The GT300/Fermi Thread

[trinibwoy]

I don't see anything about driver improvements here. All I see is a thinly veiled accusation of being a fanboy and a snide remark about a 32nm refresh.

I must have missed where that comment was directed at you. It wasn't a reply to one of your posts was it?

So it appears that there are some advantages with going for a multi-gpu highend. Doubled triangle setup and higher bandwidth. Are we expecting a GTX390 at the same time as the launch of the rest of the lineup?

Yes, as has always been the case. I wouldn't bet on any sort of multi-GPU Fermi at this point. It also remains to be seen if one will even be necessary (or feasible).

Well if you think that drivers for a brand new arch are going to be more stable and more optimized then ones for an arch 3 generations old then I don't think I can really help you understand. And no, that's not part of my optimistic view. It's a separate issue.

We're talking in circles here - one minute you're saying Cypress will benefit from driver improvements, now you're saying Cypress drivers are stable (which is what I said in the first place).

In terms of your optimism for Fermi I believe you're referring to it needing to beat the GTX295 or else it'll be a failure. That's not an optimistic view, it's simply setting the low watermark against which Fermi will be judged on release. Personally, I think GTX 295 is far too low of a benchmark.