The Fermi Thread - Part 3

[LordEC911]

AMD took 7 months to prepare a driver that finally started using the power of an architecture that is 3 years old.

Ummm... architecture is ~6months old...
Just because it isn't a complete architectural overhaul doesn't mean a lot of things didn't change under the hood that takes time to optimize. Look at all the new code that is being used thanks to a new API.

To think that AMD/ATi could have been optimizing and coding their drivers better for a future (unreleased) product is completely inane.

I don't think its Nvidia's fault though. All of GTX480's issues arise from poor yields. Now, if they had done their homework like AMD they might not have these issues, but the point stands Nvidia really as little control over the yield - thats all tsmcs fault. In addition to this, there wouldn't be as many cut down parts. If TSMC had gotten better yields you would have full core chip and higher clocks and likely lower power consumption.

Yep, because TSMC problems have absolutely no work arounds and no one else is able to produce a chip on their 40nm PP... Nvidia works with TSMC's engineers just as much as AMD does.
The fact is that AMD was able to find the problems and iron them out early in the process' life because they spent the time and money to do so.
It is TSMC's fault that Nvidia has broken MCs? That is news to me.

Also, you might want to wait for Bx silicon before saying that everything is TSMC's fault.