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Broken Hope · 24 Mar 2010 at 20:33

470 RRP is supposedly $399 with the 480 at $549 so yeah these aren't going to be cheap in the UK at all.

straxusii · 24 Mar 2010 at 20:33

kylew said:
If a shader cluster is disabled, that performance graph is utterly pointless.

I think that is with the 512 core fermi, the GTX480 will be 480 cores so even worse.

JediFragger · 24 Mar 2010 at 20:33

Damn shame

Might be a ruse though

JediFragger · 24 Mar 2010 at 20:35

I'm laying bets on £350 for the 470 and £500 for the 480. Any takers?

straxusii · 24 Mar 2010 at 20:35

Broken Hope said:
470 RRP is supposedly $399 with the 480 at $549 so yeah these aren't going to be cheap in the UK at all.

Christ if the 470 is $400 that works out to £315 including vat, I'm not suprised

So the 480 will be £430 for +5-10% performance, ouch

Rapido! · 24 Mar 2010 at 20:37

The final clock is 700 mhz, not 675; strange mistake for a dude supposedly in the know to have made. To that 100 mhz bump in GPU speed, add a 200 mhz bump to the shaders over the sample he allegedly tested.

A 700/1400 clocked 480 shader card would surely beat a 600/1200 clocked 512 shader card in almost every imaginable gaming scenario.

He's just some guy on a forum though so y'know, as you were, gents.

Lightnix · 24 Mar 2010 at 20:37

JediFragger said:
I'm laying bets on £350 for the 470 and £500 for the 480. Any takers?

I think you have an unfair advantage.

Broken Hope · 24 Mar 2010 at 20:38

straxusii said:
Christ if the 470 is $400 that works out to £315 including vat, I'm not suprised

So the 480 will be £430 for +5-10% performance, ouch

You also have to add the markup for it being a new card/low stock levels. I can see the 470 being at least £350 at launch.

JediFragger · 24 Mar 2010 at 20:39

Lightnix said:
I think you have an unfair advantage.

Sorry no inside info for me, just wild guesses

straxusii · 24 Mar 2010 at 20:44

Broken Hope said:
You also have to add the markup for it being a new card/low stock levels. I can see the 470 being at least £350 at launch.

Yes indeed the launch day bonus, as jedi said £350 and £500 sound reasonable, stand in line now all you 480 tri-sliers!

No pushing at the back there's plenty to go . . . er ok maybe there isnt

Kurisu Makise · 24 Mar 2010 at 20:44

straxusii said:
Christ if the 470 is $400 that works out to £315 including vat, I'm not suprised

So the 480 will be £430 for +5-10% performance, ouch

ouch indeed.. i think at that price for a 480 id be saving up for a 5970 instead

Broken Hope · 24 Mar 2010 at 20:45

I wonder if OcUK are affected by this too?

The deal goes like this. If you want any GF100 based cards, you get them in bundles of 10 GTX470s and 10 GTX480s. For each of the bundles, you have to buy 20 G210s, 20 GT220s, 20 GT240s and 20 GTS250s. So basically you have to buy 80 old, crap parts to be eligible to receive just 20 of the newer and supposedly 'good' ones.

http://www.semiaccurate.com/2010/03/23/nvidia-forces-garbage-those-wanting-gtx480s/

Richy1204 · 24 Mar 2010 at 20:45

£500 for 480 hmm too high i think more like

470 = £300/350
480 = £350/450

JediFragger · 24 Mar 2010 at 20:47

I also hear that nVidia are limiting the 480 to 1 per customer :eek:

/Sits back with popcorn

Spokwiththeears · 24 Mar 2010 at 20:50

Broken Hope said:
I wonder if OcUK are affected by this too?

http://www.semiaccurate.com/2010/03/23/nvidia-forces-garbage-those-wanting-gtx480s/

I don't think I'd be very happy as an E-Tailer if I was forced to do that!

Kurisu Makise · 24 Mar 2010 at 20:50

JediFragger said:
I also hear that nVidia are limiting the 480 to 1 per customer

/Sits back with popcorn

lol i dont think they would mind if them prices are right

Orangey · 24 Mar 2010 at 20:51

That bundle "tithe" will hopefully not be enforced for too long, as it's only to get rid of old stock AFAIK.

It may exacerbate supply problems even further during the launch window though. Yeesh...

Fatboy · 24 Mar 2010 at 20:53

Broken Hope said:
I wonder if OcUK are affected by this too?

http://www.semiaccurate.com/2010/03/23/nvidia-forces-garbage-those-wanting-gtx480s/

That is incorrect information. NVIDIA are not forcing any bundle deals at all.

Nelly · 24 Mar 2010 at 20:55

JediFragger said:
I'm waiting for ATi to lay the smackdown & reduce the 5870 price the day after Fermi's release

Would they really be that cruel.....really? Hope so

lol! that would be really amusing if they dropped their entire range by £20 - £40, it's happend before & can happen again.

I'm not really fussed, I only had to shell out £120 for my 5850 after the sale of my previous card.

Fatboy · 24 Mar 2010 at 20:56

JediFragger said:
I'm laying bets on £350 for the 470 and £500 for the 480. Any takers?

Not far off but a little high based on todays $.

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