NV48 was only a 16 pipelined part, it was the refresh to the 6800nu, not a higher end NV47, despite the massive confusion that was caused... My guess is that the G71 is actually what the G70 was originally suppose to be, as NVidia saw an opening where they could simply release the NV47 and make massive sales doing so, as ATi wouldn't have a counter for almost a full quarter.. Looks like it paid off.

A for Kunaak, the reason this actually matters is this. The word was the NV47 and G70 were being worked on Side-by-Side, which there-fore would mean that since this is the NV47, the G70 still exists in another form. Likely in the form of the ultra, the 90nm part rumored to be 32pipes....

Now, we all heard the news that "the ultra was cancelled", but then again, so was the NV47, yet we see it here today. This is ALOT of work to simply make the NV47 look like the G70, now isn't it?... Something is going on in NVidia land, the question is what...