Quote Originally Posted by saaya View Post
well then that says it all...
it will NOT beat a 5970 and it will probably be as fast as a 295 which costs the same right now, maybe itll be a little faster...

so people can now get 295 performance with a single gpu...
i doubt people on a 295 will upgrade to this... they will probably wait for the dual fermi card. people who get a fermi 480 are probably on a 8800gtx 8800ultra 9800gtx 250 260 275 280 or 285 right now... or they are on a 5850 or 5870...
This stayment may be somewhat close to the truth... in current titles. As newer engines and upcomming games using liberal tesselation come about, I fully epect the 480 to pull ahead of the 5870/GTX295 by a fair margin. However where launch titles are concerened and past games, I don't think it will have much of a lead if at all. All this said, I am treating GF100 as a long(er) term invesment, not simply a day 1 upgrade. Nvidia are playing the same card AMD has in the past ( designing a gpu with more shader power vs texture power ; tradtionally they've gone for a more texture heavy approach ) Hopefully it turns out well for everyone.

I personally expect to see the 480 launch at $549 USD. As far as what vendors will actually charge for them intially... who the hell knows