It might be cliche to say it as this point, but despite the launch of NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 480 and 470 cards offering the best performing single GPUs available at the time, there was a lot about the GF100 GPU that didn’t go as planned. First, it was late and left NVIDIA with a 6+ month deficit in DX11 market share. Secondly, and most pestering to consumers, the GTX 480/470 GPU was hot and noisy.

The GPU itself never actually met the specifications that NVIDIA set out to reach 4-5 months prior to its launch either. The GPU was capable of including as many as 512 shader cores according to NVIDIA’s own information, but when the GTX 480 launch in only enabled 480 of them in order for the company to meet temperature and yield demands. The oft-discussed “full” Fermi GPU was never seen. Until today.

Today’s release of the GeForce GTX 580 graphics card introduces the GF110 GPU, a revision to the high-end offering from NVIDIA that brings us the first “full” Fermi offering.

• READ MORE (Source): PC Perspective – NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 1.5GB Review and SLI Testing – GF110 brings full Fermi