On June 11, 2009, 2:46 PM

Starting from next month AMD will cut prices on their Radeon HD 48XX lineup by as much as $50. With their 40nm RV870 series expected to arrive in September, the move is largely seen as a way to lower inventories and make room for new stock. It should also help the company better compete with Nvidia in the all-important mainstream and value segments.

Prices for the Radeon HD 4890 card will reportedly be lowered from $249 to $199, while the HD 4870 will be priced at $149, down from $199 – a quick search at Newegg already shows a factory overclocked version of this GPU from PowerColor priced at $154. Lastly, the Radeon HD 4850 is expected to go below the $100 mark. By comparison, the cheapest GeForce GTX 260 is available for around $165, while a GTS 250 currently sells for some $130 and a 9800 GT for $100.

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  1. Cool!

    Any news on how they are going to fix the low availability of the HD 4770 though? That is one sweet card! I am tempted to get two for Crossfire, hence the query.

  2. @Rage: I read an article that said to expect better availability by end of the month, cant remember which site off hand i'll try and find it for you.

  3. @rage, nope, my bad, it was that they were releasing the 4730 with the 55nm process ,with similar performance because the 40nm process yields were so bad.

    http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/video/print/20090526225005_ATI_
    _New_Radeon_HD_4730_to_Tackle_Availability_Issues.html

  4. If only I could fit a 4870 into my studio xps case

  5. Just checked overclockers.co.uk and they are less than 130quid for a 1gig model. thats pretty damn tasty...

  6. @red1776, that's too bad man.

    @yukka, OCUK also has Sapphire and Powercolor HD 4890s for £150-ish inc. VAT. Pretty sweet deals IMO.

  7. Bad yields D:.

    AMD cards are dirt cheep, and they look a bit bony when you take off the cover...

    HD5000 :P.

  8. Sweet I could use a second 4850.

  9. the only thing that makes me love amd is it's ATI cards

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