die comparison: Intel Penryn - Nvidia GTX 280

http://images.anandtech.com/reviews/...txvspenryn.jpg

Penryn on 45nm - GTX 280 on 65nm

On Jun 17, 11:54 am, AirRaid <airrai...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://images.anandtech.com/reviews/...eGTX200/gtxvsp...
>
> Penryn on 45nm - GTX 280 on 65nm

Wow... I'm really curious on how NVIDIA does on this chip. I've heard
low yields, high power, and performance that doesn't meet expectations.

In comp.sys.intel Neal <nealcrago@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 17, 11:54 am, AirRaid <airrai...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > http://images.anandtech.com/reviews/...eGTX200/gtxvsp...
> > Penryn on 45nm - GTX 280 on 65nm
>
> Wow... I'm really curious on how NVIDIA does on this chip. I've heard
> low yields, high power, and performance that doesn't meet expectations.

Hmmm... 1.4 billion transistors. As far as I know, nothing else truly
mass-market has crossed the billion mark (although the Itanics did, a year
or two ago.)

Teething and production problems are pretty predictable.

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