Nvidia stops making gtx 470 in favor of the dual core gtx490@ 375 watts?

[GaiaHunter]

Do you really think Nvidia will release a gtx 490 thats slower then a 5970?
Thats just dum,please say it isn't so.

[Speculation mode]

Well it might be that NVIDIA is adapting a small GPU core for the mainstream, a dual GPU for high-end strategy...

 

[Skurge]

[Speculation mode]

Well it might be that NVIDIA is adapting a small GPU core for the mainstream, a dual GPU for high-end strategy...

That would mean getting rid of the 480.

 

[taltamir]

That would mean getting rid of the 480.

no, it would mean not repeating it with the GTX580.
The GTX480 can live alongside a 2x Small core part as long as people are willing to pay a premium for it...

Especially because 2x GTX480 would outperform said part, and there are serious difficulty with SLI on more then 2 cards.