Another day, another Fermi rumor. This time, Toms Hardware brings us news posted over at VR-Zone of the Fermi-based GeForce GTX480 and GTX470 cards:
GeForce GTX 480 : 512 SP, 384-bit, 295W TDP, US$499
GeForce GTX 470 : 448 SP, 320-bit, 225W TDP, US$349
Internal benchmarks reveal that GeForce GTX 470 is some 5-10% faster than Radeon HD 5850 and similiar [sic] for GeForce GTX 480 over the Radeon HD 5870.
Also, the VR-Zone forums are playing host to a picture from Turkish Website DonanimHaber, purportedly of the first Nvidia-made GeForce GTX480.
Are they real? We’ll know in 7 days.
Update 10am: VRZone has revised the figures like so:
GeForce GTX 480 : 480 SP, 700/1401/1848MHz core/shader/mem, 384-bit, 1536MB, 250W TDP, US$499
GeForce GTX 470 : 448 SP, 607/1215/1674MHz core/shader/mem, 320-bit, 1280MB, 225W TDP, US$349
* The intended GF100 has 512 SP clocked at 725/1450/1050MHz with 295W TDP. It should still be released in the future but just not now. For this launch, GTX 480 has 480 SP with clocks lowered to 700/1401/1848MHz at 250W TDP.
I hate to say it, but the Fermi is starting to look a bit disappointing from a Graphics angle. I’m sure it will rock at GPGPU (mostly thanks to the double-precision support), but for graphics it’s not looking any better than ATI’s offerings (even lacking a bit, if you bring in the 5890).
