GeForce GTX 480 reviewed, fastest GPU in the world

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Bit of a mixed bag from this review/comparison with the 5870. Driver improvements no doubt will help separate the two out.

Cost was a big surprise though.

All things considered, there's a lot to like here. The Fermi architecture has a lot to offer, particularly where anti-aliasing or tessellation are concerned. The 5870 does have a considerable advantage over the GTX 480 in a number of places. It's overall power draw is lower, it often delivers comparable performance for less, and some perks -- powering 3 displays from a single GPU -- have yet to be addressed by Nvidia. As it stands, until the more games start to take advantage of the technology that Fermi hopes to offer, we'd advise weighing the performance, power, and price benefits before handing over your credit card.

fairly underwhelming really. shitloads of hype for like 6 months, and then a card that is a little bit better - and a lot more expensive - than it's intended competition.

HD5970 still faster, but only because its multi-gpu

I'll be buying the 480 on release day.

Bottom line is that it is faster, even if only slightly, has great drivers, and I love/own Nvidia 3D Vision.


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Has anyone seen any numbers for its GPU as a CPU capability? ie folding or in photoshop or any other program that uses the parallel capability of the GPU?

Too bad, I guess I'll be sticking to my 5970

To ensure I'm first in-line for the initial GTX 480 shipment, I just pre-ordered mine through Umart.com.au for a ridiculous $900! But by launch that price should have come down to be competitive with other retailers. If not, I'll have to cancel the pre-order and shop elsewhere. The cheapest I've seen so far is $775, which should drop even further.

I'm going to go ahead and assume that cards going to slaughter my 9800 SLI setup?
If so...hrmm. Might be time to spend some money.

Indeed.

Knock out the competition!

GTX 470 being listed as cheap as $499 now, at ITSdirect & PC Case Gear. GTX 480 as cheap as $749, at those same sites.

Ended up having mine delivered today, after many delays. $719 from Brisbane's ITSDirect.

Time to crank some Metro 2033 and Bad Company 2 in 3D.

i don't know what's funnier: the size of the card or the thumb ring

You must've missed the other photos of me holding up hardware (or beer) over the past 10 years.

I guess your going to have a constant heater in your room for the rest of the year rec

The box looks like a card. And the card looks like a box

I'll Smash that box XD

does it give you more FPS in Ultima?

Wow, talk about a heater. This thing runs HOT! And fucking loud, too.