XFX will not offer Fermi-based graphics cards at launch

I am an IT guy for a major organization and we have a alot of laptop/workstation failures due to a Nvidia GPUs. Last year alone we had over a dozen. We have stopped purchasing PCs with Nvidia GPUs. I don't think that trend is going to end with this new GPU. I would not waste my money on a GPU that is on the verge of overheating and is just going to fail in few months anyway. I don't blame manufacturers from staying away from it.

I have a 5850 and am very satisfied, $330 at the time, and no more upgrades for me for a long while.

I agree, ATI game physics are almost as good as Nvidia's PhysX. Unless you've played a game more than once you normally don't notice PhysX effects any more than you would ATI game physics. And ATI physics don't need a separate card just to run it. I do admit, sometimes ATI has issues rendering shadows. But Nvidia has issues just as bad if not worse when it comes to fog or smoke and even fire in some cases, like in Bad Company 2, even with 280s in SLI OC'd everytime I can see fire on the screen the frame rate drops below 20 frames when it was just 60 with like 10 guys on the screen. And on Arkham Asylum too, everytime you see fog the frames drop to lagging levels, my friend with 8800s in SLI has the same issues. PhysX licks.

Are guys following what you write, notice all these replys are "ATI THIS ATI THAT" forget ATI, Nvidia has actually been more successful with Fermi something that ATI's 5XXX cards can't accomplish. It has been proven in benchmarks that the GTX480 is the fastest single GPU out in the market, And if you compare Eye Candy with Nvidia and ATI, Nvidia my friends has got the lead, Fermi performs ten times better that 5XXX in DX11, and since when does ATI have physics???? never cuz thats a purchased name brand by "NVIDIA" something ATi can't touch or even own in a life time. So please ATi Fanboys, check your specs and research cuz from what i hear even the GTX 470 in sli is beating the 5870 Xfire out the box. ATI = Fail and NVIDIA = FTW! Personally i got a GTX 470 and all the heat talk is BS. my card doesn't get hotter then 71C at game load, and idel is 44C, and thats with all the eye candy. So please all you ATI kids need to stop lying to your selves. Even all that ATI CLOCK CORE and MEM FREQ. doesn't compare to Nvidia's Technology, bring a 5870 down to GTX 470 clock speeds, and see who fastest, thats what ATI is only clock speed and mem freq, While nvidia is techology and quality, and yes XFX deserves being put to the side. For the person who said BFG, EVGA, makes ATI, do some effing research before you type, go to their web sites, and see if you find ATI cards for sale, on those two manufacture web sites. XFX is really not a good partner with Nvidia, EVGA is, i've never seen an EVGA ATI card in my life, And look at EVGA didn't sell that 5XXX crap, and its still a bigger more popular company then XFX? My grandma even knows who EVGA is, and she's 80. So please hit your selves in the head and wake up, cuz you guys don't want to admit that fermi is the way to go, especially if your looking at DX11 games, Fermi is the way go. YAY to Fermi!!!, EFF ATI!