Quote Originally Posted by kgk View Post
That's my reasoning as well. Until we see actual GK104 benchmarks though it's hard to be certain.

The problem this presents for some people is that if GK104 is only a smidgen ahead of the 7970 that we wind up with two overpriced and unimpressive cards because AMD doesn't have anything ready to regain the top spot (dual GPU monstrosities are irrelevant in this case). So Nvidia rides out GK104 until AMD can release an 8000-series card at which point they finally dump the flagship GK110/112/100/whatever it's called.



And that's what I don't understand. The GTX580 has been out since November of 2010. Plenty of 580 owners are ready to upgrade (myself included) but I'm not going to do it for a little gnat-fart GK104 when everyone knows the big leap will be the GK100/110. GK104 is seeming more and more like a stop-gap card to keep Nvidia from hemorrhaging any more customers to AMD.
Not really a stop-gap, more like a "That's seriously all you got? Say hello to my little friend... His big brother is going to sit at home and laugh at ya".