The official GT300/Fermi Thread

[LordEC911]

Charlie made one big error, his statement that A1 is the first revision...

Anyone who knows a thing or two about chips knows A0 is the first revision. Anyone remember the Q6600 update, the G0(that's g zero)? If Charlie was correct in that assumption then that famous stepping would have been G1, not G0. These aren't counting the prototype samples which are just to test the features without making the full blown chip.

As such, kind of blows his argument clean out of the water in that regard, doesn't it?

That's not true... Neither ATi nor Nvidia name first silicon A0...
This is a discussion we have had before.

I can tell you out-right that's not the case... The original NV15 chip(GF2 GTS IIRC) for OEM's was Rev A0. If you don't believe me just run a quick search thru this webpage and you'll find the info listed for you...

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-819-start-125.html

Same here, the gainward driver for that specific chip
http://www.givemefile.net/drivers/video/gainward.html

The reason so many think NV start at A1 is because almost never is the A0 perfect, and as such there's usually 1 to 2 revisions before it's ready for the public. As such most people never know they exist.

Wait... you think Nvidia got 2 different batches back in less than 2 months? WTF.
Tapeout was back in June, they received first silicon back in August, see the IHS, and that was the hotlot.
You think they somehow got first silicon before they taped out or you think they taped out in April?
If you really think they start with A0 all that means is that Nvidia is in a MUCH bigger mess than even Charlie is reporting, which seems doubtful since Charlie wouldn't miss an opportunity to bash Nvidia.