Expreview has snagged the two pictures to the right of the new XFX GeForce GTX 480 and the XFX GeForce GTX 470. These look like final products to me, especially since the release date is only a week away.
The GeForce GTX 480 is reported to have 480 Shader Processors running at 1401 MHz, a 700 MHz core, 1.536 GB of memory running at 1848MHz on a 384-bit memory bus. It is expected to consume about 250W TDP and cost US$499.
The GeForce GTX 470 is reported to have 448 Shader Processors running at 1215 MHz, a 607 MHz core, 1.280 GB of memory running at 1674MHz on a 320-bit memory bus. It is expected to consume about 225W TDP and cost US$349.
You can click on the images to the right for a larger, better view. You can also click on the link below to see more pictures.
via Expreview
I believe that it was XFX’s European branch that was separated from Nvidia. I do not know the details; I have only heard rumors. Was XFX Europe not profitable so XFX closed them? Did Nvidia stop selling chips to XFX Europe because of some disagreement? I just do not know.
XFX did not separate from NVIDIA?