Quote Originally Posted by ElSel10 View Post
I'm not going to post them because they have already been posted. You are simply being obstinate and trying to make an arbitrary argument that GF100 is just the GPU and the 512 SP variant will never be used which is a preposterous claim.

That's akin to trying to say Fermi will be made out of jello and tofu and you can't be 100% sure that it won't because it was never disclosed that it wouldn't be (and it so happens, it has been disclosed the high end GeForce part will have 512 SPs).
You are misrepresenting trinibwoy's post with your analogy. He's no saying GTX480 will be made out of jello - he's saying it will be made out of chips. He's also saying that those chips (the ones going into the 480) haven't been officially confirmed to be 512sp - which is true.


They obviously designed the arch so that the top card would get a full 512sp. But if they are having yield issues then they could use cut down chips to meet a certain launch date and/or shipment volumes. It would also give them the chance to launch a full 512sp Fermi ULTRA or something later.

As for the speed, barring any production/design/driver issues, I'm still sticking with my 30% faster then 5870 prediction made back in the original thread. IMO, 30% would be ok. Anything less would be a disappointment, significantly more would be a pleasant surprise.