SPIED: Nvidia GTX 470 'Fermi' PCB Cut-out Cooler

[waffletronic]

The company that rapes my wallet is better than the company that rapes your wallet!!!!1111!!111

 

[hundredislandsboy]

Too much hype and secret secrets can backfire into too much anticipationa and when the card gets released -- too much disappointment for the high prices and not enough performance.

I hope ATI trumps them and lowers the prices of their 5800 and 5900 series videocards on the day Fermi is released.

 

[happi]

Looking good

This is what it's like at AMD/ATI
-The tech: I can't wait for some bench so I can crush it with 59xx 😛

 

[nforce4max]

We will see how good this card is eventually. ;/ Not going to sell as well as past generations due to bad economy.

 

[JohnnyLucky]

Release is just a few weeks away. Technical reviews and articles will probably be published on the same day as the release.

 

[dragonsqrrl]

If I'm counting the mem on the PCB correctly, it looks like the GTX 470 will have a 320 bit GDDR5 memory interface, in comparison to the GTX 480's 384 bit interface.

 

[Guest]

Another article i found (in dutch, but pictures speak a thousand words)

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

 

[rhino13]

This link may already be posted but here you go anyway: http://www.semiaccurate.com/2010/03/02/fermi-strips-secret-location/

Looks like a lot of SIMDs have been culled out of the chip as the original design was about 5cmX5cm, this one is 4cmX4cm.

 

[icemunk]

Its an nvidia card, its definitely gonna need a lot of cooling, they always run super hot.

 

[jednx01]

I don't understand why we're not calling them the 300 series... Why the 400 series? lol

 

[TheViper]

The 300 series is a range of OEM GPU's based on the low end to mid range GeForce 200 series.

 

[jednx01]

oh ok. Thanks for the info Viper...

 

[Camikazi]

[citation][nom]Jelmeaux[/nom]Another article i found (in dutch, but pictures speak a thousand words)http://tweakers.net/nieuws/65933/c [...] angen.html[/citation]
Is that card and the one in the pic in this article supposed to be the same thing? Cause the layouts are not the same at all, even the cut outs are in different places.

 

[TheViper]

Camikazi, I believe the Tom's Hardware article is showing a 470 while the Tweakers.net article is showing a 480.

 

[mikewong]

Wondering what's the performance compared to ATI...
When will I be able to get one of these...
With all the good stuffs, Lian-li, Core i7, SSD, my next system is already $4k+! It might only be a dream after all...

 

[Tomtompiper]

YAWNNNNN....

No Benchmarks, No story.

 

[notty22]

I guess its to hard for people to remember that because of nda's. There are NEVER any card tests/benchies before 'official' card release~ same thing occurred with ATI's flicker 5 series cards. If people knew all the problems like grey screening , vertical striping and flickering nobody would ever buy.

 

[dragonsqrrl]

[citation][nom]Jelmeaux[/nom]Another article i found (in dutch, but pictures speak a thousand words)http://tweakers.net/nieuws/65933/c [...] angen.html[/citation]
Great images! following up on my previous comment, based on the assumption that the GTX 480 will carry 1536 MB of GDDR5, and that the mem density will be the same on the 480 & 470, it looks like the GTX 470 will be packing 1280 MB of GDDR5 in a 320 bit interface. This is of course based entirely on the images provided.

 

[matt87_50]

looks cool, but it won't fit in my case. too bad...

 

[eklipz330]

ok so if there is only really [and pathetically] a 5% improvement over the hd 5870, then nvidia will put out the gtx480 for $450 and up, advertising physx and 3d gaming thinking it'll be enough reason to mark it up.. and they'll probably throw in a free game as well.

also, if it is only a 5% improvement, the hd 5890 should easily rain on their parade and drop prices quickly.. ati/amd will also probably announce it within a week or two after nvidia's cards are released to keep customers on their side.. competition for the win

 

[falchard]

Will it come with a matching attachable extension tube so I can blow away the leaves on my driveway?

 

[dreadllokz]

can't wait to see the benchs!

 

[dreadllokz]

I bet 10% improvement over the HD5970!

 

[Gin Fushicho]

Show us the entire card or this is just not believable. I cannot be "awed" until I see this thing from every angle and comparison to size it against.

Benchies help with the "awe" too.

 

[dragonsqrrl]

[citation][nom]eklipz330[/nom]ok so if there is only really [and pathetically] a 5% improvement over the hd 5870, then nvidia will put out the gtx480 for $450 and up, advertising physx and 3d gaming thinking it'll be enough reason to mark it up.. and they'll probably throw in a free game as well.also, if it is only a 5% improvement, the hd 5890 should easily rain on their parade and drop prices quickly.. ati/amd will also probably announce it within a week or two after nvidia's cards are released to keep customers on their side.. competition for the win[/citation]
lol... where are you getting those figures from, your own 'educated' estimations? Or was it from an editorial on semiacccurate? Given the performance numbers I've seen from relatively accurate sources, the GTX 470 falls closer in line with the performance of the HD5870 then does the 480. Pre order pricing seems to confirm these estimates.