Dunno what you read but ati still has the performance crown :) SM3 will not improve graphic quality maybe a few speed gains.. but not much... 3dc will improve graphic quality somewhat and improve performance. Sli while looks nice will cost so much and not many ppl will buy into it :) If ati really wanted to compete with SLI "which they probably laugh at" all they would need to do is bring back MAXX :) to me it looks like nvidia is saying they need two cards to beat ATI's one :)

The patch isnt coming out today.. check some forums... they said they never said it would be the 5th

Some people will never learn. But they still call other people nvidiots etc. lol Even if SLI costs a lot more than any ATI card, nvidia will still have the performance crown. what will the top5 computers in 3dmark 2003 be running? a lousy x800xt? no. they will have SLI'ed 6800 U(E)s. Plus nvidia cards have a much better overclocking potential, so the single 6800s will be in front of the x800s too. But well, somehow I understand that people are showing their ignorance towards nvidia now. they just switched to their new deity ATI because they have been the best around and now nvidia dares to be better again. yeah HOW DARE YOU, NVIDIA? lol BetrayerX: You should learn the meaning of emoticons from the beginning again. :) doesnt nessecerily mean its a joke. especially not in this context.