R700, Radeon HD 4870 X2 with 2GB of GDDR5 will start selling at $549. The first retail cards should be expected in the second half of August. Nvidia has already dropped the price of Geforce GTX 280 to $499 in American etail and the cheapest one at newegg sells for $469.99 after a $30 mail in rebate.
According to VP of AMD's graphics marketing, the R700 should end
up faster than Geforce GTX 280 and with 2GB memory it might look much more
attractive than it would look with 1GB.
Nvidia is still enjoying the performance crown with this
card but it will be interesting to see will people want to pay $50 to $100 more
for ATI’s dual RV770XT card.
We also advise you not to underestimate Nvidia as 55nm GT200
is around the corner and this one might surprise us. Let's wait and see, but
these will be the prices.