Partners already have the card

Feb 27, 2010 10:23 GMT  ·  By

NVIDIA is finally making the final steps towards launching its very first DirectX 11-capable graphics adapters. Based on the next-generation CUDA architecture, or Fermi, these GPU cards have been in development for quite a long time and will finally be launched at PAX 2010. Still, the company is expected to at least preview its GTX 470 card at CeBIT 2010, where the actual specifications of the device might finally be unveiled.

According to Fudzilla, NVIDIA's partners are “happily playing with Fermi-based GTX 470” but, despite this, they have not decided, or cannot, at this time, decide upon the actual card specs because NVIDIA itself has either delayed informing them or has not yet decided upon the final clock speeds of its cards. The report suggests that there is a strong possibility of the device having a 20 to 25 percent faster clock than the GeForce GTX 285, which would place it somewhere in between the HD 5850 and the HD 5870. Still, this is still just speculation.

NVIDIA is expected to give its partners the final product specifications of the GeForce GTX 470 by the start of CeBIT. The show, Fudzilla says, will definitely see manufacturers previewing their respective Fermi adapters and, as such, NVIDIA too should have something to put on display. However, the final form of the next-generation CUDA devices is still unknown, as according to the report, the GPU maker might also decide to change the cooler.

It thus seems that even though the card's development should be in the final stages, there are still quite a number of variables that can change at any time, which is consistent with Fudzilla's “info” that NVIDIA hasn't yet discussed the product price. All that remains now is to wait for the expo to begin and see if the graphics solutions developer has anything new to unravel.