HD 4770 coming in may

Well the 40nm HD 4770 is suppose to come out in may for less than 100 bucks.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/20/amds-40nm-ati-radeon-hd-4770-outed/

http://www.engadget.com/photos/ati-radeon-hd-4770/1504852/

This card seems really good for what it does. It seems to be way stronger than the 9800 GT and cheaper than it also.

Anyway I was wondering whats the difference between the HD 4770 and HD 4860...? Does anyone know?

 

nice find hope itgs true ATI is pumping out cards its like christmas

 

Mobility 4860 is the desktop 4770, clock rates and shader count pending.

Confusing numbering scheme incoming....

 

It have TDP of only 80W!!!

 

Want confusing? The Mobility 4830/4860 use the same 40-nm RV740 GPU as the desktop 4770 which is a replacement for the desktop 4830 that uses the 55-nm RV770 GPU.

 

It's not really all that confusing. The HD4770 is going to be weaker than the HD4850 because of it's lower shader count on the desktop version, but the notebook version will have much higher clocks because of the die shrink and wattage regulations and should surpass the notebook 4850 slightly.

I think for both notebooks and desktops the HD4770 is going to be one fantastic card. Eventually I'd expect the card to get to around $70 or even less, and for that much money you essentially get a card that can play most games in 1920x1200 over 60fps average maxed out sans AA, and some games even with 4xAA. For notebooks it might mean more budget oriented gaming notebooks, >$800 or so. Currently notebooks in this price segment either have the 9600mGT or HD3650 which are both pretty terrible for most new games in decent resolutions. This should replace them, I'd hope!

 

ATI already has the Mobility 4600 series to replace the 3650 and compete against (smash) the 9600M GT.

I think we'll probably see another 40-nm GPU this year similar to the RV740 but with a 256-bit memory bus that will be the 4900 series for both desktop and notebooks. Then we'll start seeing the RV870 512-bit DirectX 11 5800 series that're rumored to be out at the end of this year.

 

Its been known that the release date for the RV740, which is May 4th, for a while now.
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/AMD-AIT-Radeon-HD-4770,7435.html
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/radeon_hd_4770_specs_leaked

 

Well the card cost 100 bucks when its coming out... Thats still a bang for its bucks considering what you're paying for. Plus I can't wait for the Asus K series notebook.

And thanks to Kevin and Unknown for answering my question.

 

Tell me PC gaming isn't affordable.

Looks great for gaming on budget.