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More Fermi bad news

Not sure why you have to turn a semi-serious disussion into pathetic digs at me... its rather childish to say the least.
 
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Its just a GFX card guys and its swings and roundabouts.

This is the trend in GFX

ATI are on top then they won't be then they will be then they won't be then they will be then they won't be hen they will be then they won't be then they will be then they won't be then they will be then they won't be then they will be then they won't be then they will be then they won't be then they will be then they won't be then they will be then they won't be hen they will be then they won't be hen they will be then they won't be hen they will be then they won't be hen they will be then they won't be :D
 
Tute said:
Is that the dude that Rroff like the "muscle definition" of, or am I wrong? ;)
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Charlie Demerjian:
Nvidia on the other hand did not do their homework at all. In its usual 'bull in a china shop' way, SemiAccurate was told several times that the officially blessed Nvidia solution to the problem was engineering by screaming at people. Needless to say, while cathartic, it does not change chip design or the laws of physics. It doesn't make you friends either.
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Nothing like a touch of Roid Rage to fix a borked graphics card :p
 
So Charlie is saying Fermi is broke and is unfixable, Fermi is expected to be launched at the end of March, I suggest we wait until the 31st March and see if Charlie is telling porkies.
 
Freddie1980 said:
No way, I've been using this font on other forums for years now and I refuse to change my habits!

God help me I'm 80, I'll be a right cantankerous, stubborn old *******.
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Then you should be retired in your profile not an accountant:):p
 
Hold on, according to that site Fermi has gone from an imminent launch, to before Christmas 09, then Jan 01 , then Q1 and now Q2. Also the information has come from Nvidia's CEO, and according to him Fermi was ready to go last summer !

Hold on Nvidia's fiscal Q2 2011 ? Thats next summer !
 
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Freddie1980 said:
So Charlie is saying Fermi is broke and is unfixable, Fermi is expected to be launched at the end of March, I suggest we wait until the 31st March and see if Charlie is telling porkies.
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That's not what he is saying. What he is saying is that the GTX480 with 512 shader's will be non existent and even then the it won't reach the targeted clocks. Lets not forget that the GTX280 had 256 cores yet it was released with 240 cores and at lower shader speeds than the chips that it replaced. All the guy is saying that it's the same story with Fermi and that it's even worse this time- which would hardly be a surprise as the 40nm process isn't great anyway.
 
Owenb said:
Lets not forget that the GTX280 had 256 cores yet it was released with 240 cores and at lower shader speeds than the chips that it replaced. All the guy is saying that it's the same story with Fermi and that it's even worse this time- which would hardly be a surprise as the 40nm process isn't great anyway.
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You sure about that? the cores are arranged in clusters of 24.
 
Problem is i don't think ati will have to drop prices on their current cards because fermi is not going to be cheap and even at the prices they are now the ati cards may still represent the best value for money. I cannot remember a time when nvidia were so quiet about a product supposedly this near to launch and that alone is enough to worry me.
 
RizlaKing said:
Problem is i don't think ati will have to drop prices on their current cards because fermi is not going to be cheap and even at the prices they are now the ati cards may still represent the best value for money. I cannot remember a time when nvidia were so quiet about a product supposedly this near to launch and that alone is enough to worry me.
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I think it just depends on just how much more expensive, and how much faster they are. I can't imagine ATi doing nothing to their prices, unless Fermi really isn't any good.

Agreed though, need more info direct from the horse's mouth!
 
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