We have to disappoint a few ATI fanboys. Though at this point, ATI doesn't have a card codenamed RV775, something that got out via the rumor mill. There never was and there never will be such a board. There is no financial sense to release a slightly updated 55nm chip with a bit better specification to counter NVIDIA, and as we said before, the next chip from ATI is 40nm and this should happen in the second quarter of next year. The GT200 55nm chip, the new GeForce GTX 260 with 216 stream processors and teh newest drivers are enough to put a lot of pressure on Radeon HD 4800 series sales, but ATI can now initiate price wars that should help the company get by until the new chip arrives. - FudZilla

ATI's RV775 Chipset Mystery There Is No Such Thing!

Following the so called stories the various details of NVIDIA new line products based upon the 55nm GT200 chips which were expected to be out next year, it seemed more was about to happen. Of course AMD wouldn't keep quiet always. Now it has been nearly half a year since RV770 was launched in June. Some websites have reported that AMD will bring out something new like some 55nm RV790 with 960 shaders before the transition between the 55nm RV770 and upcoming new 40nm RV870. This would as such be done by some strange move towards an improved RV775 chipset which would be clocked much higher.

Probably these RV775 version would be branded as the Radeon HD 4900 series. Real products somehow are expected to be available late January, just after the new version of the GeForce GTX 200 series. Though you can forget about that it seems as it not going to happen. AMD might have one more mainstream chip coming in the first quarter of next year but we can assure you that there is no RV775 or any kind of faster RV770 video card that will launch shortly. The next performance card from ATI is 40nm and that's it.