NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 Final Specs & Pricing Revealed!

[Baez]

re: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 Final Specs & Pricing Revealed!

Something tells me at 95C load (and this is without a speck of dust) these cards are going to go the way of quality Dells.

 

[Apokalipse]

re: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 Final Specs & Pricing Revealed!

By that standard all video cards are 'inefficient'. Efficient GPUs should experience little or no power loss. where do YOU draw the line?

It depends on the manufacturing process used.
In this case, both are using TSMC's 40nm manufacturing process, so they can't control how well TSMC's manufacturing process works.

However, AMD's 5000 series GPU's are a very efficient design, and can really make the most of the manufacturing process they're made on.

 

[gurusan]

re: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 Final Specs & Pricing Revealed!

6 months late and it barely beats the competition, and costs LOADS more, and has NO overclocking headroom.

The thing is, even if it was released along with the 5870 6 months ago I don't see it selling much. The 4870 and 4850 outsold the NVIDIAs competition by a long, long way...and this was not because it was the faster card (it wasn't at all), but because it was priced well.

Basically, nvidia have failed big-time and anyone who buys this card needs a serious reality check.

 

[Slaymate]

re: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 Final Specs & Pricing Revealed!

Basically, nvidia have failed big-time and anyone who buys this card needs a serious reality check.

Reality Check me, twice

 

[james.wired]

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^^ I've always liked Slaymate's approach to these things lol

 

[Hefemeister]

re: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 Final Specs & Pricing Revealed!

Reality Check me, twice

Här kommer kraften

 

[Slaymate]

re: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 Final Specs & Pricing Revealed!

I will be buying a couple of aftermarket coolers unless my Accelero's happen to fit. Then I'll be looking into some new fans

 

[S0ULphIRE]

re: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 Final Specs & Pricing Revealed!

SLIed 480's and an i7 980x should do you nicely

 

[james.wired]

re: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 Final Specs & Pricing Revealed!

Good thing you got that PSU for free, that definitely sets you up...tri sli?

 

[Slaymate]

re: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 Final Specs & Pricing Revealed!

SLIed 480's and an i7 980x should do you nicely

Unless I can get my hands on a 980x engineering sample I don't see that happening anytime soon

Good thing you got that PSU for free, that definitely sets you up...tri sli?

I've had it for almost 3 years now, I need to get set back up doing reviews

I'm not a fan of Tri-SLI. Even with low-powered cards it hard to handle the heat because you can't get good ventilation between the cards