Corrrect, to be a little off topic, then why isn't GF making the GPUs. Its obvious there making 32nM parts, so why not GPUs also? This would give a minor leg up on NVDA, who is completely stuck with TSMC!!!!

RussC

Quote Originally Posted by SicKlown42012 View Post
The 69xx were neither late or meant to battle GTX 4xx. It was designed to be AMD's next gen videocard on a 32nm process. But with TSMC canceling that and going straight to 28nm(which won't be up for a while still) AMD decided to take as much from that 32nm design as they could and cram it into a 40nm chip. The 69xx is AMD making the best out of a bad potion they were put into by something completely out of their control.