I find it hard to believe that no one in China noticed a ton of GTX580's in production, and before Cayman, especially considering they only gave out info on the GTX 580 *after* everyone knew about Cayman's release date

So either:

a) Nvidia has been incredibly secretive at this time and is pulling the mother of all surprises
b) Nvidia PR is in BS mode again, and we might see wood-screw editions
c) GTX 580 isn't as big a change from the 480 as people think, and so it was easy to push into production

Quote Originally Posted by Calmatory View Post
GTX availability 580 at ~CES, until then vaporware and big talk by JHH. Paper launch could be possible during this year.
Wasn't this around the same time last year they were promising Fermi?