Well, percentages are misleading. A 10% improvement at 20fps means 22 fps. At 100fps, it's 110 fps, but then you don't really need more at 100fps do you?

Even a 30% improvement at 30fps becomes 39fps, which is about where you'd see a difference, but those are in rare circumstances (high res that only huge/multimonitors do with FSAA and all).

I think it boils down to being worth the upgrade if you've got a single 6xxx or 5xxx card, maybe even worth it if you have crossfire'd 6/5xxx because of the power considerations, and worth it if you have a 4xx or lower nvidia card. It's just that anyone with a 560 or above likely won't care to. Especially if you have a 560, actually, as that means you're not going to spend $550 on a card if you wouldn't spend for the 570.


The Jedi Master

i want one... and it'll last another 6 years like my 8800 has.

Agree

Your 8800 probably didn't cost $550, I think I remember paying $299 for mine and it's still going strong on my daughter's handme down gaming computer.

If you look at the specs of his Chevron 9 system, it was the GTS high end version from EVGA. I think it was around 350-400$ and back then the dollar was strong.

Today's rumor: The HD7950 will cost $450 on January 9. Based on specifications, it should easily best an HD6970 (it better at that price).

Repeating, until Nvidia competes (and their 28nm design is having problems it is rumored), prices will be higher than AMD fans are used to paying.

AMD being number one sucks Can't wait until they take their rightful "second place" and lower their prices.

I'm quite willing to let Nvidia fans have the pleasure of "paying the price" for that extra few FPS (see Jedi Master's post above)

Ditto...

Of course, having 3GB RAM, a full 50% more than any other single-GPU card, can't help the price.



The Jedi Master

RAM is dirt cheap and overstocked, both DDR3 and GDDR5.