For starters, it's not about lanes per se, but rather what they equate to in everyday use. That aside, if you can neither be bothered to read nor recall what I said barely three posts up, how can we have a discussion exactly?
And while this is an error often committed in "internet" discussions, try not to judge a situation that afflicts
everyone based on the thinking of a single person, be they yourself or another.
a) What -you- want.. expect.. that's your preference. However, defining your preference as something universal is pushing it.
b) Expertise or familiarity within a specific field does not equate in advance that all our arguments are correct or reasonable. While in the micro scale something may appear as inevitable due to say technical restrictions, the fact does remain that it's possible for its outcome to appear illogical considering the consequences. And we pay money in mind of the consequences, this isn't all handed to us.
If what -you- need, in order to have an Ati Radeon avatar (I mean for crying out loud, objectivity much?), is a single GPU, very good. I'm not here to say you're wrong, I don't even take that route because you're entitled to whatever you please; i'm only here to remind that others need, not want,
need, more.