low strife

They probably will call it the 280GX2.

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barrysgoods

I will pick up a GTX 280 when its $399 after MIR or somewhere in that range.

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Chozart

And why wouldn't you pick an 4870 which is cheaper and better?

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Tufelhunden

Don't forget the 2Jigawatt PSU to run that beast.

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sugarfresh

wow, no offense but u say some serious BS. where in the hell have u ever seen a HD 4870 out perform a GTX 280 in at least 20% of the games out htere. answer never.

http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon...70-x2-preview/
http://anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3354
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...2325444,00.asp
http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon...70-x2-preview/
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/745/1/
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=590

don't get me wrong the HD 4870 is a great card.

Chozart also said:
(Based on the info you're giving us... I would expect the slightest of drops to, say, $450, provided that the X2 is the better card (as expected), and is indeed $499 in the retail channels.

Now we just have to wait for a GTX280GX2 (man.. what a mess that name is)

now how do u thk its even possible for them to make a GTX280GX2 as big as it is and when the chip is about 2.1x of the HD 4870.
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=581&type=expert
GTX 280= 576 mm^2
HD 4870= 260 mm^2

not too mention the power requirements, there wouldn't be enough room on even a 12" PCB with 2 of those chips. even if they did do a die shrink to 55nm the chips would still be larger than any we've ever seen, besides the current 65nm. u just say a lot of things that aren't logical no offense, and it seems u don't research before u post either