BHFO.org Press Release

Summary:

Official Release of the HD3870X2:

“AMD officially released information on their HD3870X2 graphics cards today. The cards are available at retailers, and at MSRP! NVIDIA has some competition.”

Part of the article:

“Maintaining the intended schedule, AMD released information today on the ATi Radeon HD 3870X2. The press release states an immediate availability of the possible NVIDIA contender. Rick Bergman, who is senior vice president and general manager of the Graphics Product Group at AMD, stated:

“PC gaming enthusiasts demand the ultimate in performance and scalability for their HD gaming experience and the ATI Radeon 3870 X2 sets the standard by which all should be compared in this segment…” he added “With this launch we reaffirm our commitment to enthusiast performance leadership and send a clear message that the ATI Radeon 3870 X2 is the new gold standard of the PC gaming world.”

Newegg.com has the ATi Radeon HD 3870X2 available at the expected retail cost of 449USD. They have five brands available with four of them in stock now. The cheapest 8800 Ultra at this time is 629USD, with most sitting closer to 700USD. NVIDIA should react fast, if they hope to compete. The good news is this should drive down the prices of all video cards. Most other retail sites have the card’s value set at around 500USD, or they did not carry the card. Newegg has the cheapest price so far, which is MSRP.

Diamond has a lower core clock of 775MHz and there are two versions available: 1024MB and 512MB. Sapphire also…”~Chris Hunter

News Article Link:

http://www.bhfo.org/news/press-releases/official-release-of-the-hd3870×2.html

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