The mid-range market is a lucrative one, especially with the world’s economy the way it is right now. While NVIDIA has focused very much on repurposing 18-month-old G92 technology to introduce a slew of ‘new’ graphics cards, AMD has decided to tackle the market in a different way.

First came the Radeon HD 4670 in September last year, which delivered performance rivalling the company’s previous generation Radeon HD 3850 for around £60.

Today, AMD is making another step forwards in the mid-range with the Radeon HD 4770 – a card that is set to be introduced for around £85 (based on the $99 MSRP we’ve been given).AMD ATI Radeon HD 4770 512MB

The 4770 comes in at a price point that AMD has already occupied with its Radeon HD 4830 graphics card. Although we didn’t find an awful lot of value in the 4830 when it first launched because the 4850 was the better buy, the card has been a regular fixture in our monthly buyer’s guide over the past few months now that its value has improved.

The Radeon HD 4830 took a different approach to this price point than the 4770 – it used the existing RV770 die with two of the ten SIMD units disabled in what is generally known as a dead die SKU. These are typically used to further increase yields when one or more of the SIMD units are damaged.

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