Yes, thats exactly what they said (un-officially)...but I also read somewhere, that "doubled performance" as they called that....doesnt necessarily mean that actual speed will double (i.e. that if some game gives you 100FPS now....that it will give you 200FPS with this new board)...thats not it...and from my personal point of view...I doubt very much that any manufacturer would (even if they had the chance) double their performance right away...and all that for those few extra $$$....no way...they rather increase it maybe 10%....20%....or so much that they beat their competition for maybe 5-10%.....thats how this politics works...cause its better for them to i.e. release 4 models, each 25% faster that previous over longer period of time (or until competition catches them)...than to release 1 model 100% faster than previous... Because in first case (4x25% increase) they earn much more money than they would with (1x100%)...and since its all about money here....thats how it works....luckily for manufacturers, but sadly for buyers....
I guess that we need to sign some petitions fast....cause if we pay for something...it shall deliver true performance....not just drops of water into the ocean...
So to end this essay of mine...I doubt it would deliver twice the performance....I bet 1.000.000$ that it wouldnt (Ionian will You lend me that amount if I am wrong!?
).... And also...dont forget that its not official....maybe some toilet cleaner at Nvidia sold newspapers that story....and is now enjoying on some nice sunny island...and the rest of the world wonders the same as grain and us....
If my predictions are correct...then at the end...those G70 will be some 30-40% faster (at max) than 6800 (some say Ultra, some doesnt....but nevermind)....and...Nvidia could easily say...."hey...we didnt told You we would double the performance...so dont bother us...here it is....G70....take it or leave it..."
Maybe its time to wait for R520....little waiting cant hurt...not us...and even less, our pockets...
Thats it...the end...(but dont be said...cause story continues...its "neverending story"...dont you never forget that....).
Bye folks...
*EDIT*
Just something that came on my mind...to give You an example to proove my theory above...just look at Intel's "new Dual Cores"...do they offer better performance than some "old single core cpu"!? NOOOOOOOOO!
Are they cheaper because of that?? HE** NOOOOOOOOOOOO!
But...because they said they have lots of potential (dont know where personally, but hey...Intel said so...and companies like Intel dont lie...so it must be true...yeah right...
)....and because they will eventually make us all to buy them (because of lower support for single cores in the future - which is something they intentionally do to boost sales and profits
)...I guess we dont have any choices...either to stick with them....buy "NEW-SUPER-ULTRA-MEGA" products...or leave everything...and relocate to some remote Indonesian island (if there are any free ones left
)....