Quote Originally Posted by spursindonesia View Post
Agreed, considering that a 192 SP 24 ROP part GF 106 is already 240 mm^2 in diesize, only fanbois would believe that GF 104 is just 322 mm^2 part, while 367 mm^2 of diesize is MUCH more logical and believable.

OTOH, a 576 48 ROP 384 bit part developed from GF 104 basis is also quite possible even using 367 mm^2 as diesize basis, i think the added diesize would be in the neighborhood of 150-160 mm^2. With the added time and experience, pushing that big diesize out of TSMC 40 nm is still doable IMHO, and while the performance might only just been able to match Cayman @380 mm^2, the WOW and pride factor must be considered for them so they won't lose anymore fanbois and lovers around the globe. Remember, they have once designed a 576 mm^2 monster of GT 200, so it has happened in the past and can verywell happen yet again in the future.
What NV needs to do is increase their transistor efficiency up and get it size down. 1.95 billion transistors should take up less room up than cypress' 2.15 billion transistor and the fact that it is either matching that size or taking up more room show that NV needs to get this process down better.

I think it is too early to say that a 576 shader NV part would only match cayman not knowing the performance of both. Considering nothing is confirmed at this point, it impossible to say anything about the performance relation of two unreleased part with none of the specs really confirmed.