Quote Originally Posted by saaya View Post
and i heard 480cores for the gtx480???
so the 480 will NOT have 512cores???
that would explain the low performance claims compared to 5870... if its the 480 with 480 cores that performs about the same as a 5870, then thats not bad actually... but it also means that nvidia wont really be able to charge more than 450$ for this...
I think this other quote is the answer you want:

Quote Originally Posted by SKYMTL View Post
1.5GB of memory means it will have the full allotment of ROPs.