The GT300/Fermi Thread

[Aerwidh]

i think you're forgetting that Quadro and Tesla are two of nvidia's cash cows... never underestimate the power of high margin products. the gpgpu features of the fermi arch will probably allow nvidia to dominate the professional and hpc markets. also, i've yet to see any proof of gpgpu features decreasing the performance or value of gf100. yes it's a big chip, but the performance improvements it will probably justify the extra cost.

Dominating the professional and hpc markets is fine, but not having cards for the mass consumer market is risky, as it let's ATI grab at that market with little/no competition. Nvidia should work on getting more mainstream cards out faster than they are currently doing, or they run the long-term risk of being pushed out of the lower markets and becoming a niche company. Sure, that's probably not happening any time soon, but they still need to make sure it doesn't happen later, either.

Edit: Now that I think about it, this feels a bit like disruption coming, kinda like the whole mainframe/mini-computer/PC-thing all those years ago.