One thing is clear: castrated chips by disabling CUs, lowering clockspeeds on purpose and way too high prices are all caused by the lack of competition. And the chip that might change this is many months away. Yes nvidia, I'm talking to you. Release your ASAP. This sucks, because my 5850 is old as f*ck and I sure as hell won't buy overpriced stuff to replace it. Long gone are the days when you could buy this awesome card for just 230€.