It’s a busy day, the rumour mill is going crazy with information regarding the GTX 400 series and what’s going to be announced. While for the most part it seems that NVIDIA are going to make mention of a release date early Monday morning in the US we’ve heard even more information.

This time on the GTX 470; Price? It looks like the official launch price on this model will be $299 USD. To put this into perspective this is the same price as the HD 5850. Which means from a price stand point it’s going to compete directly against that model, no doubt NVIDIA will be aiming the performance of the model more around the HD 5870 area though.

When it comes to power it looks like NV are going to be suggesting a 550 Watt minimum unit to run the model. Compared to the HD 5850 which ATI say requires a minimum of 500 Watt this is a slight bump.

Saying that though most people these days looking at a card like this should be carrying a decent quality 600+ Watt power supply. The requirement though while not being much of a worry does put a concern on just how much power the model will use, in a time where it’s become cool to be green this could be an issue for some.