this remind me of 8800gts/512-9800gtx-gts250 ... If is a based on a cut-down GK110 , it would be nice to unlock it, but as i see the future, nvidia and ati will never allow this anymore.hd6950 really boosted the sales because of this.....Anyway , i will stick to my 7970 ( reference not ghz ed) until things will cool down with some really new gpu to show off from both sides, if is going to take to long il just throw in a second one since the price are getting lower on reference 7970.