Despite the delays in shipping these chips to consumers (originally slated to be released in November 2009), yields are expected to be low, around the (yes, you read that correctly: 4%).

Slightly more substantiated rumors abound regarding the abilities and running temperatures of these chips: first, . If you're curious about the three billion transistors and what precisely they're doing to render pixels on your monitor, Tech Report has of this next-generation graphics processor.

In addition to being technically slick, Nvidia's latest effort may run a little hot, . Tom's Hardware says that it's "" cards and admonishes users to carefully consider the setups of machines with multiple Fermi GPUs, as thermal issues will be a significant concern.

Hopefully Nvidia's final version of the Fermi will address these temperature problems. If not, and you're in the market for a smokin' hot GPU and a space heater, Nvidia has you covered.

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