PC upgrade help

[Shintetsu]

Hmm, scrapping plans for that 9600 GT after all. Just got word that the Radeon 4770 will be launching mid-2009, and will outperform Nvidia's 9800 GT card. The kicker? It'll retail at $ 99.

Gawd. If it does outperform 9800GT without a glitch, it's on.

[Twin-Skies]

@Shintetsu

The most recent news on this puppy:

http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Radeo...8296.shtml

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/263033...4770-specs

-40nm technology
-Replaces 4830
-Will compete with 9800GT
-Core Clock speed: 750Mhz
-Memory clock speed: 800Mhz
-Memory bandwidth: 51.2GB/s
-Memory interface: 128-bit GDDR5
-Memory size: 512MB
-Requires 80W
-Release on May 4 at $99