14 DAY TRIAL // Earlier today, AMD officially announced its latest addition to the Radeon HD 4000-series lineup, consequently introducing the world's first 40nm desktop graphics card. Dubbed, Radeon HD 4770, the new solution has been designed to provide computer users with a choice for an affordable graphics accelerator that can also deliver the performance required by the latest applications to run smoothly. After much anticipation, mostly due to the amount of leaked information available on the Internet prior to its release, the Radeon HD 4770 appears to have the potential of becoming a successful Radeon card, at least according to the already available benchmarks and reviews.
As with most releases in the IT industry, the official launch of the new AMD Radeon card enables reviewers all over the world to publish the results on the benchmarks of the new product. This is certainly the case of the new Radeon, which appears to have managed to impress everybody, thanks to the level of performance it brings and its market placement. There's a general belief, according to most reviews that have just been published, that the Radeon HD 4770 offers a nice performance/price ratio, having the chance to become one of the most appreciated cards in its price segment.
The guys over at Hot Hardware decided that the card was nice due to its lower power requirements, the support for DirectX 10.1, smaller PCB, quiet cooler and competitive pricing. Tomshardware applauds AMD for the release, saying that, “at $99, the Radeon HD 4770 was an award winner.” Legionhardware is also impressed with the new card, which has apparently exceeded their expectations. PC Perspective also recommends it for its performance for price package. The fellows over at Guru of 3D applaud the card's overclocking potential, which makes the Radeon HD4770 a possible solution for a high-performance rig, if used in a CrossFireX system.
There's a downside to the release of AMD's first desktop 40nm GPU, which is paradoxically related to its pricing. Although AMD has announced the card at US$99, current street prices run at US$109, according to the listing on Newegg. However, after a mail-in rebate, the price falls to the advertised value, but that is somewhat inconvenient for some users. However, the overall feeling of the card is that AMD has managed to roll out a successful product for its price range.