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Enrico_be
03-17-10, 05:15 AM
Should launch on the 26th US / 27th EU

Fermi is certainly one heck of a headline stealer. Despite the fact that Nvidia has announced the launch date and the cards' names, there is still plenty of information to write about this particular card.


The recent development is that the card might launch on the 26th in the USA and 27th in Europe mainly due to the 9 hours time difference between California (Pacific time PT) and Central Europe time (CET). At this time, they should remain the launch date but of course it can be pushed.

Now for the fun part, the world-wide availability of Fermi based Geforce GTX 480 and 470 is most likely to happen on the April 6th, due to some logistical issues. The final cards are ready and benchmarkers are getting them as we speak, but it takes some time to manufacture the cards and fly them from China to Europe and US and get them in shops. This might be the cause of the availability delay from 27th of March to April 6th.

As this is all under heavy discussion and it tends to change daily, there will probably be some more changes before 26th.

http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/18110/1/
Revs
03-17-10, 06:20 AM
Hopefully this will mean dealers won't be pushing to price up at launch :). £400 and I'll have a 480 thank you very much :D. It's sounding like EK are going to have waterblocks available for launch, too.
josiahsuarez
03-19-10, 06:10 PM
I've seen a few places saying availability will be "massive" or something similar on the 6th, but that might just be the line coming from Nvidia PR. I'm sure for example that availability of 5870 will be better than 480 for some time, probably until the B stepping is done, maybe around the end of summer. to me the test will be can you buy them from Newegg a week or so after launch, after the first cards have sold out.
Toss3
03-20-10, 10:02 AM
Hope there are more cards available at launch than when ati launched the 5000-series. Was among the very few who got my 5850 for only 200€. :o
walterman
03-20-10, 08:19 PM
I'm not buying anything till i get my official answer about the Forceware 196.75 that toasted my old 8800GTX.
Thunderbolt56
03-22-10, 08:30 AM
I'm not buying anything till i get my official answer about the Forceware 196.75 that toasted my old 8800GTX.

I'm not buying anything until I see some real world benchies in a real world pc running some common games.
Toss3
03-22-10, 09:27 AM
I'm not buying anything till i get my official answer about the Forceware 196.75 that toasted my old 8800GTX.

About that: are they planning on replacing the parts that got broken due to their screw-up?
slaWter
03-22-10, 02:35 PM
Hopefully I'll be able to order two before April 6th. Otherwise I'm screwed...
lduguay
03-22-10, 03:08 PM
Hopefully I'll be able to order two before April 6th. Otherwise I'm screwed...

Jail time after April 6th?(lee)
Lyme
03-22-10, 11:11 PM
About that: are they planning on replacing the parts that got broken due to their screw-up?

Took them months over the laptop chipset issue to make amends.
nekrosoft13
03-23-10, 02:09 AM
I'm not buying anything till i get my official answer about the Forceware 196.75 that toasted my old 8800GTX.

8800GTX wasn't affected by the fan issue, only G92s with non-nvidia fan were affected.
Toss3
03-23-10, 06:13 AM
8800GTX wasn't affected by the fan issue, only G92s with non-nvidia fan were affected.

That's not true - even some guys running GTX 280's have had them die on them.
walterman
03-23-10, 07:04 AM
8800GTX wasn't affected by the fan issue, only G92s with non-nvidia fan were affected.

My card is toasted. It was an ASUS model (EN8800GTX). When i opened the case, the back part of the case was burning, and the card was really hot, to the point that it was dangerous to touch it with your fingers.
Lyme
03-23-10, 09:56 AM
8800GTX wasn't affected by the fan issue, only G92s with non-nvidia fan were affected.

nVidia claimed the same thing when the laptop chipsets died.. oh.. this and that arn't effected, and yet they were. Lets face it, nvidia isn't a reliable source in admitting when they screwed up.
Heinz68
03-23-10, 11:50 AM
I think the "massive availability" is just headline hunting by Fuad, most rumors suggest otherwise.
Anyway it would be awesome if Fuad is right (he seldom is about Fermi), it would stop the price gouging and maybe even reduce the ATI HD 5850-70 prices a little.
Looks like for me it wont make any difference.
If the rumored performance of the GTX 480 are right I wont have any reason to upgrade but I'm still waiting for the official independent reviews.