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Nvidia certainly knows how to wind its customers up with endless refreshes-I guess they're trying to milk the step-up programs.
In the last 12 months-
Mid range: 8800GTS to 8800GTS more stream processors to 8800GT followed by 8800GTS 512 then 9800GTX shortly after (for similar price) to 9800GTX+,
forgot the 9800GT
High end: 8800GTX and ultra to GTX260 to GTX260 core 216 (within a few months of each other), now GTX 270 and GTX290 to replace the GTX 260's and GTX290 after only 4 months.
Not to mention the endless amount of incremental overclocked versions.
I'm sure the GTX270 and 290 will be great cards though........
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You forgot...between 880 GTX / Ultra and GTX 2xx Series...the 9800GX2!
Really, I've been purchasing nVidia for the last 4 yrs and it is the consumers responsibility to "stay-up" on the specifications of any or all Cards in which you're considering to purchase. If your going to dump between $350 - $550 on a GPU, ....research it!
I'm glad that nVidia is pumping out a wide variety of Cards for the simple reason it keeped ATI on thier toes, which in turn means more variety of mid to high end Cards @ more reasonable prices.