Associate already reported that the last minute NVIDIA solution about the decrease of stream processor quantity in GeForce GTX 480 from 512 to 480 pieces was dictated by the limitations of production nature - the release level of suitable 40 nm chips by TSMC is not so high not in order to ensure reserves necessary for the video card sale.
Associates after consultations with NVIDIA partners came to the conclusion that the quantity of stream processors GeForce GTX 480 was sacrificed due to the production volumes of this video card. NVIDIA tries to avoid the repetition of the situation, which arose soon after the announcement of radeon HD 5870 and Radeon HD 5850 - the first series device was sold rapidly, and scarcity arose. NVIDIA is assembled to prepare the announcement of graphical solutions GTX 4xx from 50 to 80 thousand video cards. This must be sufficient for the first week sales.
To the end of years NVIDIA is going to release many GeForce GTX 4xx, their quantity will exceed the number of released Radeon HD 5850, Radeon HD 5870 and Radeon HD 5890. Associates explain, that with the purpose of volumes release growth for Geforce GTX 4xx NVIDIA company redistributes TSMC orders, reducing the portion of 40 nm video chip with the support Of directX 10.1. If we consider that the quantity of released BY AMD video card series evergreen will soon exceed 3 ml pieces, from which approximately 7% are the most expensive graphical solutions, the quantity Of GeForce GTX 4xx must be measured by hundreds of thousand pieces.
Associate asserts that sales Of Geforce GTX 480 and GeForce GTX 470 will begin not in sixth April, as it was expected, but a week later. Associate assumes that NVIDIA partners soon can propose GeForce GTX 4xx with alternative design - for example, with displayPort interface.