March 26
* Official GTX470/GTX480 NDA Expiration
* Launch date for North America
* Specifications are released
* Official pricing info is released
* NVIDIA Demos GTX470/GTX480
* Partners receive revised GTX470/GTX480 shipments (due to BIOS update and cooler change)
March 27
* Partners ship out cards to retailers
* Previews are released
* Launch date for Europe
March 29
* Shipping companies have partner shipments in transit
* Benchmarks officially posted
* Reviews are released
April 2
* Retailers receive shipments from partners
* Preorders are posted for online retailers
April 5
* Stock is put into inventory and paperwork is filed
April 6
* Online retailers post stock for GTX470/GTX480 cards
April 12
* GTX470/GX480 hit the selves for stores (Microcenter, etc...)
* Orders are officially online and purchasable
http://www.overclock.net/nvidia/691903-gf100-date-confusion-see-here.html
Interesting timeline there. I didn't goto the link but, is that offical nvidia public info, or leaked internal info or just rumor?