Hardware in consoles cant really be directly compared to their relative pc counterparts. Consoles and handhelds always have very underwhelming specs when you think about them in the way you would for pc parts, but consoles and handhelds tend to get an awful lot of performance out of those parts, especially by the end of their life cycle...

...Nividia is bring out a new cpu every Xmas, and this year will be the 9800!keymaster7

I think u mean gpu not cpu. And Nvidia like most companies, love 4'th Quarter releases.

i hope that true...so that 8800 price can drop!keymaster7

Id be surprised if there wasnt an 8800price drop before christmas.