Quote Originally Posted by LordEC911 View Post
Not that simple. These designs are being worked on for 3-4 years before they are released. This isn't a simple, hey let's throw DX11 into the architecture and get it out next month since GF100 is having problems. There isn't much you can do as far as a backup plan in this industry the R&D costs are just way too high as it is.
Thats my sentiment on the issue more or less, there is little choice but to release and work through the issues for a product that has been in development win or loose which is what we've seen with other hardware in the industry. The only way to really have a backup plan would be to actually have a backup design of similar performance potential being developed in parallel in case the first design doesn't work out.