SabrePC had the GTX480 2GB available for pre-order today, though at the time of writing, the product was no longer available (due to either a strong consumer rush, or pressure from nVidia).The site offered nVidia's latest and greatest for the usual exorbitant cost: US$680 (US$700 with a $20 discount). To recap, the new card is based on the Fermi/GF100 architecture, with 512SP. The latest rumours from SemiAccurate put those shaders' clocking at 1250MHz. Also according to SemiAccurate, the GTX470 will operate at the same speed with slightly fewer SPs: 448 to be precise. Rumors suggest this card will cost US$500.
SemiAccurate prefer to hide their sources (to protect them... or to escape ridicule), but have figures have apparently emerged showing ridiculously high temperatures even when idle; 70C at 70% fan speed, for example. Rumors have it that the cards are a mere 5% faster than the HD5870, but they do not state if this refers to the GTX470 or GTX480. This could be attributed to Fermi's much increased focus on the GPGPU, with graphics power possibly taking a slight backseat to the aims of general purpose flexibility.
We cannot publish the final card specs until they announced. nVidia plan to reveal them during PAX east 2010 in a month's time.
Updated 23/02 at 10H UTC :
The preorder page for the GTX 480 is available again : XFX Geforce GTX 480 2GB GDDR5 PCI-Express x16 - Retail
Source: SemiAccurate
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On: 02/22/10
