I'm not positive but i think that Hilbert has to send most of the stuff he reviews back to the manufacturer. Not sure though. Could we possibly get an "official" answer to this ?
You can get the 4850 with some secret instant rebates and MIR from newegg for 150. You can't beat that - heck, you could install a 3rd party cooler for the reduced cost and overclock the bejeezus out of it. And the cowie, there will be a second shipment of 4870 in Mid July, AMD always said on the 25th the supply of the 4870 would be slightly dimished due to GDDR5, but after mid July there shouldnt be any problems finding one.
I would assume so, but in the review he said he went out and 'bought' the cards. Most reviewers if they manufacture wont send them one, they will sometimes go buy it to do a review.
I just called an AIB. The cards should be availabe starting next week in good quantities MSRP 169 EUR. Not bad really.
if 4850 and 9800gtx+ are almost the same and even nvidia is like 2-5% better than the ati i would still buy and recomment ppl to buy ati 4850....ive alwayz seen gamez on ati looking so much better then nvidia......
NV has this little thing called Digital Vibrance, it makes ATI look like some dull washed out pic from the 50's!
i'm sooo jones'in for this GTX+ card man i wanna play ols shcool benches all day long. jeez i'm as bad as d6 and his wait for the 48x2 lol ok ok ok i found the gtx+ on evga site for pre-order its a cheap whore get this ...199us http://www.evga.com/products/moreInfo.asp?pn=512-P3-N873-AR&family=GeForce 9 Series Family man this would have been nice two or three weeks ago so this is the best card for 200 or so remember guys dont spew crap the 200us range is owned by nv not ati.
Boy things are changing fast in the video cards market...nice to see the competition. Now we need both companies to get the cards out and let the price war begin!
I've had some great luck with this card and the price is right. It runs the latest games with no problem in high settings. Worth getting if you don't want to spend the outrageous prices new cards are asking.
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