The GeForce 400 series is a series of graphics processing units developed by Nvidia, serving as the introduction of the Fermi microarchitecture. Its release was originally slated in November 2009, however, after delays, it was released on March 26, 2010, with availability following in April 2010.
The GeForce GTX 480, released in 2010 as the flagship unit of the 400 series. This particular model manufactured by NVIDIA board-partner, ASUS.