Quote Originally Posted by eric66 View Post
people usually push their limits when it comes to Christmas presents so i don't see any reason why 500 can't be spend once in a year
how many people do you think are out there who can tell their mommy to go out to best buy and pick up a 580, then WAIT until xmas morning to open it up.

people who can afford a 500$ gpu, are the kind who buy something when the want, not when santa says so.

the loss of holiday sales for a 300$+ gpu is minimal compared to the total sales across the next 8-12 months before 28nm comes out. now if things were revered and the 6800s were late, then this holiday the 460s would take most of the pie.