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Pemalite said:

All AMD needs to do is a pull a Radeon HD 4870/5870. - It may not have been the fastest GPU on the block, but they were stupidly good value... And AMD was awarded handsomely with volume sales.

They need to realize they don't have a premium offering, thus their prices need to reflect that.

My current GPU is getting very long in the tooth, so I am looking to upgrade sooner rather than later... But I am not seeking the fastest or the cheapest, I am seeking the best bang for buck... Like the Geforce 8800GT, Radeon 9700 and other legendary parts.

When mentioning both, you should really have mentioned the legendary Radeon HD 4770.

• Performance almost on par with the 4850, sometimes even beating it? Check!
• Affordable? Doublecheck! (MSRP was just $109(!), the 4850 cost almost twice as much with $199)
• Cool and quiet? Also check. TDP was just 80W for the card.

It was really the best GPU one could get back in the days without breaking the bank, and NVidia had nothing to counter it. Oh, they tried with the GTX 275 (the first 70 card btw)... but it wasn't really faster, much more expensive ($250) and much hotter with a TDP of 219W