What's with the accusation? No ties to NV here...that is uncalled for.
As for the validity, CF stuttering has been under investigation from many sites for years now, so this is nothing new. The 40+% gains on the other hand I have never seen before in case of the 7950. Maybe I missed it, that certainly is a possibility.
As for pricing: I just cancelled my two Titans that I ordered in a weak moment (580 SLI getting old...). What does that tell you?
This was just in response to those people who think CF is an alternative with such good value. It isn't. A single 7970@OC on the other hand very much is.
Personally I'm left without any options currently which I quite hate:
580 3GB SLI too slow
670/680 4GB (not downgrading to 2GB) SLI too expensive as a short term solution, especially with watercooling in mind. I'll never go back to air cooling.
And any single GPU solution doesn't provide me with any performance benefit over my current solution
CF is out of the question as you can easily guess.
Where does that leave me? I hate Nvidia as much as everyone else right now for their pricing. Now I have to wait until GTX780 or better Maxwell while games like Tomb Raider and Crysis 3 are out. This sucks!