Nvidia to Unleash 'Fermi' GF100 on March 26

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By Marcus Yam
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Mark your calendars: Fermi on March 26!

Nvidia hit the social networks, drumming up excitement for the release of its next product. What we've been waiting for, apparently, is the announcement of a launch date for the next-generation Nvidia GF100 hardware, codenamed Fermi.

The official word now from Nvidia's Twitter account is:

Apologies for the confusion around our most recent GF100 update. To clarify, launch date for GeForce GTX 480 and GTX 470 is March 26, 2010

The message was preceded by word that the new GPUs will be at PAX East:

The wait is almost over! The world's fastest PC graphics gaming technology will be unveiled PAX 2010. Visit: www.nvidia.com/paxeast.

Are you waiting for Fermi for your next upgrade?

Marcus Yam
Marcus Yam
Marcus Yam served as Tom's Hardware News Director during 2008-2014. He entered tech media in the late 90s and fondly remembers the days when an overclocked Celeron 300A and Voodoo2 SLI comprised a gaming rig with the ultimate street cred.
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84 Comments Comment from the forums
  • Mousemonkey
    The link is broke mate.
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  • parkergrove
    Soooooooo.... will prices of their old stuff drop now?

    I just bought a 5750 today, damnit.
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  • gereth
    The link works if you get rid of the period on the end.
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  • outlw6669
    9181270 said:
    Soooooooo.... will prices of their old stuff drop now?

    I just bought a 5750 today, damnit.
    Doubt it.
    Released =! Competitive

    Fermi is a really big, really expensive chip.
    I highly doubt nVidia will try to undercut ATI as far as price/performance goes...
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  • Gin Fushicho
    Guess I'll wait till the GTX 450. =p
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  • Rehnquist-
    outlw6669Doubt it.Released =! CompetitiveFermi is a really big, really expensive chip.I highly doubt nVidia will try to undercut ATI as far as price/performance goes...
    But I, for one, am really hoping that their release will cause for an immediate price reduction from ATI.
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  • OvrClkr
    sweet, hopefully no delays from now on....
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  • jonpaul37
    Lately i have been on the ATI bandwagon, but i can't wait to see how the Fermi benchies compare to ATI's current oferings... hope the price/performance ratio is close, only that will drive down the prices.
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  • fermi will be such a hot product that people will be unable to get their hands on one.
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  • Sabiancym
    I have a feeling ATI has something waiting for when Fermi comes out. It seems like they've been one step ahead of Nvidia everytime for the last year or so.

    Either way, color me excited.
    Reply