Don't sell out just yet! Fermi could be months away from your PC.

[varrius]

NVIDIA has slated the Fermi launch for March 26th. Guys, the likely hood of you getting a card on that date, or for one month after that date - if not more, is very, very slim.

We still have to wait for the corporate and industrial segment to get their share. They have to sell out all those 5k Quattro cards, etc. Retail segment is usually the last on the list.

Then, NVIDIA has to get with all its partners, etc. Reviewers don't even have the card yet, guys. So, I just wanted to say, don't get your hopes up for March. You will likely be let down. Unless you're prepared to shell out three times the Fermi cards amount on eBay. :(

[RoadconeTuning]

lol, so is this an ati fanboy bashing nvidia or...

[NaMcO]

ZzZz? Oh... "YANHT" (yet another nvidia hater thread).

*Goes back to sleep* ZzZzZ.

[varrius]

lol, so is this an ati fanboy bashing nvidia or...

No, I am getting Fermi...

[varrius]

I'm not really a fan boy for either company. I've had both and buy whichever is better, usually.

[RoadconeTuning]

looks like a hater thread to me... which is lame...

nVidia FTW.... but notice my sig for what happened due to waiting...

[icecpu]

No source, Information seem not reliable, another rumor

[varrius]

No source, Information seem not reliable, another rumor

History repeats its self.

[road-runner]

:shakes:

[BenchZowner]

Don't wait for a Fermi, it will be hard to find and you won't be able to buy one before June.
Also, don't buy a 5870 / 5970 because the 5890 and 5990 are coming soon... they will be sort of available, and you will be able to buy them in reasonable prices... just 600$ and 900$.
But if you're a wise guy you shouldn't buy a VGA right now, you should wait for Matrox's Ikikuinthenutz Deluxe edition, it will kick ass :D

100% Useless thread approval stamp here!

[ReverendMaynard]

I say buy and sell weekly :)

[RoadconeTuning]

i suggest everyone stops buying everything... new stuff is only 6 months away and prices will drop then!

oh wait... thats always the case... well damn...

[Mabyboi]

http://yovia.com/blogs/davidappelman/files/2009/10/troll-web.jpg

[road-runner]

Don't wait for a Fermi, it will be hard to find and you won't be able to buy one before June.
Also, don't buy a 5870 / 5970 because the 5890 and 5990 are coming soon... they will be sort of available, and you will be able to buy them in reasonable prices... just 600$ and 900$.
But if you're a wise guy you shouldn't buy a VGA right now, you should wait for Matrox's Ikikuinthenutz Deluxe edition, it will kick ass :D

100% Useless thread approval stamp here!

:with:

[shawnoen]

NVIDIA CEO has previously stated last week no Fermi mass availability until quarter 2 2010 (May - July 2010)....

Just because they "introduce" a card and provide samples for evaluation doesn't mean its in stock at Newegg.

[Biker]

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii156/skummm/do_not_feed_trolls.jpg

:D

ps. where the :banana::banana::banana::banana: is my Fermi????

[shawnoen]

Mass Availability of GeForce GTX 400, Other Fermi Products Delayed Till Q2

Nvidia Corp. will finally start selling its highly-anticipated GeForce GTX 400-series graphics cards as well as other products based on the code-named Fermi architecture and GF100 (NV60, G300, GT300) graphics processing unit (GPU) in the first quarter of fiscal 2011, it looks like mass availability of appropriate products is only expected in Q2 of FY 2011.

“Q2 [of FY 2011] is going to be the quarter when Fermi is hitting the full stride. It will not just be one Fermi product, there will be a couple of Fermi products to span many different price ranges, but also the Fermi products will span GeForce Quadro and Tesla. So, we are going to be ramping now on Fermi architecture products through Q2 and we are building a lot of it. I am really excited about the upcoming launch of Fermi and I think it will more than offset the seasonality that we usually see in Q2,” said Jen-Hsun Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia, during the most recent conference call with financial analysts.

Earlier the head of Nvidia said that the company would ramp up production of Fermi-based chips in Q1 FY2011. Nvidia’s first quarter of fiscal year 2011 began on the 31st of January, 2010, and will likely end on the 30th of April, 2010; the Q2 of FY 2011 will last from May till late July, 2010. At present many observers suggest that Nvidia will launch the GeForce GTX 470 and GTX 480 graphics cards in March or April, but it looks like the products will not be available in truly mass quantities right after the launch.

Nvidia’s chief executive officer did not provide any concrete timeframes for the transition of the whole lineup to the new Fermi architecture, but said that since the owners of mainstream and entry-level graphics cards hardly demand new functionality, it is not crucial for Nvidia to update currently available “fabulous” graphics chips. In addition, the speed of the transition depends on the supply of 40nm chips by TSMC.

“All of that just depends on 40 nm supply and we are trying to finesse it the best we possibly can. For the entry-level products, the truth is that the new architectures […] are probably not extremely well appreciated anyhow. People, who buy the new architectures, tend to be early adopters and they tend to be the game enthusiasts, workstation designers or creative artists or – there are very specific reasons why it really enhances their experience. Our current-generation GPUs are fabulous and all the things that mainstream consumers would use their computer for. […] I think the mainstream GPUs are really fabulous and has been enhanced recently with some really great features and so my sense is that they are going to continue to do quite nicely in the marketplace. Then we will just transition as fast as we can,” said Mr. Huang.

In the fourth quarter of FY 2010 Nvidia posted revenue of $982.5 million. Sales of GPUs accounted for 58.3% of sales, or $572.9 million.

[shawnoen]

I only use NVIDIA cards and just bought 2nd GTX285 to tide me over for a bit. Not paying $700 for GTX480 video card on introduction...

[BenchZowner]

Good for you

[zanzabar]

I only use NVIDIA cards and just bought 2nd GTX285 to tide me over for a bit. Not paying $700 for GTX480 video card on introduction...

so u have $700-900 in cards (incuding what u just got) and i guess u could use step up and wait a year but instead of getting a 5870 or 5850 that will be faster than 2x285 for less than one 285 as of now

[shawnoen]

Single 5870 is not faster than 2x GTX285s.

[BlaZ1n.IVXX]

so u have $700-900 in cards (incuding what u just got) and i guess u could use step up and wait a year but instead of getting a 5870 or 5850 that will be faster than 2x285 for less than one 285 as of now

http://vogons.zetafleet.com/files/orly.jpg

[Mabyboi]

http://vogons.zetafleet.com/files/orly.jpg

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/3447/orlyquite8bl.jpg

[YukonTrooper]

This thread had no chance at a healthy thread life. This thread was born retarded. Genetic? Perhaps.

[570091D]

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[BlaZ1n.IVXX]

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/3447/orlyquite8bl.jpg

http://files.myopera.com/drlaunch/albums/37656/ya-srsly001.jpg

[Jupiler]

Closing this one, before it gets out of control (and we all know it would).

Click.