GTX480 first pictures

stiv121 · 3 Mar 2010 at 20:52

I wants one! or 5 maby..?

Greebo · 3 Mar 2010 at 20:54

rhys216 said:
@nico
Should be enough to drive down prices of Ati cards!
It's gunna be pay-off time for all the people waiting 6 months for £20-40 off a 5870, it sounded such a good plan as well.

We should be seeing 5870's for £170 - 190 before long...

You're having a giraffe aren't you?

100 cards at way more money than a 5870 and only 5% faster isn't going to drop tthe price.

More likely ATI increase the price!

teknokid · 3 Mar 2010 at 21:03

Looks ok.. Gonna have to be something good to stop me buying ATI next though

the_jetsetwilly · 3 Mar 2010 at 21:09

5%
hmmm so say a game gets a minimum frame rate of 35fps on ATI on the NVIDIA it will get 36.75fps.

pah!

Jono8 · 3 Mar 2010 at 21:14

the_jetsetwilly said:
5%
hmmm so say a game gets a minimum frame rate of 35fps on ATI on the NVIDIA it will get 36.75fps.

pah!

But what if they are the same price! :eek:

marc512 · 3 Mar 2010 at 21:17

third picture iv seen of the card

the_jetsetwilly · 3 Mar 2010 at 21:17

@Jono8 depends on how much juice it uses up, ATI would be cheaper i guess as it uses less power

Monkeynut · 3 Mar 2010 at 21:18

To be fair, the 5,000 run (which is rubbish) is also due to the morons at TSMC screwing up every single process they do. (and seem to do a bigger screwup with each new process)

chaparral · 3 Mar 2010 at 21:29

Jokester said:
Hahahahahaha

So will that be 4750 cards for the US/etc and 250 cards for the UK

hyperst · 3 Mar 2010 at 21:44

I carnt see anyone in this forum getting there hands on one, this is bad news for people expecting prices to drop, if your waiting for an NV card, my suggestion is buy the ATI's now while you can still afford them.

Marine Iguana · 3 Mar 2010 at 21:46

I will be getting one even if I have to kill for it, you have all been warned

Sumanji · 3 Mar 2010 at 21:57

They blanked out the interface connector... maybe it's an AGP card

VoG · 3 Mar 2010 at 22:01

chaparral said:
So will that be 4750 cards for the US/etc and 250 cards for the UK

i wouldn't be surprised if it was more like 3500 US/Canada, 1000 Japan/Asia region, 500 EU ( inc UK ).

D D Danneh · 3 Mar 2010 at 22:05

Sumanji said:
They blanked out the interface connector... maybe it's an AGP card

Yeah I lol'd at that. As if it can be anything BUT PCI-E.

Jokester · 3 Mar 2010 at 22:05

Maybe it's got two PCI-E connectors cause it's so fast!

wakayoda · 3 Mar 2010 at 23:14

that site is full of **** - only 5000 cards, if the rumors are true about 80% yield percentage so much money will be lost

3t3P · 3 Mar 2010 at 23:14

and nvidia went forth to feed the five thousand...

Lightnix · 3 Mar 2010 at 23:19

Sumanji said:
They blanked out the interface connector... maybe it's an AGP card

But, and now to be a total spoil sport, it's to prevent people from figuring out the length of the PCB.

Speed · 3 Mar 2010 at 23:23

Two more pictures here incase you didn't notice.

http://tweakers.net/nieuws/65933/cebit-nvidia-gtx-480-op-de-gevoelige-plaat-gevangen.html

Speed · 3 Mar 2010 at 23:37

For anyone who cares, after extensive measuring (AKA 30 seconds with Adobe photoshop ruler tool), using the PCB width as a guide. I'd say the PCB of the GTX480 card would be no longer than 261mm. So assuming the PCB size is right and won't change, the PCB itself will be slightly shorter than the 5870s which is 266mm. Factoring in the cooler, I can't see it being longer than the 5870, if anything slightly shorter.