Quote Originally Posted by FischOderAal View Post
GTX 470 for 299 is a good deal even if it doesn't beat HD 5870.
The best deal for us (the frequent consumers of GPU), would be:

GTX 470 for $299 which matches/beats 5850
GTX 480 for $399 which matches/beats 5870
Dual GF100 for $499 which matches/beats 5970

But we all know that a superior Fermi (without a real competitor) won't come cheap (just as the ATi 5x-series didn't come cheap either).
These prices won't happen unless ATi has new/refresh GPU to compete with Fermi at launch. That's when it gets really interesting for nerds, because good and cheap GPUs would flying around everywhere.