Faster Graphics For Lower Prices: ATI Radeon HD 4770

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• SiliconDoc - Sunday, June 7, 2009 - link

  the usual red rooster line I see:
  " It's all about cost benefit. Certainly it's a benefit to have smaller GPUs as they cost less to make. "
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  YES WE KNOW YOU IDIOT RED ROOSTERS - ATI HAS LOST A BILLION A YEAR IN THEIR COST EFFECTIVE TINY GPU DIE SALES.
  THEY LOSE 33% IN DOLLARS OF THEIR SALE PRICE ON EVERY DING DANG VIDEOCARD THEY SELL AS AN AVERAGE.
  That means if you buy a $200 lovely driver corrupted red rooster card, ATI loses $66 for AMD and themselves !
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  WHAT a great advantage they have in that die size !
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  MEANWHILE FOR THOSE BILLION DOLLAR ATI LOSS YEARS, NVIDIA HAS BEEN CRANKING OUT A PROFIT ! $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$4
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  Oh well, nice BS anyway Derek ! Hope it makes all your fantasies real for you, because that's the only place they are real, in your head.

• srikar115 - Saturday, May 30, 2009 - link

  on stock its same performer to 4850,cheaper,cooler nore ociable,this will defently hamper the sales of 4850.
  
  clocks reached as high as 1000/1200 with voltage adjustments...i jus love this card
  http://pcgamersera.com/forum/topic.php?id=16">http://pcgamersera.com/forum/topic.php?id=16

• PC Reviewer - Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - link

  I believe that the newer 4890's are better performance for the cost...
  
  its only marginally more yet offers more ram for larger resolutions and more power..
  
  http://pcreviewer.org/new-radeon-hd-4890-video-car...">http://pcreviewer.org/new-radeon-hd-4890-video-car...
  

• Sunsmasher - Saturday, May 2, 2009 - link

  It quite apparent that the manufacturers are TRYING to create confusion for less sophisticated buyers so that they cannot easily
  compare price/performance factors of cards.
  This is especially true of Nvidia. (Can anybody explain why the 8800 magically became the 9800?)
  Obviously an attempt to create a "new" card without really changing anything.

• PrinceGaz - Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - link

  [quote]The fact that the AMD hardware is leading here is not unexpected. But we do see that the NVIDIA GTS 250 looks a little bit CPU bound at lower resolutions.[/quote]
  
  I wouldn't say it is CPU bound as the AMD cards are not at all CPU bound at considerably higher framerates. Rather the nVidia card is for some reason being capped at 60fps, almost probably by its driver (or possibly some setting in it). Most LCD displays are capable of accepting a refresh rate of 75hz (at certain resolutions) as well as 60hz, so you could always try doing that to see if the driver is limiting the framerate to the refresh-rate.

• rickshaw - Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - link

  This card look amazing for the price. I am wondering now if this card is any better than the HD 3870? Should I get this card to replace the HD 3870?
  
  Any comments for the experts?

• Lummox - Thursday, May 7, 2009 - link

  with two of these cards for $220 = rebate you will smoke anything else at this price including a 280. see toms for review

• VooDooAddict - Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - link

  I'm drooling over the power usage.
  
  Top end i7
  6 dimms
  4770
  
  under 220w
  
  I think I found the new Crossfire setup for my Shuttle!

• Wreckage - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - link

  How come the 4770 does so much better in the Anandtech review than in the Guru3D, HardOCP, Xbit Labs, Tom's Hardware and several other reviews?

• mmpalmeira - Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - link

  I guess it is because of the games they tested with that favors the ATI hardware. Specialy GRID and AoC. The cards performance is very similar, so the games choosen to performe the test will define with card is better.