Whether or not it will be enough to face the 24pipeline nVidia beast is up in the air at the moment but my best guess is with 8 less pipelines it can't quite reach the mark. But what do I know. According to InQ the R520 will be quite scarce at first, but within a few weeks of launch there should be enough cards for most of us with the wallet the handle it. Still waiting on the real competition though, the R580...