NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 in December; AMD to launch Radeon HD 6900 Series on December

[tajoh111]

Mostly nothing went wrong with AMD. Whats happening is that a lot of Nvidias fanboys are still in awe that the company managed to deliver a product on time and are too blind to see that the 580 barely brings anything new to the table in performance. A lot also still believe that AMD will have a hard time delivering a chip that is merely 20% faster than the previous generation, ignoring the drastic improvement in shader efficiency obtained from the 6800 series as well as the 4d shader rework.

What we are seeing in truth is a tiny few setbacks for AMD being blown way out of proportions by Nvidia fans hoping and preying that their beloved company doesnt end up behind for another generation.

Its really annoying when people care so much about a brand they stop using their brains.

I think some of these fanboys as you put it, simply want to see the 6970 out so there is competition for the gtx 580. With these delays not only is there no real competition for the gtx 580, they don't get to see the alternative choice in the form of the 6970.

A three week set back is significant because alot of people will not get there cards before christmas as Saaya has put. For some gamers that are in high school or university, having the card to enjoy for christmas is rather important because it will be when they have the most free time. In addition, having the choice to get the videocard they want and not regret it for a Christmas present is nice too.

I think many NVidia fanboys are simply frustrated by the amount of flak AMD fanboys have said about Nvidia card owners. In addition, from what I can read from your post, they are frustrated with AMD card owners simply being huffy about AMD and how AMD will send NV down like the sword of Damacles.

Look at the gtx 580 thread for example, it was full of AMD fanboy saying the card doesn't exist and the thread should be closed. To me, this is simply a sign of AMD cards don't want to hear good news about Nvidia and want any good news to be denied to Nvidia card owners.

Although the gtx 580 is not a completely new generation, technologically the gtx 480 is more advanced than cypress, it simply has so many flaws that it prevents the card from really being a practical card. The gtx 580 is the card fermi should have been and if it is competitive with AMD next generation card, then we will have a price war. The GTX 580 is the card Nvidia owners can finally have that they can own without being joked about with heatjokes and complete and utter failure in power efficiency. The things the gtx 580 brings to the table are fixes for the gtx 480 and that is exactly what Nvidia needed most. I personally don't think its performance is that great, especially with the new naming moniker, but its a bigger gain than what most refreshes from NV has had as of late.

NV owners just want a competition between the two companies where they are on even playing field. Alot of the AMD fanboys want Nvidia to fall behinds so they can laugh at them and say they are a generation behind. Much of this is unfounded as well as much of the extreme optimism for AMD future products.

Of course there are certain hype Nvidia fanboys like the banned silicon doc who take fanboyism another level up.