Holy Crap! HD4870 for 199$

**vishwaswish** · 06-12-08, 05:56 PM

AMD Reduces Pricing of ATI Radeon HD 4870 to $199.

ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB Becomes Highest Performing Performance-Mainstream Board

12/05/2008 08:00 PM

by Anton Shilov

ATI, graphics product group of Advanced Micro Devices, on Friday said it had slashed price of the ATI Radeon HD 4870 graphics card and said that at least one online store will have them available for end-users at $199 price-point for 512MB graphics card.

“The price of the ATI Radeon HD 4870 is dropping and we expect that the 512MB and 1GB boards should be available on Newegg today for around $199 and $239 respectively, offering and even more compelling value,” a spokesperson for ATI/AMD said.

At $199 price-point the ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB graphics card becomes the top-performing performance-mainstream option on the market. Earlier AMD sold ATI Radeon HD 4850 at this price-point.

ATI is working hard to capture 50% of the market of standalone desktop graphics adapters. One of the ways to gain market share is to slash prices of final products. In Q3 2009 Nvidia Corp. commanded 60% of shipments with its GeForce chips, whereas ATI Radeon’s share was about 40%, according to market tracker Jon Peddie Research.

It should be noted that sales of ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB for $199 in a single online store in the USA can hardly change the game worldwide and allow ATI to boost its presence on the market considerably. Nevertheless, customers should keep an eye on various deals in other regions as well as ATI has just given a sign that it plans to offer its high-performance products at discount prices in the current environment of the economy on the globe.

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**spacenoxx** · 06-12-08, 06:06 PM

We need to see if this price cut happens in India as well.

**ultimabasher** · 06-12-08, 06:07 PM

Originally Posted by spacenoxx

We need to see if this price cut happens in India as well.

Do you honestly think that is possible in near times

**Supra** · 06-12-08, 06:09 PM

We need to see if this price cut happens in India as well.

Let them earn some money 1st. Its bad times so distris need to prepare for future in case they go out of business or a complete downturn takes place

**Nitari** · 06-12-08, 06:09 PM

wow......time to change card ..:thanx:

**Udit** · 06-12-08, 06:11 PM

Newegg.com - SAPPHIRE 100259L Radeon HD 4870 512MB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards

Newegg.com - HIS Hightech H487F512P Radeon HD 4870 512MB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards

**ultimabasher** · 06-12-08, 06:14 PM

Originally Posted by Udit

Newegg.com - SAPPHIRE 100259L Radeon HD 4870 512MB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards

Newegg.com - HIS Hightech H487F512P Radeon HD 4870 512MB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards

I tried my ass off to find that but no luck :@

**Sudarshan_SMD** · 06-12-08, 06:16 PM

WoW......now that's BUISNESS .

ATI is just creating REVOLUTION'S .

well even if price drop is not applied in INDIA.....KMD is there to help out:hap2:

@vishwaswish

why is it "HOLY CRAP" ???

**stalker** · 06-12-08, 06:19 PM

frack!

sooper pricing there. lets see nvidia getting one back on this one

the price wars are teh heating up!

**vishwaswish** · 06-12-08, 06:25 PM

@vishwaswish

why is it "HOLY CRAP" ???

1. a phrase used to suggest that something is unbelievable or shocking.

2.The more socially acceptable form of "holy shit".

**Supra** · 06-12-08, 06:26 PM

lol MSI GTX 260(192 SP) is 185$ shipped

**Rockfella** · 06-12-08, 06:28 PM

he could not digest the fact...

Originally Posted by Sudarshan_SMD

@vishwaswish

why is it "HOLY CRAP" ???

**vishwaswish** · 06-12-08, 06:39 PM

Originally Posted by Supra

lol MSI GTX 260(192 SP) is 185$ shipped

that's great, without rebates rite? the cheapest i found was for 199$. but 192 is no better r worse then 4870. GTX 260(216 SP) is defiantly better then 4870.

With both at 199$ i will stick with HD4870 just bcoz of GDDR5.

**agm203** · 06-12-08, 06:40 PM

Holy Crap! HD4870 for 199$

LOL

he he the title of the thread is hilarious ..

Well 4870 for 199$ is a steal...surely time for a upgrade through KMD

Edit- Wonder why ATI did that?i cant find the reason,well does anyone have any idea if ATI or Nvidia launching some new gpu in the recent future?

**Rockfella** · 06-12-08, 06:53 PM

What the **** is "recent future"

Originally Posted by agm203

Holy Crap! HD4870 for 199$

LOL

he he the title of the thread is hilarious ..

Well 4870 for 199$ is a steal...surely time for a upgrade through KMD

Edit- Wonder why ATI did that?i cant find the reason,well does anyone have any idea if ATI or Nvidia launching some new gpu in the recent future?

**Udit** · 06-12-08, 06:56 PM

Originally Posted by Supra

lol MSI GTX 260(192 SP) is 185$ shipped

Newegg.com - MSI N260GTX-T2D896 OC GeForce GTX 260 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards

it is $199 :S

**agm203** · 06-12-08, 06:57 PM

@Rockfella...extremely sorry i meant near future

**Supra** · 06-12-08, 06:58 PM

Udit as usual code

Newegg has the MSI GeForce GTX 260 896MB PCI-Express Video Card for $200 - $25 Code VGA12425 - $20 Rebate + $9 Shipping = $164 with free shipping.

**Udit** · 06-12-08, 07:02 PM

Originally Posted by Supra

Udit as usual code

where do you get the codes?

**adder** · 06-12-08, 07:10 PM

Originally Posted by vishwaswish

but 260(192 sp) is no better r worse then 4870. GTX 260(216 SP) is defiantly better then 4870.

With both at 199$ i will stick with HD4870 just bcoz of GDDR5.

well HD4870 is better bcause of Dx10.1,but i guess HD4870 consumers less power then gtx 260(192sp) ,but the newer 216sp consumes less power then HD4870.