Saturday, August 9th 2008
First Product Images of the Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2 Emerge
The first product images of the Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2 have been posted at Pro-Clockers. This card is based on the reference ATi design and features a total of 2 GB GDDR5 memory. GPU Café reports online stores to have started listing this product (such as this one) within a 5% price-range of the GeForce GTX 280, pre-release reviews already point to high performance gains over the GeForce GTX 280. The product formally launches this Tuesday.
Source:
GPU Café
31 Comments on First Product Images of the Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2 Emerge
Me Want THZ~
The black PCB is just plain sexy.
I love how the box says 'Prepare to Dominate.' That's the same nonsense one of the ATi director's spouted a few months ago in regards to the 280.
So Nvidia sits on their hands, waits, pops out a 55nm with possibly DDR5 (though not necessary), and has the last laugh again.
ATi caught up this time around, (at the cost of cutting corners) but they're far from ahead.
This card serves one purpose for gamers - it will drive prices down a bit. That's all.