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Gaber · Joined: 23 Apr 2006

The 470 and 480 have been out for a working week now and I'm yet to see them on Gmarket or Danawa. Any guess as to when they'll be coming in?

Edit: hmmm, they're all out of stock on newegg too. Guess they really weren't ready to launch.

jackdaniels · Joined: 13 Feb 2008 Location: Korea

eamo · Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.

April 12th is the date given by Nvidia for earliest availability in key market locations only.

Expect them in Korea sometime after mid-April and horribly overpriced.

Do yourself a favor. Save about $100 and get an HD5870. Available now..........you'll also save mucho dollars per year in power bill costs.....the GTX480/470 are probably the most power inefficient graphic cards ever produced.

They are fast however. But their bang-per-buck will not be as good as the ATI cards.

SeoulFinn · Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Location: 1h from Seoul

What eamo said. Forget nVidia 480 and get ATI 5xxx-series card. Depending on the games you play and the resolution you use, even 5850 might be enough for you.

eamo · Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.

The GTX480/470 are now being listed on Newegg, although not in stock of course.

$500 for the GTX480.......that's 562,000 won at the moment...........if any Korean vendor actually sells that card for under 650,000 I'll be very very surprised.

Gaber · Joined: 23 Apr 2006

Still bitter about a 4850 that kept heat-crashing my system even after putting on a Zelman cooler. Might give the reds another chance next generation. from what I read, the 470 is beating the 5850, so if they're comparably priced I'm going for that. Don't have the screen resolution to make one of the flagship cards worth it.

eamo · Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.

languistic · Joined: 25 Nov 2009

Nvidia haven't changed their approach to graphics in years. While ATI are thinking about power and heat balancing with killer performance, Nvidia continue down the path of brute force to get frames, no matter what the cost.

When I upgrade my GPU, why should I have to also get a new PSU? Why should I have to worry about the GPU cooking the rest of my system? Why should I have concerns that it will be heard in the next room with the door closed?

ATI are the go. Nvidia may be the performance kings, but the cost is just too high. Power bills, PSUs, case fans (if not water cooling; Danger Den have already produced a water block for the 400 series!) and finally the noise...it just isn't worth the few extra frames. You would think they learned from the 5800 fiasco.

Nvidia are in a tight spot; they remind me of a drowning man who will stop at nothing to save himself - known to drown those trying to save him in his spastic desperation. They are becoming marginalized and they know it; the future is in discrete graphics and Nvidia, without a CPU to call their own, are fighting relevancy.