Don't Expect that Fermi or Radeon in QTY soon

[dribblesnort]

Looks like TSMC is having a helluva time getting yields above 70% according to the article at The Inquirer, below. This does not bode well for prices dropping anytime soon, and it means my daily trek to the egg to see if the 5970 is in stock will continue for some time :(

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1585859/tsmc-40nm-yields-disappointing

[EarthDog]

The INQ.... 'nuff said. At least its better than the 20% I remember them reporting months ago though. hehe. Can GF pick up any slack? The last line alludes to no though...

EDIT: Well, there sure as hell are enough 5870 and 5850's available. I havent seen them OOS in days! And they are at MSRP....

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&Description=hd%205870&bop=And&ActiveSearchResult=True&Order=PRICE

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&Description=hd%205850&bop=And&ActiveSearchResult=True&Order=PRICE

[dribblesnort]

I know a lot of people do not put much stock into The Inq and The Register but when it comes to stories like this, I've seen them right often enough since ~2000 to believe them more often than not.

I have seen them break news that other sites didn't pick up for a week, and they are the ones who broke the story about the massive Layoffs at EDS when HP bought them out. This directly affected the people I deal with on a daily basis since EDS has the IT contract where I work. They weren't even aware that they would lose 50% of their staff until I showed them the story...

When The Inq tells you you are losing 50% of your staff before your own company tells you, it speaks volumes not just about how ****ty a company you work for, but also the ability of the Inq staff to liquor someone up and get them to spill the beans early, lol

As for the graphics cards, I suppose I "could" Xfire a pair of 5870s, and the performance would be better than a 5970, but that damn fan sound would kill me.

I need to see if Scythe Musashi fits the 5870 cards. (I sold my 4870s and the guy had me reinstall the OEM Heatsinks on them so I have the two Musashi kits on a shelf)

The one "con" of those musashi heatsinks is that you cannot use both Xfire bridges if you have musashi coolers on both cards because one of the bridges gets blocked :(

I'd have to run 1 musashi and leave on the OEM heatsink on the other...I think I could live with that, ot maybe take tin snips to the other musashi to make it accespt the other bridge...

[EarthDog]

I was just showing that there are plenty in stock at newegg (for now) as compared to just 2-3 weeks ago. Not sure why there are no 5970's. Judging by the availability of the single GPU cards though, its not a yield issue now, depending of course on how/when they build the 5970.

[FlahsMemory]

The yields are not the problem its the fact that AMD did not order enough wafers to be produce in combination with low yield rates. In my guess it is just a marketing gimmick to keep prices high so they make money since Nvidia doesnt have anything to compete with them at this time. Once they get out fermi you will see tons of 5000 series cards with reduce prices.

[Lavacon]

I think they are stockpiling high binned GPU's for a "refresh" this spring. I am waiting for fermi so I can relplace my hot water heater with an sli setup :-) Folding to keep ma dishwater warm :-)