A Semi-accurate Look into Fermi

[NickF]

I'm not sure what your source is, but that is an irrelevant detail as it is wrong. Nvidia has already provided Fermi based cards to some of its close partners, and performance is outstanding to say the least. The MSRP will not be higher than that of the GTX280, and this time, in comparison with the competition, there will be a very good price/performance ratio. If ATI does not significantly lower prices of their 59xx and 58xx cards, they will come off as a waste of money next to Fermi and its derivatives.

If that were true, nVidia would not be waiting for a third spin on its silicon (A3) right now, and it would have been launched in November.The obvious fact that Fermi is still not here is reason enough to believe that clock yields were NOT what nVidia was looking for- rather they completely missed the mark. So, I rather doubt that performance is as as outstanding as you claim.
I think we are going to see circumstances rivaling those of last generation.
-nVidia releases huge, bloated chip.
-Ati, this time feet wet in the market, drops prices and still maintains profit margins higher than nVidia.
-nVidia responds, cuts prices, loses money
-ATi responds, releases rv890-esque card
-nVidia responds, makes slightly weaker chip than its flagship to compete directly with the new ati card, and ends up destroying sales of its own flagship.

Just speculation, of course. Responding to a thread that got closed.

However, if these 40% perfromance domination over 5870 rumors are true, no amount of spinning will get ATi out of hot water. They'd essentially have to move the 5970 directly against the Fermi board, and if nVidia manages to overcome the thermals and design a nice dual chip board, ATi won't have an answer. I've seen the rumors on this 40% argument a few times, but yet to find credible reason to believe its true. Anyone have a source?