It is not a real secret around the interwebs that the 670 was the be released today....but I just was curious and checked out.....www.nvidia.com and guess what? The 670 gtx is featured on their home page! In light of the fact that tsmc or whatever the 28nm chip producers name is saying they are focu sing on nvidia instead of amd and qualcom and that the 670670 is pretty much a 680 with a disabled smx(I think? Lol) And that the benchmarks have the 670 performance at 5% below gtx 680(stock reference clocks) to matching or exceding the gtx 680s's performance(factory overclocked)....AND. that the cards will look to cost from $400 to $420-$450 depending on brand, model and availability....
It looks like everyone that has been stuck waiting for a gtx 680 and/or a gtx 690 is very fortunate to have not gotten their hands on one after all. It seems like the low availability of the two more expensive cards was a blessing in disguise! At 400 doll hairs you get performance of a $500 dollar card...and possibly for $800 you will get performance equaling $1000(gtx 680 in sli) or $1200(gtx 690) worth of gpu power.
I also should mention at $400 you have a card that beats amd's flagship(so far) card that costs $50 dollars more. Whats does this mean? Well hopefully we will see prices of the 7970 drop to $400 so this makes amd fans very happy as well. Amdd fans will be able to buy their flagship card for $400 dollars...or $800 for great crossfire setup. Meanwhile nvidia) fans will be getting the same thing...flagship performance at $400 dollars(which is where I believe flagship prices should be anyways. The only thing potentially more exciting is if nvidia can achieve similar results when they release the gtx 660680s's ti..if they can get 95%performance compared to the 670gtx at $300 to $350have that will equate to performance close to equaling 7970 performance with a potential $100 to $150 discount...
To end this long post i'll just say things are looking good for pc gamers!