ATI Aiming For R300 Deja-Vu: Officially Launches 4800 Campaign

[Seraphiel]

I am not impressed by this FUD, if I understand the situation correctly. The R300 was more than just being cheap, for its relative performance. It was about destroying the current alternative from nVIDIA by miles, and also even being competitive with nVIDIA's next generation.

R7xx current competitor (at release) will be the GTX 2xx series, and not G80 / G92. Simplified... there is not chance in hell, that ATI can pull a R300 this time around, but nVIDIA may do exactly that, just like with G80. G80 A2 (GTX) and A3 (Ultra) can still give any card a run for its money, when resolution and settings are taken to (playable) extremes.

That said, damn, I hope I am wrong.. because ATI leading the GPU segment in terms of raw effective performance - I'll be the first to welcome that (I chose R9700 Pro over the GF TI 4600 ... and never looked back, it was even very competitive with NV3x series released many months after).