Hot, Buggy, and far too slow.
NVIDIA HAS BEEN hinting about the performance of its upcoming GTX480 cards, and several of our moles got a lot of hands on time with a few cards recently. If you are waiting for killer results from the 'puppy', prepare for severe disappointment.
SemiAccurate :: SemiAccurate gets some GTX480 scores
* I don't know if these people are even considered good sources or not, but I thought it was a decent read. If this is a repost, feel free to delete it.