Quote Originally Posted by SKYMTL View Post
Unfortunately, there is no way to take into account every situation. Yes, some HD 5850s are closer to $300 but the average price is still around $325 USD to $335CAD. As for the GTX 470, you can't really get a good idea of pricing right now since all we see are the pre-order prices.

But yes, power consumption is going to be an issue for some people.
While the following opinion may seem a bit biased, I think I will be surprised to see any normal gamer (such as myself, e.g. not those who will use headphones to ignore noise issues) buy a GTX4xx series and be satisfied with it in the long run.