According to our associate, on 12 August AMD will officially release the 3d- accelerator ATI radeon HD 4870 X2. The recommended price of this card is equal to $499.
Due to the high price of GDDR5 memory , the difference between ATI radeon HD 4870 and ATI radeon HD 4870 X2 will compose $200. to fill the empty interval between these products , AMD will release the accelerator ATI radeon HD 4850 X2, which will be equipped with GDDR3 memory . The application of GDDR3 memory will allow to set the price of ATI radeon HD 4850 X2 in the range $399-449.
First accessible products will be based only on reference design. AMD partners will begin to obtain Graphic processors from the middle of August, original products radeon HD 4850 X2 will appear at the end of August or September.