surely the recent price drop of the existing cards is to make way for the current *new* line up?

http://forum.novatech.co.uk/showthread.php?t=8107

i am a member of the novatech forums and one of the managers told us about that accidental listing, but he said they have stock but aren't releasing any specs until they get the go ahead from AMD.

Gibbo Gibbo Gibbo.. all his fault ;)

Surely for that price xfire 4850 is faster?

Blaineoliver
Surely for that price xfire 4850 is faster?

Added heat and power, and you can't crossfire crossfire 4850s :P

PeterStoba
you can't crossfire crossfire 4850s :P

You absolutely sure about that ;)

badass
You absolutely sure about that ;)

Well, you can on AMD platforms, but, meh.

PeterStoba
Well, you can on AMD platforms, but, meh.

erm… Intel can use Crossfire since 975X chipset.

LuckyNV
erm… Intel can use Crossfire since 975X chipset.

Well until core i7, it was amd boards only that had 4 fully functioning pci-e x16 slots and spacing for the coolers…

Blaineoliver
Surely for that price xfire 4850 is faster?

Still under NDA, so no-one knows!

On the other hand, some people don't have crossfire motherboards, some games just don't play nice with crossfire (although less have that problem now) and some people will want to buy one of these now, then save up some pennies and buy another one later :drool:

But I think you're probably right: in fact I'd anticipate crossfire 4830s being a little faster in most games if you have a motherboard to support them (the Hexus 4830-crossfire review shows the setup being between 10% and 30% faster than a stock clocked 4870 at 1920 x 1200)

So, where is it? Or is it just the usual shameless PR grab we see from low-reputation companies?

kalniel
So, where is it? Or is it just the usual shameless PR grab we see from low-reputation companies?

wouldn't say low rep companies so much as low-reputation individual