Digital Foundry notes that price/transistor isn't really going down anymore, and die shrinks aren't enough to improve performance or price (at least for GPUs).

Digital Foundry notes that price/transistor isn't really going down anymore, and die shrinks aren't enough to improve performance or price (at least for GPUs). The result is cards that are bigger, more expensive, hotter, and more power hungry. The last two mean more expensive cooling. The Nvidia 3000 series was a nice price improvement compared to the 2000 series, but MSRP at the top end will approach 2k MSRP in the next generation.