Quote Originally Posted by gojirasan View Post
So 4850 = 9800GTX (and 8800 GTS512 OC) and it sometimes even matches the GTX260. Which means the 4870 might = GTX260? That would mean 4870x2 = GTX260 SLI for nearly half the price.
I think that 4870 = GTX260 is a bit optimistic, but I don't think they will be off by much.
About price, there are already a couple of cards on pre-order, but I doubt they will give any information on final prices. There is an ASUS 4850 for €156 while a Sapphire 4850 is €164 and previous experience tells me that Sapphire has always been cheaper than ASUS. There has been one 4870 1GB up for pre-order for around €250 and I think that could lower as well, because that is probably some serious price gouging. Just for the guys that start to do €-->$ conversions, as this is not really applicable, the cheapest 8800GTS 512MB retail for €160 and the cheapest 9800GTX for €210.