Behind closed doors at Computex

AMD plans to show off its RV770XT and PRO cards at Computex, but it won't launch them until late June.

We've learned that AMD plans a launch and retail /e-tail availability of RV770XT and PRO-based products in the last week of June.

We've told you before that the real retail availability is planned for Q3 2008, and Q3, as you might know, will start on the first day of July. If AMD decided to launch the card at Computex, the retail cards would follow after three weeks and the company doesn’t want that.

Nvidia set up a launch and the availability rule, and ATI obeys it.