Quote Originally Posted by sonofahb View Post
think about this people... the gtx280 is not a total failure. i think its kinda a ahead of its time if u ask me. it still competes with multi gpu setups and is almost 1 to 1 with the gx2. as far as everyone thinking it was gonna be like a g80 performance jump it really kinda is. give them some time to perfect it and add on to it, shrink it ect. yea at the end of the day performance is king but they really made one helluva gpu. will i be buying a gtx 280? probably not. but hell hardware is sooo far ahead of software right now(minus crisis but who cares about that game) that i dont see a need to scrap my 8800 gt. and until some really good games come out that my 8800 gt doesnt satisfy me is when i upgrade and i think the majority of people have that same attitude towards it.
By the time they strip it(256-bit MC), shrink it(55nm) and fine-tune it along with the new process, it will fight R700 which has probably been out for few months already.

G92bX2 for the win!