Quote Originally Posted by RaV[666] View Post
So, after 7 months of waiting GTX480 in probabaly most favourable to it benchmark is on average around 20% faster than 5870?
Thats not good.Ati wont have any incentive to lowering prices .And it looks as if charlie was pretty much correct, its late, it will be VERY limited edition ,its HOT and power hungry.
If we take into consideration that 5870 2GB with 1ghz core clock are just around the corner, it looks nvidia with its huge chip will have really small lead, 5% ?
Damn why i havent bought 5850 just after it premiered .I said to myself "wait a month or two ,and after fermi introduction it will go down in price man..." DAMN YOU ATI!
Hardly ATIs fault the opposition has provided nothing

Quote Originally Posted by Sam_oslo View Post
nVidia doesn't have to beat ATi with more than ~10-20% all over the line up to make a success out of Fermi. Don't forget that the 5870 with that hefting price tag (comperad to 5850), is only ~10-20% better than 5850.

If GTX 480 is ~10-20% better than 5870 then nVidia has a winner, for sure, even after 6 mounts. Unless ATi can release a new/refresh card to match/beat it at the launch time.
Lol what? When you're 6 months late with limited availability, and with the new heat and power rumors going around, I'd hardly call those numbers a winner for anyone but the most diehard fans. 6 months is an eternity for technology.