Quote Originally Posted by spursindonesia View Post
One thing to ponder about, if GTX 580 is gonna be so wonderful and HD 6970 is gonna suck, i just can't help thinking why nVidia would launch it about 2 weeks sooner than its rival. It would be a total PR victory if you can launch a product that tops competitor's just launched product, the HALO effect would be fantastic, sudden comeback FTW. But i digress, perhaps Cayman does suck and nVidia have a pile of GTX 580 in warehouse begging to be released, we'll see.
Interesting point. GTX 580 was kept very secret til less than a month before release, so its also possible they were waiting to release something quickly to stem the tide

Given that it looks pretty much like it's what the GTX 480 should've been months ago, it's possible