The GT300/Fermi Thread

[Piotrsama]

fermi vs 5970
512 vs 3200
384bit vs 2x256bit

512 fermi shaders beat 3200 radeon shaders.

You have to realize that both architectures are very different, you can't compare ATI's shaders to Nvidia's Cuda Cores on a one-by-one basis.
It's similar to the old Athlon VS Pentium 4 debate.
It's not about quantity of working units, but how they work, and ultimately how good performance is.

And BTW, you are supposing that fermi will have the upper hand on said comparison, but most people don't share that thought.
Think about this: Why did Nvidia compare GF100 vs the 5870? (instead of the 5970). That should give you an idea.

I hope you're not expecting Twintech, Inno3D, Sparkle or Gainward getting the chips prior to eVGA, BFG, XFX

Considering what Nvidia said about XFX, I wouldn't expect them to be on the first batch of fermi cards.