Quote Originally Posted by ajaidev View Post
Am i wrong in assuming that nvidia had given permission to partners to make non reference cards around the same time the GTX 280 was released?
Remember, NVIDIA gave them the ability but still provided a reference design so they could base their cards off of something. This time we will see cards based off of everything from the HD 5770 PCB to the HD 5870 PCB to the HD 5850 PCB and things in between as well.