Quote Originally Posted by ***Deimos*** View Post
Fermi = 225W (or 275W)
Not the end of the world!!

Probably while using some special GPGPU applications only.

Despite all the nay-saying, it IS a FIXABLE problem. Just look at progress G92 made just by switching PCB, or reduced power on higher clocked HD4890.

Charlie is just being ultra-paranoid. Architecture is no more broken than it was in X2900XT - and despite power management and Anti-aliasing bugs, that card still got great performance in many games, and was the basis for HD48xx.

In the end, when it launches, (just as the HD5xxx) the hype will evaporate to reveal pretty typical average looking video cards with double horsepower of old generation.

that card still got great performance in many games
Problem was - nobody cared anymore. (2900XT)

Yet nVidia's biggest problem isn't just rushing Fermi out. The whole company seems to have a problem with management and execution not going in sync, and a lot of their grand ambitions in previous years although accomplished to an extent (Consumer CUDA apps etc) are now not really worked on anymore.

And how much power would GF104 take then? How fast will it perform relative to its power consumption? And if this 275W faceplant is true, how the heck are you still gonna get the midrange in laptops?