Nvidia confirms GT-200 with 1 billion transistors

[BenchZowner]

LoL and this is where I call BS on you.

Good to hear that

You may know what Nvidia is releasing but you have no idea what AMD will compete with.

How come ? Are you inside my brain now ?
I know things, but not enough to have a crystal clear image, or "allowance" to mention more things that I did.

You make it sound like AMD NEEDS more ROPs.

If you want to game with 4xAA + you NEED them.

HD4870x2 may or may not be able to compete with GT200 but it should be a very interesting product and I have a feeling it might surprise some people.

Everything's interesting. Even a new revolutionary light bulb is interesting.
Thing is, with what I've seen we're about to face another Anti-Aliasing & Anisotropic Filtering limited card, yet with worse IQ than G8x/G9x/GT200.

Biggest issue in this situation is AMD's economy.
nVIDIA is playing "wait & strike" with AMD. If the HD4870X2 is good enough to beat let's say the 9800GX2, they can release a new card derived from GT200.
Even a new G92b dual card will more than likely do the trick.

Call me whatever you like, fanboy ? ? BS ?
I want ATi to be really competitive again ( if not surpass ) with nVIDIA, but the lack of a real high end part ( yet again ) and the architecture enhancements they seem to carry on the new HD4xxxx series... doesn't look good and surely not revolutionary.
We're bashing nVIDIA for their transitions from 65nm to 55nm with G92b.
On the other side ATi is doing the same ( HD2900 -> HD3xxx -> HD4xxx ) while they "can't afford it" because they're already lagging behind, they're not having a performance and/or IQ advantage like nVIDIA to have the ability to release new stuff that differ just a tiny bit from their "predecessors".