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.

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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.

@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.

@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_s_New_Radeon_HD_4730_to_Tackle_Availability_Issues.html

If only I could fit a 4870 into my studio xps case :)

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

@red1776, that's too bad man.

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

Bad yields D:.
AMD cards are dirt cheep, and they look a bit bony when you take off the cover...
HD5000 :P.

Sweet I could use a second 4850.

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