Few issues have occupied the sites with a focus on hardware in the days of CeBIT, just as the non-existent GF100 "Fermi", as the GeForce GTX 470 and 480 goes on sale. At the end of the exhibition, we could even organize new pictures and other information.
The discussions with many board partners to let you identify the big puzzle, "Fermi" a little clearer. Both cards by Fermi, the end of March as the GeForce GTX 470 and 480 are expected, are now open at the Board partners. We could see both the GTX 470 as well as the flagship GTX 480 in detail, but will withhold some information to protect our sources.
The previous TDP speculations are based mostly in whispers from the power supply. With the GTX 470 is waiting for something close to 220 watts, the GTX 480 is supposed to scratch almost at the 300-watt mark. This value is for a single-GPU solution is probably a new record, unless he proves to be correct. If the value is correct, it is likely the previously leaked and offer apparently rather low clock speeds for the chip as a basis. Each higher clock would probably break the power and simply settle out of the PCI Express specifications, which provide more than a 6 - and 8-pin power connector. Some partners are therefore not yet sure of the final measure - three weeks before the official release.
Also on availability, they lost a few words here and there. A few days ago it became known that the jump from 29 March will be guaranteed, while the very thin figure was mentioned by only 5,000 copies. Hear from a number of partners that offer some ATI and Nvidia graphics cards, although no figures, however, reported that the contingent of Fermi-cards to start should not be smaller than was the case with the HD 5870. This obviously leaves room for interpretation - for example, that either a lot less HD 5870 to the start there than previously thought, or there is Fermi more than previously expected.
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