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This isn't hard launch info (that should be available March 26th) but this is speculation on what will be from VR-Zone.
Dailytech's article
They say Nvidia didn't hit their target specs so they dropped some SPs and clock speed for the cards at launch. "The intended GF100 has 512 SP clocked at 725/1450/1050MHz with 295W TDP."
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
But I imagine Nvidia's street prices would go up maybe more than ATI's for the same reasons. And the 5-10% numbers VR-Zone is reporting for the GTX 470 was from Nvidia internal benchmarks. Have to see about real numbers when they get reviewed. But it doesn't look so good when you bring in the other specs into the price/performance equation and the fact that it's 6 months late.
MSRP current (and launch)
5870 $399 ($379) - GTX 480 launch MSRP would be 25% higher than current ATI MSRP
5850 $299 ($259) - GTX 470 launch MSRP would be 17% higher than current ATI MSRP
TDP (max power)
5870 188 watts - GTX 480's TDP would be 33% higher
5850 151 watts - GTX 470's TDP would be 49% higher
Now ATI's launch prices went up because of lack of competition and they didn't have as good of supply as they wanted (because of TMSC). And their street prices did not go below MSRP but higher. Nvidia will have the TMSC issue even worse, probably no real supply until mid or late summer. So street prices will probably do the same while their MSRP stays. ATI may or may not lower their prices. Depends if they have excess supply and if they feel enough pressure from Nvidia to realign which models from ATI compete with which from Nvidia. But with the specs and price and lack of GTX cards on the shelf idk about that.
Obviously we must wait for reviews since they will show what is more important. Power during games, performance under the games we play and resolutions. And by then we should be able to see street prices (although probably not in stock).
Dailytech's article
They say Nvidia didn't hit their target specs so they dropped some SPs and clock speed for the cards at launch. "The intended GF100 has 512 SP clocked at 725/1450/1050MHz with 295W TDP."
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
If you just compare MSRP/Nvidia marketing performance numbers to the inflated ATI street prices/ATI performance then it might look like Nvidia did OK.VR-Zone said:
But I imagine Nvidia's street prices would go up maybe more than ATI's for the same reasons. And the 5-10% numbers VR-Zone is reporting for the GTX 470 was from Nvidia internal benchmarks. Have to see about real numbers when they get reviewed. But it doesn't look so good when you bring in the other specs into the price/performance equation and the fact that it's 6 months late.
MSRP current (and launch)
5870 $399 ($379) - GTX 480 launch MSRP would be 25% higher than current ATI MSRP
5850 $299 ($259) - GTX 470 launch MSRP would be 17% higher than current ATI MSRP
TDP (max power)
5870 188 watts - GTX 480's TDP would be 33% higher
5850 151 watts - GTX 470's TDP would be 49% higher
Now ATI's launch prices went up because of lack of competition and they didn't have as good of supply as they wanted (because of TMSC). And their street prices did not go below MSRP but higher. Nvidia will have the TMSC issue even worse, probably no real supply until mid or late summer. So street prices will probably do the same while their MSRP stays. ATI may or may not lower their prices. Depends if they have excess supply and if they feel enough pressure from Nvidia to realign which models from ATI compete with which from Nvidia. But with the specs and price and lack of GTX cards on the shelf idk about that.
Obviously we must wait for reviews since they will show what is more important. Power during games, performance under the games we play and resolutions. And by then we should be able to see street prices (although probably not in stock).
