tviceman
Diamond Member
So you are not denying the sources you are now referring to as being reliable were, in fact, the same sources that said the 6970 would destroy the hd5970 and be 50% than a gtx480?
I was wrong with the "gtx475" cards name and release schedule, but the chip still came out in the form of the gtx560 and still performed exactly how it was expected to - unlike the 6970 which often loses to the "broken, unmanufacturable" gtx480. But we can keep going in circles. You said over and over again Nvidia hit a power wall at 40nm and would not be able to release another high end part until they were able to shrink Fermi down to 28nm. You were spot on there.
Here's another link saying the gtx590 will have 1024 cores.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/28/radeon-hd-6990-pictured-geforce-gtx-590-rumored-for-pax-east-20/
I was wrong with the "gtx475" cards name and release schedule, but the chip still came out in the form of the gtx560 and still performed exactly how it was expected to - unlike the 6970 which often loses to the "broken, unmanufacturable" gtx480. But we can keep going in circles. You said over and over again Nvidia hit a power wall at 40nm and would not be able to release another high end part until they were able to shrink Fermi down to 28nm. You were spot on there.
Here's another link saying the gtx590 will have 1024 cores.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/28/radeon-hd-6990-pictured-geforce-gtx-590-rumored-for-pax-east-20/