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AMD Radeon HD 4870 X2 ready by August
Monica Chen, Taipei; Esther Lam, DIGITIMES [Thursday 3 July 2008]

Following the recent launch of the ATI Radeon HD 4850 and 4870 GPUs, AMD plans to introduce the high-end dual-GPU HD 4870 X2 by the end of July, according to sources at graphics card vendors.

Evaluation samples are schedule to be available in mid-July, and AMD will begin shipping reference design boards with 2GB GDDR5 memory at the end of the month, the sources detailed.

In mid-August, AMD will also begin shipping the 4870 X2 (RV770XT) GPU to partners wishing to design custom cards, the sources added.

HD 4870 X2 graphics cards are expected to be priced around US$499, the sources detailed.

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