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R700 GDDR5 to sell for $549

by on10 July 2008


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R700, Radeon HD 4870 X2 with 2GB of GDDR5 will start selling at $549. The first retail cards should be expected in the second half of August. Nvidia has already dropped the price of Geforce GTX 280 to $499 in American etail and the cheapest one at newegg sells for $469.99 after a $30 mail in rebate.


According to VP of AMD's graphics marketing, the R700 should end up faster than Geforce GTX 280 and with 2GB memory it might look much more attractive than it would look with 1GB.

Nvidia is still enjoying the performance crown with this card but it will be interesting to see will people want to pay $50 to $100 more for ATI’s dual RV770XT card.

We also advise you not to underestimate Nvidia as 55nm GT200 is around the corner and this one might surprise us. Let's wait and see, but these will be the prices.

Last modified on 10 July 2008
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