GTX 560 Coming soon!

[Sam_oslo]

It's a matter of order of introduction, as simple as that. If the 1GB came earlier and now the 2GB was introduced, would you call it an upgrade? I doubt it, I wouldn't either. Going further, the GTX570 came a month after the GTX580. Is it a "downgrade" too? No, it's aimed at a different market (sorted by price and performance as the main differentiating factors).


That one is even simpler, the 1GB is for 19x12 folks, the 2GB is for 25x16 and higher - the eyefinity folks. Yes, AMD can do triple monitors with just one card, so a 2GB card has bigger market than such card from nVidia. 2GB would also appeal to the OpenCL folks more than just 1GB. Sure, the 2GB can do 19x12 just fine too, but it's overkill, except for very few games currently.

GTX570 is a downgrade version of GTX580, indeed. But that's much cheaper too, and that's why it can aim to another marked.

6950-1GB is a downgrade, but not as much, specially not the price. Most gamers will get the same performance with both, and you pay almost the same price too. It means. it is aiming to the same marked, but that marked doesn't exists in reality. Because nobody would buy 1GB just for the sake of $20 ,that's 0.07% price-difference compared to 2GB, but this can be unlocked to 6970. No sane person would buy 1GB then.

The 1GB is aiming to the same marked as 2GB, but that's actually a 6970 which you get for just $20 more in reality, so it means that's both same marked, and no marked for 1GB it in reality.