Quote Originally Posted by NaMcO View Post
This is specially true for me. My 295 is faster than a 5870 at all levels, and drivers apart, (because CCC is a real PITA), if the 480 doesn't beat my 295 by a considerable margin there's no reason for me to change video card to a 480....

I really like the 5970, don't get me wrong, but i always feel that something's missing when i use my other PC with the 4870x2 in it, this keeps me away from ATI for now
Lol sorry for quoting myself here but this is the perfect example of what I once mentioned on a different day in this topic.

Nvidia has a real tight hold on some of its old school customers..
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...82#post4254282
Quote Originally Posted by Dimitriman View Post
If the day comes where Nvidia launches Fermi at 299$ then that's the day where they also start charging royalties for playing any games on your pc. Just like video games do.

It's way too unlikely that such a massive and expensive chip will sell for so little retail, especially since all the AMD price rises. Nvidia's loyalty based customers are a much much greater number then many believe. Even if Fermi is SLOWER than Cypress, there are enough Nvidia loyals that will buy it regardless and keep them at a safe revenue margin.

Just go fishing for all the posts claiming Nvidia cards "feel better", are "more reliable", "graphics look nicer" etc. as their reason for purchase and you will see exactly the people I'm talking about here.

I believe the only thing that can make Fermi fail is not launching it.