May 17
Radeon HD 4000 series launches June 18, lots of details
If you haven’t already seen them, there are a couple of reports around the web with some mixed information about the R700 series from AMD. It’s now certain that the cards will be called Radeon HD 4000, and the first card will be Radeon HD 4850 on June 18th, and don’t worry too much about the availability, it’s a hard launch. It will be followed by the Radeon HD 4870 one week later, but the availability will be a problem because there aren’t enough GDDR5 chips yet.
