You've obviously never been to a computer lab before :p And as far as rare cards are concerned, they are rare for you and me, but not so much for the companies. They don't have plenty of them, but there always are working prototypes months before the release of the card. I remember when I was...
Yeah, but not with actual framerates, but with percentage differences! Now that rules. One game runs at 10fps with one card, 15fps with the other. OMG 50% difference :lol:
Honestly, seeing some reactions here, it's almost like some people have never witnessed a graphics card launch ever again. "OOOHH give us a release date!" "Release all the facts!!" "They are beaten without even releasing hardware"
...and so on and so forth.
Not a long ago, people were...
To be honest, I was surprised nvidia let the cat out of the bag about their tesselation unit - they love their surprises as history has shown. But then again, more and more I get the feeling it's not the same nvidia as we've seen the past years - some mentalities are (slowly) changing.
Bingo.
Hopefully you guys will sort it out soon... B3D's unique reviews are still needed, and I don't think there's a site out there that can fill in B3D's shoes :)