The official GT300/Fermi Thread

[Frag Maniac]

A yield of 50%, esp when on a radically new chip architecture with a considerable die shrinkage, is actually pretty good. It's when yields on first batch runs dip below 20% that you start getting serious concerns about profit margins. Some have rumored Fermis yields to be sub 2%, so 50% would be a huge success story by comparison.

The problem is too much talk is being generated from mere rumors. ATI may be increasing their yield, but fact remains no one has 5870s in stock, and if their yields initially were so much better than Nvidia's as implied, that would not be the case. Some seem quick to defend ATI's ability to increase yield, but not Nvidia. Product development/improvement works both ways gentlemen.