HD4890 In The Works

[Moneyless]

Originally Posted by techPowerUp! News

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.

Source - techPowerUp! News

Originally Posted by VR-Zone

AMD is slated to launch the Radeon HD4890 card, based on the RV790 core, in April. Earlier rumours that this card would be called the HD4970 appear to have been incorrect. The RV790XT A11 sample has a clockspeed of 850Mhz and a operating voltage of 1.3V.

It will likely be paired with 975Mhz GDDR5 memory. By comparision, the current Radeon HD4870 (RV770) model runs at 750MHz core clock and 900MHz memory clock. Read more....

Update: We have just been informed by CJ that there will be 2 versions of the Radeon HD4890 - a standard edition and a OC edition. The standard edition will launch in mid April, with the OC Edition following shortly after by end of April.

The Radeon HD 4890 OC Edition has 1GB of GDDR5 memory onboard and is expected to perform 25-30% faster than HD 4870. It is expected to be priced at USD299 at launch.

Source - VR-Zone





If it really ends up having about the same performance as the GTX 285, but for $199-249 nVIDIA are really going to have to drop the price on their cards...


EDIT: I just realized... should this be in the "Press Releases & Tech News" section? Or is this section OK? heh...

[MonsterSound]

Verrry interesting. But as it's still ~ 2 months away, the rumour mill seems appropriate.
"...to be priced at USD299 at launch." ?
"...RV790XT is expected to be priced between US$199 to US$249" ? (doesn't seem likely)

[aviduser]

May be my next Graphics card. Or at least it'll drop Nvidias prices...

[Amon]

DisplayPort or some universal output + breakout box would be a boon.

[Chilly]

Originally Posted by Amon

DisplayPort or some universal output + breakout box would be a boon.

I hope not, I have a massive dislike for breakout boxes.

[magictorch]

mmm I hope the EK4870 blocks will fit it. It sounds like it could have the same layout as the 4870.

[muse108dc]

may have just found my next graphics card.

[Oversized Rooster]

How is an overclocked 4870 (which the 4890 is) going to compete with the GTX 285 in terms of performance? You need more than a 30% boost to even match the GTX 285.

[Chilly]

Originally Posted by Oversized Rooster

How is an overclocked 4870 (which the 4890 is) going to compete with the GTX 285 in terms of performance? You need more than a 30% boost to even match the GTX 285.

Lets read that article again, shall we?

"RV790XT is expected to be priced between US$199 to US$249, up to $150 cheaper than the GeForce GTX 285"

I don't think its competing with the GTX 285... (the OC edition the one expected at $299 before you say anything)

[Yamcha]

Very Cool, ATI/AMD is doing really well in the gfx department.. :] Im getting a 4870 $200cad :]