As most of you already know, the ATI Radeon HD 4800 series were originally scheduled for the 18th of June, but AMD decided to postpone it by a week to the 25th of June - due to Nvidia’s GTX 200 launch. Earlier today, AMD sent a memo to the press saying that they made a decision to launch the HD 4850 today, because too many shops are selling it and non-selected people are posting reviews, so they lost control on the situation, so they decided to launch it today.

Since AMD hasn’t published any press release yet, you will have to dig up the information somewhere else yet again, since we weren’t briefed. A few weeks ago, I emailed AMD myself and requested information, presentation and maybe some sample, so we could provide you with another fine, reliable, non-biased and non-BS review as you all like, but AMD with all their wisdom decided to ignore my email.

Then I emailed their partners, sadly with the same results. It seems it’s not about popularity, rank or rating, it’s just politics and probably some corruption involved as well. But I never gave up, I spent the last days on the phone attempting to obtain some materials from local sources and I was supposed to borrow a Radeon HD 4850 card earlier today, but AMD’s latest memo has pretty ruined up my plans. Yes, they rescheduled, just to screw websites - like us.

I’m sorry, I’ve done my best.