NVIDIA GTX 480 / 470 Final Specs and Pricing Revealed?

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If the information picked up by VR-Zone and Hexus (among others) proves accurate, then these could be the final specifications and (more importantly you might say) pricing set by NVIDIA for its GTX 480 and GTX 470 cards:

• GTX 480 : 512 SP, 1536MB GDDR5 connected via 384-bit interface, 295W TDP - $499
• GTX 470 : 448 SP, 1280MB GDDR5 connected via 320-bit interface, 225W TDP - $349

Official launch is due on 26th of March and NVIDIA is making claims that the GTX 470 holds a 5-10% advantage in performance terms when compared with an ATI HD 5850, with the GTX 480 apparently holding a similar advantage over the HD 5870. The TDP figures for the GTX cards are looking pretty high, with the GTX 480 pretty much matching that of the dual-GPU HD 5970 (while the single GPU HD 5870 has a TDP of 188W). Of course, we can't confirm any of this as set in stone until NVIDIA itself puts official numbers out there. Pricing does seem about right for cards which claim to beat rival ATI products.

Update - VR-Zone has now revised the figures it was previously reporting to the following:

• GTX 480 : 480 SP, 1536MB GDDR5 (384-bit interface), 700/1401/1848MHz core/shader/mem clocks, 250W TDP - $499
• GTX 470 : 448 SP, 1280MB GDDR5 (320-bit interface), 607/1215/1674MHz core/shader/mem clocks, 225W TDP - $349

Apparently the 512 SP version of the GTX 480 with 295W TDP (and increased clock speeds) is still planned for release in future, but won't be part of the March 26th launch.

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slugbug on March 18, 2010 05:37PM I'll be might upset if these prices are wrong :( reply to this

Puck on March 18, 2010 08:18PM Prices are cheaper then expected, but c'mon...5970 power usage for 5870 performance?!? Ouch. reply to this

cjloki on March 18, 2010 11:48PM based solely on the early reviews I've seen 5870 doesn't come close to the tesselation intensity of the 480, thus the power consumption increase... reply to this

actionstan on March 19, 2010 06:12PM i dont know but i had to take the TDP into considoration so i made up my mind and bought a 5870 reply to this

subho on March 20, 2010 02:44AM my God those are some insanely high power requirement since the clock speed is not high.i thing we need a mini nuclear reactor to power 3 of this monster in three way sli. reply to this

Afro_Samurai on March 24, 2010 07:59AM If this is true I will be waiting for the 512 core part to come out. TDP isn't worth the worry with either a 1100w-1200w PSU which I already have running my 3x280GTX I should be fine. I look at performance alone. I will add that this is another site reposting the guess from another site that heard something from another wannabe deepthroat "insider" and it ALL could be and probably is COMPLETELY WRONG. reply to this

AgentX on March 25, 2010 05:43AM 500 seems like a lot for one of these, though its better than the 800 of the 88gtx. i still think they will loose money with this price scheme with most going for the 470 or an ati 58/5970 reply to this

intrepi on April 4, 2010 08:50AM There is a lot of issues going on that few are aware of and I can't verify anything. First, the unveiling, that's been done, pricing isn't even close to any retailer that has them listed. The one's that have them listed are for preorders only with no ETA date. Well, it's April, anyone have a guess on when any will actually show up ? Nvidia has a lot going on and emails are a complete waste of time, support is somewhere in India on the back of a lost camel. The fact that Nvidia has stated these 400 cards were "designed" to run hot has me thinking. Who would design anything to run hotter than it has to ? Let's think about that for just a minute .... does that make any sense at all because anyone with half a clue would know this is something that fell off the north end of that camel that's heading south reply to this

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