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We've become all too accustomed to watching release dates go by the
wayside, only to wait weeks (or even months!) until a released product
appears on store shelves. These paper launches are the bane of system
builders anxiously anticipating an upcoming upgrade, and major kudos
goes to AMD for releasing its HD 4850 almost a full week ahead of schedule!
First run batches come equipped with GDDR3 RAM with GDDR5 expected
later this year, along with all the requisite goodies (CrossFire, PCI-E
2.0, DirectX 10.1). Mail-in-rebates
have already started popping up, pushing pricing down to into $170ish territory. The
ahead-of-schedule release comes just one day after Nvidia announced its
9800GTX+ refresh, which the company claims will outperform the HD 4850.
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