Quote Originally Posted by hurleybird View Post
It's actually more like 8800GTX -> 9800GTX. A name that implies a generational leap, but is only about as fast (sometimes faster sometimes slower depending on what you throw at it) as the previous chip while being smaller and cooler.
Jesus how can you compare a new product line-up with re-branding of available products?

AMD has probably reasons for moving the numbers up (e.g. Fusion CPU + GPU Products) and more theorycrafting is starting to look just sad.