We expect ATI will drop the price of Radeon HD 4870 X2 cards soon , as Nvidia will launch Geforce GTX 295. Until it releases a chip that will replace RV770 ATI doesn’t really have any products to fight Nvidia’s latest update.

The 40nm chips are going to launch toward the middle of the year, at least the performance part will and you do know that R700, Radeon HD 4870 X2 actually has two of RV770 chips. Once ATI releases a 40nm successor to the chip, you can expect a new dual chip card.

The price drop is imminent they simply have to do it and this will put some additional pressure on the already shaken Nvidia. 2009 is expected to be a rough year and ATI will certainly not give out without a decent fight, it just doesn’t have the right chips to fight back.