The Fermi Thread - Part 3

[***Deimos***]

This is a really expensive version of the George Foreman Grill.

looking back

Predictions that I made before...
- it would not be available in Nov.. probably not even Dec!! (they called me a heretic back then)
- Like PS3 CELL, was 99% sure wouldn't be 512SP. Based on super low yields, guessed 480-448SP for GTX480, and 416SP for GTX470. :*(
- compared power/die to R600 and Phenom. Regardless if broken or high power it WOULD launch.
- 750Mhz is way too high. Guessed 600-650Mhz max based on low GT240 clocks.
- Laughed at folks suggesting $399 or even $299. I guessed $600 - but, although MSRP is lower, surely with high demand there will be ridiculous markups.
- Like everybody else, it was assumed 100% true that power >200W (ie Charlie's 280W rumour). Yet, I thought its only for special case like folding.
- no 6 display EyeInfinity.. well that was pretty much a given.

nVidia surprised me:
- 700Mhz, and yet can OC a good 10% more!
- Surely nobody was naive enough to believe +60% on everything. But amazing performance in some games (FC2, BFDX11)tesselation, folding@home and few demos. Fearing only +10%, performance better than expected (depending on which review you read)
- *only* 250W.. better than 280W, but something around 220W would be better still.
- it actually works in all the games. Some 2560 and TRAA driver issues to fix, but overall pretty well polished. Nothing broken (ie Phenom,R600)