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[GoldenTiger]

My point is that you cannot compare "lateness" the way that you two are...
Different product cycles, different development timelines/roadmaps, etc.

The real question for lateness should be, why did we have to wait ~8months for GK110 to be in a consumer product.

In other words one company is ahead/behind the other, of course. That goes without saying on timelines. That's not relevant to who is "ahead". GK110 was not ready for a long time after GK104, was expensive to build back then, and GK104 was already a high-end performance level competing well against their competitor's product. GK104 & Tahiti were part of the same 28nm initial generation. Now GK110 has been out for several months, a new 2nd-gen large 28nm chip, and AMD is only finally getting their equivalent chip out the door.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...=1#post5209354

Again, huh? What's it matter that it's a large chip, small chip, green chip, or wild neon pink chip? The fact of the matter is that NVidia had a high-end-performance-level product out right when AMD did essentially. Now NVidia has had a new generation of 28nm chips (GK110) out but AMD is only finally making their "big" 28nm chip on a new generation. So, yes, they are behind! It's just like console "generations" or any other product. You judge it by release date & relevance to other products on the market. In that context it's very obvious that AMD is very far behind launching their "new 28nm big chip" generation compared to NVidia. That's not a rib or barb at them, but it is indeed the truth.

At least have the courtesy and wherewithal to say something other than a sarcastic smiley and a link to another post that isn't really addressing the topic. If you have something to say, say it so a discussion can actually happen.