The GT300/Fermi Thread - Part 2!

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• Fermi GPU has ~50% more transistors than Cypress 5870
• Fermi GPU is bigger than Cypress 5870
• the yields at best can't be as good as Cypress 5870
• Fermi GPU costs more than a 5870 (price can be anything)
• expect disabling of chip units (harvesting) and clock speed binning
• Fermi has 2x SP and hence double shader performance of GTX2xx (like GTX295).
• Fermi will be faster than GTX2xx. Thats a fact.
• Fermi will require new (not yet available) drivers.
• Fermi DX11 and new features will get heavy marketing.
• Fermi will be dual-slot card.

40% more Transistors, ~64% more die size.
Yields aren't comparable between two differenz chip designs, so costs are also not comparable. Different contract details with TSMC.