Nvidia confirms the GTX 580

[tajoh111]

so the real question is why did nvidia didnt do it allready???


fab problems maybe???



@tajoh111: ok they need a big overhaul .. but how much time will it take them in general to pull it off ???


a while .. and why is the R300 hyped cayman an overhyped card .. it didnt even come from amd's mouth ... its a rumor for now ... but all the specs we saw wich could be true or false does seem to go in that direction ... and no im not trolling .. im just trying to understand how this big single chip fermi deal could be pulled off ....


its been how much time since we started to hear about respin of the gf100 chip to make it work .. yet no full chip ... so its either a redesign to cut of the unneeded gpgpu features ... but how long does that take before we see it on market .. and will it be better to just wait for 28nm and bring those options on 28nm instead ...

If NV should learn from AMD anything, it is that they should make test cards to learn from processes(4770) or find optimal configurations(5830). To me, this might mean playing on 40nm a bit more so they are more prepared to make a good 28nm card off the bat or atleast increase their chances to do so. NV could learn a thing or two from AMD how to get launches on time and slowly transition changes(e.g direct 10.1, tesselator), rather than try to brute force everything at once to get mixed results.

Pricing on the gtx 580 is supposed to be the same as the gtx 480. This is another reason why I think cayman xt is going to be priced like 500 dollars because I think they are invading fermi's pricing space, along with the new name and the pricing of the 5870(its going to be more expensive than this).