Quote Originally Posted by spursindonesia View Post
It can go both ways, like Zerazax suggested & i admitted.

Perhaps nVidia do have a clear winner in their hand and want to make a headline first with the new ace, OTOH, if you have a loser card vs upcoming competitor card, don't you want to give it the best light by releasing it first so it won't have to deal with its conqueror and instead walking all over its old nemesis (HD 5870) ?

Either way, it doesn't really matter in the end, since the release dates aren't too far beetween them, as consumer, just wait till the dust clear & prices settle, then pick the one that suit your needs & preferences best. I think we all can agree on that.
It wouldn't only have the best light if they had card to sell. By the time the gtx 580 becomes commercially available, if cayman xt is as good as some of you think, the hype would be gone and for naught.

I agree it is nice to have an idea of performance when they are released so close to each other(NV's is more of a performance preview), so we can wait and see without each other company jerking the consumer around and waiting for disappointment(fermi gf100).