We have learned that the dual GT200 card, something that should finally help NVIDIA to dethrone the Radeon HD 4870 X2, is going to sample by the middle of this month, while it will be available in January. We are not aware of the real performance numbers but we have learned that it should end up faster than the Radeon HD 4870 X2. This is the whole point of this card, to win the performance crown back. The card is based on 55nm GT200 chips and despite the fact that it might be the bulkiest card and most power hungry card ever made, it also has a chance to be the fastest thing ever made in very late 2008. But will only be really available early 2009, or a bit later to the big public we mean. - FudZilla

NVIDIA With Dual 55nm GT200 Samples In December

ATI can only be happy as NVIDIA decided to follow its lead on dual GPU cards and knowing NVIDIA, you should expect a dual PCB card. We do expect that NVIDIA will go through with its dual PCB design and come up with a similar, though different solution towards cooling those two GT200 chips, although these might be running less hot as being made at 55nm process. How it will work out, remains to be seen but the single GPU based GeForce GTX 200 series featuring these new 55nm chips might already give a view on the heat generation. The whole point is to win against ATI, and nothing else matters much, that is for sure.