Not sure what you're talking about, I think you're seeing what you want to see. Pretty sure I didn't praise the 7970GE, I thought it was dumb because the 7970 could OC to that level so easily. So AMD released a new SKU which cost 80$ more despite the original being able to OC to that level on it's own for the most part, yeah, stupid on AMD's part. My main point is that this 780 "GE" is not a new SKU. AIB makers can simply add "GE" to their SKU if they want to. Besides which, 780OC's generally boost past 1000 out of box anyway. Seriously read what I posted instead of seeing what you want to see based on your confirmation bias - the main point is that this is not a new SKU. AMD made their "GE" a SKU which was dumb. But it's whatever. I own a 780OC myself and it boosts well past 1000 on it's own. Most 780OC editions do this and they're already using this new chip revision. If you read my post again, that was my main point - the chip is out and has been utilized for some time, and this is not a new SKU, it's an existing one that NV will not charge more money for. That's it.
Unlike AMD's move, nvidia isn't making this a new SKU. AMD made a new SKU for 75mhz despite the original being able to OC to that easily, and it was dumb. And they charged 80$ to overclock the card for you. NV isn't doing this, because AIB makers are doing this already with existing 780OC cards that already utilize the new chip revision. But if AIB makers want to add "ghz edition" to their card? Yeah sure they can do that, but they won't charge you 80$ for it to overclock the card. So NV is doing the better move by not charging money to OC the card for you, unlike AMD.
I'll also add: the admins at TPU stated that this "GHZ" rumor is false in responding to the videocardz.com story. Like I said, this chip is already out and has been for some time, which - AGAIN - was the main point I was driving at. It isn't really needed since tons of 780OC cards boost well past 1000 anyway, even the ones that don't advertise higher than 1000mhz boost (such as the Asus DC II) generally boost well past 1000. So this "GHz" monkier may be Inno3d only, or it could be something that AIB makers slap on to existing 780OC cards. But they won't charge 80$ to overclock it for you.