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GeForce GTX 480, GTX 470 Prices, Details Leaked?

by - source: Tom's Hardware US

Web source reveals supposed TDP, SP count, clock speeds and pricing for the upcoming Nvidia "Fermi" graphics cards.

Website VR-Zone claims to have received what are supposedly the final specifications for the upcoming Nvidia GeForce GTX 480 and GTX 470 GPUs.

The site lists the following information:

GeForce GTX 480 : 480 SP, 700/1401/1848MHz core/shader/mem, 384-bit, 1536MB, 295W TDP, US$499

GeForce GTX 470 : 448 SP, 607/1215/1674MHz core/shader/mem, 320-bit, 1280MB, 225W TDP, US$349

Internal benchmarks reveal that GeForce GTX 470 is some 5-10% faster than Radeon HD 5850 and similiar for GeForce GTX 480 over the Radeon HD 5870. Interestingly, the TDP of GeForce GTX 480 is almost similar to Radeon HD 5970 which is a dual GPU card. Interestingly, our sources revealed that there are indeed plans for dual Fermi cards and the TDP of the card is probably gonna be mind blowing.

UPDATE: Above quoted information has been updated to reflect new information reported by VR-Zone.

Also found on VR-Zone's forums is a picture from Turkish website DonanimHaber of what is purported to be the first Nvidia-made picture of the GeForce GTX 480 card:

Nvidia reminds us once again to stay tuned for the official unveil of the GeForce GTX 480 and GTX 470 on the evening of March 26.

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longshotthe1st 03/19/2010 1:55 AM
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Still just speculation on the performance, believe it when you see it.

brother shrike 03/19/2010 1:58 AM
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no mention of the 5970... I wonder if they have a competitor in the pipe or if they're conveniently ignoring it.

Aussiekid 03/19/2010 1:59 AM
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Finally, some actual hard data. The box designs were getting annoying!

scook9 03/19/2010 2:01 AM
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I would be surprised if the prices are that low....this is nvidia here

campb292 03/19/2010 2:02 AM
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5-10% increase over 5800 performance? That seems completely expected, since it is technology being released 6 months AFTER the 5800 cards. Still though - 600MHz ranges on the clocks?

nfail 03/19/2010 2:02 AM
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what is funny is that heatsink looks more like a bbq grill. BACONATOR IS GO.

UbeRveLT 03/19/2010 2:02 AM
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I think these new cards will do alot better than what is expected.

duk3 03/19/2010 2:05 AM
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Assuming that everything is right, the 470 will be decent competition for the 5850 and the 480 will be not too decent competition for the 5870 (a bit better then the 295)
And that's without the ATI price drops and the 5890 to come.

AMW1011 03/19/2010 2:07 AM
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" GeForce GTX 480 : 512 SP, 384-bit, 295W TDP, US$499

GeForce GTX 470 : 448 SP, 320-bit, 225W TDP, US$349

Internal benchmarks reveal that GeForce GTX 470 is some 5-10% faster than Radeon HD 5850 and similiar [sic] for GeForce GTX 480 over the Radeon HD 5870."

That is all fail, no one in their right mind would buy a GTX 480 with a TPD of 295w over a 5870 with a TPD of 188w for a 5-10% boost, especially since the GTX 480 wont be clocking very high at those power levels.

I am taking this with a grain of salt, possibly a wishful one.

aznguy0028 03/19/2010 2:09 AM
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Why would anyone get a GTX480 over a 5870 and pay a hefty premium to get 5-10% increase in performance? You can get a 5870 for ~410, while the MSRP for a GTX480 would be 499$, but we all know the real price would be 530$+ when it hits the market.

So why anyone would pay around 110$ more when there clearly is a better option, not to mention future price drops of the 5xxx series due to competition?

SAAIELLO 03/19/2010 2:12 AM
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LOL at this card not being able to beat a card thats been on the market for over 6months now nvidia i love you guys but cmon be real and do something worth doing.

brisingamen 03/19/2010 2:15 AM
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295w tdp! WOW!

so needless to say there will not be a dual gpu part from nvidia for a looooooooooooong time. . . . . like 1.5 years or more.

and im thinking a 5870 @ 1ghz gpu and oh 5200mhz mem will take the green boar down with ease.

requiemsallure 03/19/2010 2:16 AM
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carlhenry 03/19/2010 2:17 AM
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well, the card looks awesome for starters. given specs are meh, but we all know nvidia and ati's architecture is so different specs comparison is useless. time and benchmarks will tell....

volks1470 03/19/2010 2:18 AM
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I'm I the only one very disappointed with those numbers? and for a while there I though I might regret buying a 5870, nope!

5-10% faster than a 5870 at 295W TDP? That's the same as the 5970 which i'm sure is much more than 5-10% faster than the GTX 480.

Just thinking about it, wouldn't it make sense for ATI to lower costs BEFORE nvidia rolls their cards out? Then people will see the price/performance value with lower priced ATI cards VS high priced Nvidia cards. Just a thought...

duk3 03/19/2010 2:20 AM
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Looks like there will be no fermi x2 cards.

Sekondary 03/19/2010 2:21 AM
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warmon6 03/19/2010 2:22 AM
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Requiemsallure :
lol that picture is bs, why would either the 470 or the 480 have only two DVI ports, no HDMI? DISPLAY PORT? i think this is a hoax.



Mabye no standered Hdmi port, although it has mini HDMI port....

the_krasno 03/19/2010 2:25 AM
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ATI's cards are more energy efficient and have a better bang for the buck if that information is accurate.

leonlee 03/19/2010 2:27 AM
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Nvidia blasts other companies about unfair practices yet it can't even deliver competitive products with an extra six months. Karma.

AMW1011 03/19/2010 2:27 AM
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Sekondary :
I see an HDMI port. It's all about the tessellation and ATI can't do it. Simple as that. That is what you are paying extra for.



A) There is no HDMI port in that picture.

B) There is no reason why these cards will outperform the 5xxx series enough with tessellation, if at all, to justify the extra cost.

C) By the time tessellation is anything more than a wet dream, both series will be old news and under-performing.

trueno07 03/19/2010 2:29 AM
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That's a good price for the 470. The problem is, ATI is probabbly ready to sell the 5850 at an even better price.

5% - 10% faster really isn't that much.

nfail 03/19/2010 2:29 AM
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ports take power guys, and the 480 is right on the limits so no fancy stuff like displayport.

I didnt understand it fully before, but now it makes so much sense.

fermi must have been way worse than the 5870 six months ago - thats why its taken so long to get it released. it has taken six months to get the top fermi part faster than the 5870, so only now can nVidia release it.

too bad its gonna be beaten easily by any 1ghz 5870 and the 5870 2gb version. obviously, it doesnt even get close to the 5970.

sad times for nVidia.

comp_builder22586 03/19/2010 2:31 AM
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AMW1011 :
A) There is no HDMI port in that picture



What the hell is that HDMI look-alike port right next to the DVI port then?

steddy 03/19/2010 2:33 AM
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AMW1011 wrote :

" GeForce GTX 480 : 512 SP, 384-bit, 295W TDP, US$499

GeForce GTX 470 : 448 SP, 320-bit, 225W TDP, US$349

Internal benchmarks reveal that GeForce GTX 470 is some 5-10% faster than Radeon HD 5850 and similiar [sic] for GeForce GTX 480 over the Radeon HD 5870."

That is all fail, no one in their right mind would buy a GTX 480 with a TPD of 295w over a 5870 with a TPD of 188w for a 5-10% boost, especially since the GTX 480 wont be clocking very high at those power levels.

I am taking this with a grain of salt, possibly a wishful one.




+1

AMW1011 03/19/2010 2:36 AM
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comp_builder22586 :
What the hell is that HDMI look-alike port right next to the DVI port then?



I saw that, it looks too small though. Look here:
http://en.dogeno.us/wp-content/upl [...] ter-lg.jpg

It may be possible, I assumed it was a display port not an HDMI.

curnel_D 03/19/2010 2:37 AM
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ATI is already in a perfect position for a price drop. That means the GTX480 will be competing with the much faster 5890.

If the 5-10% estimates are true (And that's yet to be seen), then Nvidia really screwed themselves over here. They've got a much more power hungry, much more expensive, much more failure prone (at the manufacturing level, not consumer level), all for 5-10%?

This generation for Nvidia is shaping up to be another HD2900 series.

All that cash spent trying to deface Intel should have been spent on R&D. Now they've lost the chipset war, and are about to lose a big GPU battle as well. If you have Nvidia stock, I'd sell it now.

masterjaw 03/19/2010 2:38 AM
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5-10% increase in performance for an extra ~70% power requirements? Unimpressed. I'm waiting for this card to be placed in the hot seat and reviewed to see if there some truth to what Nvidia claims.

aethm 03/19/2010 2:47 AM
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Yep... not looking good for nvidia. I was always skeptical but now even more so. Even if these Fermi cards are loaded with awesome 'future' tech (cuda,GPGPU,ect..) none of them will ever reach fruition if the cards don't sell. PhysX will die (and I actually like it)

+.. Even if the performance is accurate... It doesn't look like these cards will overclock well. That 5-10% lead will be worthless.

enzo matrix 03/19/2010 2:56 AM
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So just thinking, if these specs are right, then the ATI 5870 will outperform the 470 at an appropriate increase in price but use less power. The 480 won't be worth it's price and the 5970 will still be the best.
I was kind of hoping for better from Nvidia but at least they are finally getting the competition out there. I was also hoping they would launch at the same prices as the ATI cards, forcing a price drop.

enzo matrix 03/19/2010 2:58 AM
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Hahaha So now ATI is the "green" alternative.


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