Quote Originally Posted by Baron_Davis View Post
There's a simple formula each card should follow...and that is:

next gen = 2*previous gen

If the 5890 or w/e they call it is as fast as a 4870 x2 or even dual 4890's, I will be happy.

From what I can tell, this is exactly what's going to happen.
I don't agree with that beeing the normal progression rate in the videocard arena. Given that manufacturers come with more or less one generation a year, it would be much higher than usual tech progression (doubling each two years). Indeed, I think that only the great surprise/success/hit chips have managed to double over their previous generation (R700, G80...). I'd say that a much more realistic and paired to other technologies and Moore's Law formula would be:

next gen = 1.5*previous gen

Given that a new generation is coming every year (your formula could be good if there were a 2 years gap between generations).

Said that, it seems that this generation both ATI and NVIDIA are going to double the performance of their chips... as it seems that performance/watt it's not doubled (or close to that), I'm a little scared about the power consumption of the bigger chips of both ATI and NVIDIA this round.