GTX 480 & 470 Released!

The gaming and computer tech circles were aflutter when NVIDIA went official with its GTX 480 and 470 video cards based on the new Fermi architecture. The video cards promise some big performance for gamers.

[GTX480] Specs - CUDA Cores 480
Graphics Clock (MHz) 700 MHz
Processor Clock (MHz) 1401 MHz
Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec) 42
Memory Specs:
Memory Clock (MHz) 1848
Standard Memory Config 1536 MB GDDR5
Memory Interface Width 384-bit
Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) 177.4
Feature Support:
NVIDIA SLI®-ready* 2-way/3-Way
NVIDIA 3D Vision Ready
NVIDIA 3D Vision Surround Ready***
NVIDIA PureVideo® Technology** HD
NVIDIA PhysX™-ready
NVIDIA CUDA™ Technology
Microsoft DirectX 11
OpenGL 3.2
Bus Support PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Certified for Windows 7
Display Support:
Maximum Digital Resolution 2560x1600
Maximum VGA Resolution 2048x1536
Standard Display Connectors Mini HDMI
Two Dual Link DVI
Multi Monitor
HDCP
HDMI
Audio Input for HDMI Internal
Standard Graphics Card Dimensions:
Height 4.376 inches (111 mm)
Length 10.5 inches (267 mm)
Width Dual-slot
Thermal and Power Specs:
Maximum GPU Temperature (in C) 105 C
Maximum Graphics Card Power (W) 250 W
Minimum Recommended System Power (W) 600 W
Supplementary Power Connectors 6-pin & 8-pin

[GTX470] Specs - CUDA Cores 448
Graphics Clock (MHz) 607 MHz
Processor Clock (MHz) 1215 MHz
Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec) 34.0
Memory Specs:
Memory Clock (MHz) 1674
Standard Memory Config 1280 MB GDDR5
Memory Interface Width 320-bit
Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) 133.9
Feature Support:
NVIDIA SLI®-ready* 2-way/3-Way
NVIDIA 3D Vision Ready
NVIDIA 3D Vision Surround Ready***
NVIDIA PureVideo® Technology** HD
NVIDIA PhysX™-ready
NVIDIA CUDA™ Technology
Microsoft DirectX 11
OpenGL 3.2
Bus Support PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Certified for Windows 7
Display Support:
Maximum Digital Resolution 2560x1600
Maximum VGA Resolution 2048x1536
Standard Display Connectors Two Dual Link DVI
Mini HDMI
Multi Monitor
HDCP
HDMI
Audio Input for HDMI Internal
Standard Graphics Card Dimensions:
Height 4.376 inches (111 mm)
Length 9.5 inches (241 mm)
Width Dual-slot
Thermal and Power Specs:
Maximum GPU Temperature (in C) 105 C
Maximum Graphics Card Power (W) 215 W
Minimum Recommended System Power (W) 550 W
Supplementary Power Connectors 6-pin x2

Nvidia GTX 480 Specs[www.nvidia.com]
Nvidia GTX 470 Specs[www.nvidia.com]