Let's see, in 2 years the video cards that are released will be faster than the one's out now.
Errr...of course!
Anyways, the NV30 is NOT out right now...who knows when? At what price? Knowing NVidia it will be considerably more than the ATI 9700 debuted price wise...think about it, even the Ti4600's are not really that cheap at all, heck they didn't really even drop in price to make it worth not spending the extra $50-$75 US for the ATI 9700! Plus the ATI 9700 is up to 75% faster! Shows how hard NVidia is trying to compete, why are the Ti4600's still so expensive? I smell another Voodoo here...remember? The Voodoo cards were mega $$$ while NVidia was releasing the TNT2's that were almost as fast if not faster than the Voodoo cards. Here now ATI releases a card that is WAY faster than the Ti4600, then prices it just a bit above a Ti4600. What does NVidia do about it? Drops the prices a piddly $75 and expects you to buy...or what, wait for the NV30 whenever that comes out, and when it does, what will it cost? Why wait? ATI kicks ass NOW.
P.S. I'm sure NVidia won't be another Voodoo, since the specs of the NV30 will be enough to easily compete...but they had better drop them prices RIGHT now on the Ti4xxx line or they will regret that I'm sure...