ATI is selling its Radeon HD 5870 1GB version of card with GDDR5 that comes with DVI, HDMI and Displayport for $333 before shipping cost and sales tax, as well as without a partner margin included.

This price transforms to $399 + sales tax in USA or roughly €320 with VAT in Europe. European guys will end up paying probably even more than suggested €320 as retailers will try to harvest the will to spend extra money for DirectX 11 cards.

The performance of the card is definitely good compared to both Nvidia GT200-based offerings or Radeon 48x0 cards, but again, with no DirectX 11 games around, it might not be a bad idea to see what the other graphics company has in store for DirectX 11.

The final spec includes a 256-bit memory interface, 32Mx 32 GDDR5 chips, dual-slot cooler, 850MHz core, 1600 Shader units and 1200MHz memory speed.

Let us not forget that the card comes with Crossfire bridge connector and at least DVI to VGA adapter and Dirt 2 game coupon. The Radeon HD 4850 will sell roughly for €100 / $100 less.

The launch is tomorrow.