i just saw that some shops have a 5970 for 600$
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...odlist=froogle

heres the relative price perf list using tha as the reference price:

name - cost - %perf - %price - %/%
HD5970 2gb 600$ 100% 100% 0
GTX295 2gb 525$ 81% 87% +6
HD5870 1gb 400$ 71% 67% -4
HD5850 1gb 325$ 62% 54% -8
GTX285 1gb 375$ 58% 62% +4
GTX260 1gb 225$ 47% 37% -10
HD5830 1gb 250$ 45%*1 42% -3
HD5770 1gb 175$ 43% 29% -14
HD4870 1gb 175$ 44% 29% -15
HD5750 1gb 150$ 37% 25% -12
GTS250 1gb 125$ 36% 21% -15
HD4850 1gb 125$ 35% 21% -14

i wonder how many 295 and 285 cards nvidia and its partners are still selling at those price points...