Nvidia confirms the GTX 580

[DilTech]

that's about the only thing amd rebranded or renamed ....

The x600 was a 9600
The x300 was a 9200 IIRC(I know it was a renamed part, just can't remember which part it was).

Both companies have done rebranding, just NVidia's were better known because they were actually in a sector we care about.

Anyway, until we have more info all we can do is speculate on this, but I'm still willing to wager the part will be somehow based on the GF104. It'd be foolish to base it on the GF100 as most of that cards issues was due to the workstation enhancements, which the GF104 fixed entirely.

Good to see DilTech posting again, pretty much lifting an entire thread out of the dumpster by some good posting rather then ignorant fanboys ruining it. Finally some posts that are actually worth reading.

Yeah, I disappeared for awhile due to picking up another job with MLG in the Tekken subdivision. Right now is a mildly slow period before the season championships where they're paying out over 35 grand in prize money for tekken 6. First place walks out of the building with $12.5k. Going to be insanity for sure.

Anyway, I'll be poking my head in when I can. I just wish more people would think logically about the options on what this card might be rather than just assuming it's a fully unlocked GTX 480.