Quote Originally Posted by LordEC911 View Post
What bias? I'm asking for a logical reason they wouldn't have launched Titan or GTX780 in 2012 if everything was ready for launch... Not a one can be given.
You don't sit on inventory if everything is ready to go for a launch.

I bet they also could have released a 15SMX GeForce and Tesla but didn't... just because.
Isn't it obvious?
1. More profit if you sell every GK110 as Tesla instead of GeForce
2. Not cannibalizing sales of the GTX 690

Usually, a GPU has a lifetime of about a year. What sense does it make to release a successor like the GTX 780 too early? Especially when the GK104 parts were all selling very very well. Had AMD had a 30% lead with 7970 GHz, I'm sure Nvidia would have reacted sooner, even if it had meant lower margins. But they were just fine with GK104 and could concentrate on selling every GK110-card for $3000+ instead of just $1000 or even $650.