***News*** AMD Preparing Radeon HD 4890, Slated for April (GTX285 rival!)

AMD Preparing Radeon HD 4890, Slated for April

AMD has been working the ATI RV790 GPU for a while now. It appears to be like it will take a little longer for the company to release an SKU based on it. Contradicting earlier reports, it is known that the RV790-based SKUs stay within the Radeon HD 4800 series, and not form the HD 4900 series.

The flagship single-GPU product based on the RV790 is to be called Radeon HD 4890. Samples based on the RV790XT A11 are currently running at speeds of 850/975 MHz (core/memory). AMD is reportedly telling its partners that the RV790XT is expected to be around 20% faster than the RV770XT (HD 4870), and has NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 285 in its sights, for head-on competition. Additionally, AMD may force NVIDIA to reconsider its pricing, since the RV790XT is expected to be priced between US$199 to US$249, up to $150 cheaper than the GeForce GTX 285 in its current pricing. Unfortunately, one has to wait till April.

techPowerUp!

GTX285 performance for $199?

Its really nice to see amd competing in all areas now :)

These in crossfire would kill

Its really nice to see amd competing in all areas now :)

These in crossfire would kill

beefdog

Or better yet, if the hydra chip turns out how it's looking... two of these with that.... wow that would take anything.

I wont buy one seeing as its not NVIDIA but this is great competition

PS: Iam not a fanboy i just like NVIDIAS's feature like CUDA and PHYSX.

just what kind of games are these monsters intended for??

ati and nvidia seem to be so busy competing with each other that they havent even noticed that the pc gaming industry cant keep up with them ^^

just what kind of games are these monsters intended for??

ati and nvidia seem to be so busy competing with each other that they havent even noticed that the pc gaming industry cant keep up with them ^^

kyokpa

'Cause software developers are wasting their time on consoles :P

competition is always greatNSR34GTR

just what kind of games are these monsters intended for??

ati and nvidia seem to be so busy competing with each other that they havent even noticed that the pc gaming industry cant keep up with them ^^

kyokpa

Would it be worth it to wait until these cards to release to build my rig? I'm planning on getting a hd4870 512mbchilidogg94

[QUOTE="kyokpa"]

just what kind of games are these monsters intended for??

ati and nvidia seem to be so busy competing with each other that they havent even noticed that the pc gaming industry cant keep up with them ^^

End0mOrPhinE

'Cause software developers are wasting their time on consoles :P

I think the problem lies right there :P The only thing they use great hardware for is, not optimizing games :Smatte3560

Certain graphical processes can bring any graphic card to it's knees. Just look at the 3dmark Vantage, is optimised enough, of course it is. Did they not write the 3dmark Vantage good enough? Would you get 200FPS if it were you bet you wouldn't.

If you got 15FPS would you say it isn't optimised enough or the hardware?

[QUOTE="matte3560"]I think the problem lies right there :P The only thing they use great hardware for is, not optimizing games :Steddyrob

Certain graphical processes can bring any graphic card to it's knees. Just look at the 3dmark Vantage, is optimised enough, of course it is. Did they not write the 3dmark Vantage good enough? Would you get 200FPS if it were you bet you wouldn't.

If you got 15FPS would you say it isn't optimised enough or the hardware?

just what kind of games are these monsters intended for??

ati and nvidia seem to be so busy competing with each other that they havent even noticed that the pc gaming industry cant keep up with them ^^

kyokpa

[QUOTE="kyokpa"]

just what kind of games are these monsters intended for??

ati and nvidia seem to be so busy competing with each other that they havent even noticed that the pc gaming industry cant keep up with them ^^

Dr_Brocoli

[QUOTE="Dr_Brocoli"][QUOTE="kyokpa"]

just what kind of games are these monsters intended for??

ati and nvidia seem to be so busy competing with each other that they havent even noticed that the pc gaming industry cant keep up with them ^^

Daytona_178

This is awesome!I`m running those clocks now and it`s sweeet!+I didn`t go bankrupt!

I like ATI "street smarts" so much... :P

now all ati needs is their own dedicated physics engine like and i would become a hardcore ati fan.AzNs3nSaT1On

i was just about to get an 280 good thing i came across this haha everyone loves price warsDemetriP790

If you save up a bit more you may be able to grab two HD4890's to put them in Crossfire :)

Bump. I just think more people should see thisAuraknight1

Do you know the price wars that could come if this card would end up not at the same speed as the gtx285 but at least 5% faster :P

60 FPS is correct. Anymore is overkill.redneckdouglas

Bump. I just think more people should see thisAuraknight1

Do you know the price wars that could come if this card would end up not at the same speed as the gtx285 but at least 5% faster :P

[QUOTE="Auraknight1"]Bump. I just think more people should see thiswklzip

Do you know the price wars that could come if this card would end up not at the same speed as the gtx285 but at least 5% faster :P

Im pretty sure there will be a price war if 4890 end up faster or almost equivalent to 285 at the price of 200-300 nvidia is not stupid its just like 200 series dropping price overnight when 4800 series came out

Wklzip you always bring us good news :) .Sistem_42

I always appreciate the good comments! :D

What? Sorry, But I don't fully understand what your post has to do with mine. I guess it would be really good if it was the same or better than the gtx285(especially for us costumers). That's why I bumped the threadAuraknight1

@DemetriP790

The HD4850 and HD4870 brought a nice price on nvidia gpu's. If this HD4890 follows the same patern, i guess the HD4800 series would end up as a great success to be remembered in the future :)

any news on the 4890x2 this might just bring back the performance crown from nvidiaDemetriP790

[QUOTE="DemetriP790"]any news on the 4890x2 this might just bring back the performance crown from nvidiawklzip

true after all 4890 is just a 40nm 4870 i would rater see a new generation radeon cards

[QUOTE="wklzip"][QUOTE="DemetriP790"]any news on the 4890x2 this might just bring back the performance crown from nvidiaDemetriP790

true after all 4890 is just a 40nm 4870 i would rater see a new generation radeon cards

Not really...

[QUOTE="DemetriP790"]

[QUOTE="wklzip"] It might be developed, but i'd rather see the R800 (dual RV870) sooner :PLordEC911

true after all 4890 is just a 40nm 4870 i would rater see a new generation radeon cards

Not really...

with a higher clock and more sharders