GTX580 appears on nvidia website

[harlequin]

http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=27055

If we were cynics, we'd think that this 'accident' was a move to draw attention away from AMD ahead of the launch of the Radeon 6000-series. While this - combined with the now confirmed GTX 460 and GTX 470 price drops earlier today - will certainly generate a fair bit of coverage, it's unlikely to deter the media storm that will surround the launch of the new family of Radeon GPUs.

Nonetheless, it's a sly move by NVIDIA that will, at the very least, have the fanboys salivating at the prospect of an ultra-powerful Fermi GPU.

like `duh` nvidia trying everything to shift the focus away from AMD with the up coming `chpeap as chips fast as hell` HD6850 and HD6870

[Shocked2]

like `duh` nvidia trying everything to shift the focus away from AMD with the up coming `chpeap as chips fast as hell` HD6850 and HD6870

If that were true I would honestly think they would do a lot more than just make an obscure reference on a webpage few people are going to notice and then remove it quickly thereafter.

I guess they're counting on tons of people reading articles like the Hexus one, although I'm not sure what good they think it will do. I would think it would be better to officially announce the thing rather than vaguely hint at it with no additional information whatsoever, but I guess I presume they might not be quite ready for that yet.

Or I guess maybe they figure a series of hints will provide more hype and mystery surrounding the 580 if they attack it from the right angle before fully releasing its specifications.

[icemanchilled]

If that were true I would honestly think they would do a lot more than just make an obscure reference on a webpage few people are going to notice and then remove it quickly thereafter.

I guess they're counting on tons of people reading articles like the Hexus one, although I'm not sure what good they think it will do. I would think it would be better to officially announce the thing rather than vaguely hint at it with no additional information whatsoever, but I guess I presume they might not be quite ready for that yet.

Or I guess maybe they figure a series of hints will provide more hype and mystery surrounding the 580 if they attack it from the right angle before fully releasing its specifications.

They probably don't want to let out too much information right now, since this will probably be their answer to the high end 6900 series, so they are basically confirming the rumour of a GTX580, but not letting on anything else.

[harlequin]

nv really only have 2 replies for the cayman - full monty GTX475 and this , nothing else on the radar

[Shocked2]

They probably don't want to let out too much information right now, since this will probably be their answer to the high end 6900 series, so they are basically confirming the rumour of a GTX580, but not letting on anything else.

Would they not consider preempting the 6900 series by releasing specs now? I mean, if the 580 is faster or at least appears so, I would think it might put nVidia in a good position beating AMD/ATi to the punch. If it turns out to be slower, they might not look so good announcing it after the 6900 series anyway.

Would AMD have time to try to compensate for performance if they knew the 580 was going to be faster? Revising the final clocks or something?

[icemanchilled]

Would they not consider preempting the 6900 series by releasing specs now? I mean, if the 580 is faster or at least appears so, I would think it might put nVidia in a good position beating AMD/ATi to the punch. If it turns out to be slower, they might not look so good announcing it after the 6900 series anyway.

Would AMD have time to try to compensate for performance if they knew the 580 was going to be faster? Revising the final clocks or something?

I think both sides know it's going to be close this round, so yes they will purposely hold back on final clocks/specs until the other shows it's hand, then they can do some last minute tweaking, or not as the case may be.

[-=Random=-]

Any guesstimate on the GTX580 release date?

Are there any planned or rumored GTX480 price-cuts?

[red_dog007]

Will be interestin to see what this is. The 580 entails a brand new series. So not just a 485/490/495.

[dragomirc]

Not much to see just one chart.

[QuadDamage]

nv really only have 2 replies for the cayman - full monty GTX475 and this , nothing else on the radar

oh i wouldn't worry about nVidia.

a 512 CC/800Mhz GTX580 should easily trounce the Cayman.