Tweet from Nvidia's twitter: Fun Fact of the Week: GeForce GTX 480 and GeForce GTX 470 will be the names of the first two GPUs shipped based on our new GF100 chip!

Looks like highest end cards are shipping first(expect 90). Good because I don't want anything lower than a 480 :D Unless prices force me =P

Got the same alert on my iphone facebook app.

Interesting they changed it, oh well as long as it doesn't delay the production

Okay good now can we start buying them? :)

Epic lol I wanted to see if there where any photos of the GTX480 just now and saw this instead http://images.google.com/...hl=en&tab=wi 

Racko

Okay good now can we start buying them? :)

I'm down with that wish they let us start pre-ordering or something but I think the people that got the bundle during Thanksgiving will have first dibs you think if anyone that has that chance and is not going to use it could I have your spot?  I would really appreciate it. 

i am so confused with why they chose to skip 300 series that its funny.

My bet is $699.00 for the 480.  Nvidia is known to go for the gusto upon a new generation release.  They did the same with the 8800gtx when it came out. 

Drewlander

Any word or speculation on pricing yet?

Here's my guess on pricing, posted in a diff thread and updated with this latest news.....
 
Still expect pricing to be as follows:

• GTX 480 = GF100 (full) =  $500-$550 with OC variants at +$10-$15 increments
• GTX 470 = GF100 (cut-down, downclocked) = $380-$430 with OC variants at +$10-$15 increments

Expecting both of these to be faster than the 5870.

• GTX 490 = 2xGF100 (cut-down, downclocked) = $600-$700

Expecting this to be faster than the 5970.

GF104 is looking more and more like the mainstream and performance DX11 Fermi-architecture based parts and slated to launch in May/June, which will replace all of Nvidia's existing GT200 and G92 parts in those markets.  Expect these parts to fall in the sub-$300 price range with most of them in the sub-$200 range.  The fastest part should have similar specs to a GTX 285 and perform slightly faster than a 5850 for $300 or so.  I could also see Nvidia saving the GTX 300 series for these GF104 parts......

There's also rumors now of 28/32nm refresh parts from both ATI and Nvidia, which may be ready at the end of Q4 2010 at the earliest, but realistically, we probably won't see refreshes until Q1 2011.  At that point you can maybe start to expect GF100b parts (refreshed GF100) in the $200-$300 range like they are now.  Think similar pricing progression to GT200 to GT200b or G80 to G92.

EVGA_JacobF

devilstestament

Nice I would assume the GTX480 will be the best one of the two right?

Yup :)

So how's tri-sli with those GTX 480's & dual Core i7 980's treating you Jacob? lol j/k But really how is it?

I don't get it. Why on earth would they skip 300 series?
OK, maybe I'm getting it... Just hypothesizing... There were news of some 300 series cards right, like 310? Maybe they decided to reserve 300 series for all the inferior cards that may or may not be rebrands... And, they moved to 400 exclusively for Fermi based parts... Now it makes sense... I guess...

Chizow I hope you are right.  If these are as fast as they say they are and the price is reasonable I will switch back from ATI.  However if they are overpriced (like most of the 200 series was/is) I will stick in the ATI camp.

gawsh dayum i cant wait to see what the actual pricing is.  i need to know if im getting a 5870 or a GTX 470/480

I'm going GTX 470. I always find that price : perfomance ratio the high mid levels seem to suit me. CANT WAIT