NVIDIA confirms Fermi retail name - GeForce GTX 480 and GeForce GTX 470

NVIDIA has confirmed the retail names of the next-generation Fermi graphics processors.

Two names have been confirmed:

• GeForce GTX 480
• GeForce GTX 470

Both of these GPUs will be based on the Fermi GF100 chip.

It's an odd move because this means that there won't be any high-end cards in the GeForce 3xx lineup. However, given that the 3xx series is made up of rebranded cards and GPUs, it's not that much of a surprise that NVIDIA wouldn't want to taint its new cards with that past.