Nvidia 270, 290 and GX2 roll out in November

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LOL do you even understand what the word "architecture" means in this context?

Who brought up architecture? Perhaps you should learn to read before you question my ability to comprehend the english language.

Just becuase the GTX 260 goes to a higher fequency than the 4870 does not! make it more overclockable

So you're saying overclocking does not denote attaining a higher frequency than stock?

I thought that was the primary objective of overclocking. To increase frequency, thus resulting in greater performance..

But I'm not as smart as you I suppose.. Or maybe I'm just not as illiterate.

maybe you should get some technical understanding before you make such blatently foolish claims.

Why don't you demonstrate your superior technical understanding for us then?

those Pentium D's could do 4ghz back in the day but they still sucked compared to a 2.33 ghz core2 duo

The very fact that you use an idiotic comparison like the P4D and the C2D to analogize the GTX 260 and the HD 4870 just goes to show how "superior" your technical knowledge is.

The P4D was clearly an inferior architecture compared to the C2D in overall performance, and particularly in terms of IPC.

The GTX 260 216 and the HD 4870 1GB on the other hand, are practically neck and neck in terms of performance, and both architectures utilize different methods of achieving that performance.

Whatever else, the facts still stand.

1) The GTX 260 216 and the HD 4870 1GB are very similar in performance at stock clocks, so using the P4D/Core 2 Duo analogy is absurd beyond belief.

2) The GTX 260 216 on average can achieve a greater overclock percentage than the HD 4870 without resorting to volt mods or after market coolers.

If you read a few reviews, then you'd come to the same conclusion.