The reason I stay with Nvidia Most of the apps I use need CUDA

As I see it the catching up game depends alot on how solid the fermi architecture is.

If it can be streamlined or improved apon enough over the next year or so then Nvidia can do like Intel with their Tick-Tock steps.

It goes in circles. If you think this is good wait longer and then longer and then longer. Something better is always coming out. Just buy the best you can afford when you are ready to upgrade. If you can hold off then hold off as long as possible.

Even if AMD does not drop its prices Nvidia's lost a lot of market share,mind share and credibility as a market innovator. It is now playing catch up. It looks to be 6 to 8 months behind in its development cycle. With South Islands, North Islands and Fusion from AMD on the horizon, I doubt Nvidia can compete. It is playing catch up for the next product cycle as well. Nvidia needs a new beginning.

Well, if you're in the "still" waiting game - then wait a bit more for the next Radeon that _should_ blow away the competition. Or don't - just go and buy whatever has at least an year to prove itself on the market... I mean Radeon again :)

nvidia is back! Finally some real competition in the GPU market. This is good for everybody.

Only took them 4 tries to get something right. The ball is in your court ATi, do something about it!

Benchmarks show two GTX 460s in SLI handily beat a gtx 480 and is equal to a 5970 in many games. At 400 dollars, this is the best bang for the buck, by far. Good job, nVidia.