Now, I'm not going to quote anyone specific here (had to read through like 10 pages lol) but I'd like to give my opinion on a few general "ideas" that some people are having...

1. Nvidia will not (and pretty much cannot) go bankrupt. It isn't a "fail" card, even if it does not meet YOUR requirements (and I am sure plenty of people feel this way) there is still a very big market that is susceptible to Nvidia's PR. I am sure Fermi will sell like hotcakes in Maingear, iBuyPower, CyberPC (or whatever) etc. as those people see "FASTEST SINGLE GPU" and instantly themselves. It is also not a card that is built to make money by itself anyways, it is a marketing tool to sell laptop and low-end GPU's (which is where all the real money is made).

2. Heat - I am sure Nvidia could have made it cooler by adding an extra inch onto the end of the card.... TBH this sort of surprises me, why bother making a short card that is still the hottest and loudest? It's not like they haven't made compromises already. It also does seem to have some big idle problems, and the high voltage on idle is probably because of the lack of double redeundancy on interconnects (or whatever, sorry the term is very vague to me... I understand the concept but not the name ) which requires more voltage just to function... therefore don't pump enough volts into it and it simply won't work I would think.

3. Overclocking - it can happen, look at all the reviews. I'm not sure why everyone has the idea that it is IMPOSSIBLE to OC because of heat problems.... it may hit 95C but that is in Furmark and with a relatively low fan speed (70%?) which will ramp up if it gets any hotter.

4. GTX485 - do want, and it probably will happen. My bet is Nvidia will have it out in 6-8 months... it takes them what, 4-6 months to develop a GPU at the bare minimum (risk wafers and all that take a while)?

5. GlobalFoundries - WHEN DO THEY OPEN!??! TSMC can go burn in hell.