ATI Radeon HD 4000 Series discussion

[Eastcoasthandle]

Will the 4800 series actually beat the GTX260/280? It's really hard to say right now. But I have to ask something? Are we still living in a day/age where we must OC our top end video cards to get acceptable frame rates in current games? I honestly believe we are in such a day/age were OC'ing high end video cards appear to be more of luxury not a necessity when playing games. Therefore, what are you really gaining as a customer if you don't have to OC to play your games? Yes, there will be 3DMark and Vantage it's fun to benchmark IMO. But if you are a gamer at heart (and some of you are) knowing that this gen of video cards will only increase the standard of performance. There is little incentive to upgrade from a performance POV.