This is pretty good news for ATI:

- Fastest single-card solution (likely to be comparable to GT300 even if slower).
- By far the best energy performance of any card. This adds significant value to the card, making it quieter and cheaper to run over the long term (lower khws drawn for computing and A/C).
- Drivers will likely increase the performance of the card a substantial amount over time.
- DX11 games will increase the gap between 5870 and 295. (This does make the comparison with GT300 more important.)

In sum, this is the best product you can currently buy. GT300 can potentially best it in FPS, but ATI has created a serious competitor that is signficantly faster, more efficient, and reasonably priced AT LAUNCH, which is guaranteed to become cheaper and faster due to drivers over time...nVidia is going to have a hell of a time competing here.