ATI Radeon 5850, 5870, 5870X2 pricing revealed?

[skunksmash]

The top dog carries the name Radeon HD 5870X2, and we are talking about single-PCB, dual-GPU card that will retail for cool $599. This is still $50 cheaper than GTX280 at the time of its debut [do you remember the outrageous $649?], but bear in mind that this is a top dog part.

For some odd reason, the $499 bracket will remain without a card. We expect that slot will be filled with a water-cooled edition of 5870, or more likely - 5870X2 once that nVidia launches their competing products. Afore mentioned Radeon HD 5870 is set to go on sale for $379-399, while the cheapest entry into the 5800 series, the Radeon HD 5850 is priced in the $279-299 bracket.

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[Bare Foot Kid]

Thanks SK.

 

[prudhivisekhar]

Great info. Thanks.

 

[Espair]

Anyone know when these are comming out? Im thinking about waiting to get a vid card so i can either get one of these or benefit from the price drop.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Look at the date and read the first paragraph of the article.

 

[Espair]

So like a week to a monthish? "availability won't be on the same date.. blah blah"

Soon it seems, so would it be worth waiting, probably not if id have to go a month w/o my PC