Quote Originally Posted by Dimitriman View Post
I think expecting 470 to be better performance and same price as 5850 is completely ignoring enormously strong factors regarding Nvidia

1- They have already lost A LOT of money getting this chip at its final silicon
2- Nvidia has traditionally priced their products above competition, milking on its brand strength as much as it can.

What are the chances that it will change it's strategy and ignore the factors above?

Typically, in the tech sector, there are no fairy tales. Either you perform as expected, or you under perform.
You are forgetting that time has change, now for the first time in resent history, ATi has a technical capability to match the performance, and this is historical. You are also forgetting that the price is depended on the competition, not how much money nVidia or ATi needs .

But I believe those really good prices won't become a reality unless ATi has or existing GPU or a new/refresh to compete with Fermi at launch.