R520 Faster Than G70 and 6800U SLI

[Xentropy]

Originally posted by: Regs
Last year the vendors priced gouged the market like crazy. You couldn't lay your hands on a 6800GT for less than 500-600 dollars until eVGA, BFG and PNY had them in quantities.

By the time the new generation drops to it's MSRP which is all ready speculated to be very high in price, ATi will have likely paper launched Fudo and by that time sites will have reviews on it.

Just something to keep in mind.

Even more sadly, you STILL can't get a 6800 Ultra in PCI-Express for much less than $500 MSRP a full year after so-called "launch" (best current price on Pricewatch, ~$480). The AGP versions are a different story, but those of us with PCI-E will probably be able to buy a 7800 GTX (hell, maybe even a 7800 Ultra) in 3-6 months for less than a 6800 Ultra is today.

A year later and last year's launch almost still IS paper. Verging on vaporware at this point. Any amount of logic and reason based on past launches would say a 6800 Ultra should be under $400 by now, probably closer to $350. At $500 ($600 just a couple of months ago!) it may as well not exist, as far as I'm concerned. X8xx availability has been, if anything, worse.

Makes the decision to skip this generation an easy one, seeing as it never really existed to begin with. Bring on the G70/R520!