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Fermi mid-life kicker comes in 40nm

not surprised, i mean did you really think that Nvidia would not have something to try and combat the new 6000 series. even if this only turns out to be a 460 esque 475 and a full fat 485 I'm not surprised at all.
 
Nvidia thinks that it has a clear win.
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These plans are not fixed yet, at least we don’t know that they are.
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"We have them surrounded in their tanks"
 
To compete Radeon HD 6000

Nvidia is working on a mid-life kicker chip, something that will eventually replace Fermi and something that will have to deal with the competition until Kepler comes at 28nm.

The new chip is designed to fight the Radeon HD 6000 series and of course Nvidia thinks that it has a clear win, although we quite sure ATI thinks the same and judging by the sucess of the HD 5000 series, its optimism is well founded.

At this pointe we don’t really know, as much of the information we are gathering is contradictory. We believe that Nvidia's kicker comes after Radeon HD 6000 launch, but there is a big chance that you'll see this new Fermi, let’s call it Fermi 1.5 even in late 2010.

These plans are not fixed yet, at least we don’t know that they are, but it looks that Q4 2010 will be quite interesting when it comes to the graphics market.
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Should cause a few people to hold off 6XXX purchases which I guess is exactly what it is meant to to ;) Luckily for me I have 6 months to see how it pans out....
 
bru said:
not surprised, i mean did you really think that Nvidia would not have something to try and combat the new 6000 series. even if this only turns out to be a 460 esque 475 and a full fat 485 I'm not surprised at all.
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I would personally think they would need new chips to effectively combat the 6xxx series personally, and if that's the case, I think we will see Fud post a few of these articles each quarter.
 
Not suprised but also not convienced either!
I consider what either side say as BS until proved otherwise. It saves a lot of disappointment in the long run.
 
Ejizz said:
Lol, it already reminds me of the pre-Fermi launch, "They will be released next quarter, honest...".
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I remember that well. "Don't buy a 5870, the gtx480 will be out in a couple of weeks and you will kick yourself" :D

I was so glad I bought my 5850 at launch, I have enjoyed the card and the performance it gave me right up to getting two gtx470's last week.;)
 
Should make pricing of the 460's very interesting in the next couple of months

Could be time to pick up a mental bargin
 
bru said:
not surprised, i mean did you really think that Nvidia would not have something to try and combat the new 6000 series. even if this only turns out to be a 460 esque 475 and a full fat 485 I'm not surprised at all.
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Yes. :confused: Considering they were 6 months late with Fermi in the first place, that's exactly what I'd expect. Any "updated" 460s, 470s and 485s aren't going to be able to compete with the 6 series if the current leaks are right.
 
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