HD4870 X2 vs GTX295 with Catalyst 9.1

[ownage]

I had no idea that the 8.12 hotfix drivers were 9.1 betas. But if that is the case, why are they taking so long to release officially supported 9.1's?

There goes a rumour that AMD would have told there partners to keep some room left at Cebit for some new midrange ATI cards to show. AMD seems to be very quit about these new cards. I can understand why AMD wants that not only the newest drivers, but also the drivers from last month support these new cards.
So maybe, just a possibility, AMD waits till 31 January to release cat9.1 with support for these new midrange cards.

Edit: This year Cebit is in March instead of February?