That's fairly impressive, and interesting. I would have expected Nvidia to be getting slammed because ATI is a generation ahead of them for so long. I suppose the thing is, that there's not really anything that the 9700 Pro can do that the Ti4600 can't, with the current applications and games. A 40 FPS increase in Q3 (from 180 to 220) is pretty insignificant between the 9700 and 4600.

I'll be interested to see what happens when the NV30 comes out and ATI's generation after that comes out shortly thereafter. I think Nvidia's going to have to like, skip a generation, or something, to get back on track. They really got screwed here with the NV30 situation.

With the leak of the Doom 3 pre-alpha already, and people with hefty systems still not performing well, the upcoming 6-12 months are going to be pretty crucial for GPU development. People are going to want the card now, that can play Doom 3 somewhat well, and yet they'll still want the card in 12 months, that can play it at 125 FPS. Long story short, the 9700 probably isn't going to cut it for good gameplay of Doom 3, so it should be interesting to see if the NV30 will. I think that if it does, that will be a huge boost for Nvidia, because people will be able to buy the card now, and know that it will last them through Doom 3.