I can't say I agree with the 1st point though. Nvidia is well known to overclock their cards. We've seen it with the 8800 series, 9800 series, the 200 series and the 400 series to know that it will eventually happen with the 500 series. Nvidia has officially released their refresh 1st this go around. I can't see a reason why AMD shouldn't counter react to the release if they have just as good/better card(s) .