GeForce GTX 490 exists!

[Zloyd]

499$ means close to 5970 but not outright faster (very likely since one is 2 460 variants and the other is 2 5870 with lowered clocks)

It also means there will be changes in pricing on both sides , for the better !!!

I'm really enjoying these gpu battles !! (speculative but hey we know both sides are getting some great stuff to us soon)

Next 6-7 months could be a real gpu roller coaster I fully expect ATI to get something like 5890 (improved 5870) to us pretty soon.

Did I mention this is fun

[RPGWiZaRD]

Not too suprising is it? A GF104 x2 card was like bound to happen, I just wish it has 384 cuda cores and perhaps they release a single gpu variant of it as well at around $250. If x2 variant would be using 384 cuda cores, this thing I'd bet it would run for more than $499, $499 sounds like a suitable price for a x2 GTX460 card, 550~$599 for a fully unlocked GF104 variant IMO that might be around HD5970 levels - 7% faster.