Fermi dubbed GTX 480 and GTX 470

9 February 2010

Nvidia has revealed that its upcoming Fermi GPU will be branded as the GTX400 series, and will initially consist of the GTX 480 and GTX 470, with the higher number representing the more powerful card.

The GTX 300 series was reserved for Nvidia’s “new” DX10.1 cards, mostly consisting of entry level and mobile graphics chips.

The GTX 480 and GTX 470 are due out next month, although Nvidia has not confirmed an official release date.

It will be interesting to see where these cards fit into the current graphics card market, and how they measure up against AMD’s HD 5000 series.

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