TheGreatGrapeApe
Champion
A $300 jump between r630 and r600? wtf? That's bad strategy by AMD
However it depends on how they perform.
This list also doesn't include the crippled R600 offspring like Pauldh mentions, XL, PROs, SEs, etc may be in the offing.
Looking at the early GF8600 performance, if the X2600 is in the same league then there's nowhere for those to go, since the X1950Pro and GF7900GS will cut into the premium you can ask for that level of perofrmance. So either they better get some DX10 apps out fast to justify a different pricing strategy, or else they are going to be strapped by the low side of last generation's the high end cards as to what they can price the mid-range. And considering the GF8800GTX still sells for over $500, then pricing the high end of the R600 @ $500 is taking into account the current reality of the market.