Nvidia GTX 470, 480, SLI review/benchmark round up.

[QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"]

lol fail. I'd certianly hope it beats a 5870, but it doesn't come close to the 5970. It runs like an oven too...

d-rtyboy

It won't likely be possible for Nvidia to make a dual-GPU card based off the GTX 480, at least not within the PCI-Express standard. Any such card would surely be well over the limit for conforming to within the PCI-E standard. To put it simply- they don't let you make a card and call it a PCI-E card if it uses over a certain amount of power.

if they do basically they just gonna have to do a new GPU Die around 26-32mm but ATI As Announce they may Release HD6850/6870 around 2011 Q1 which in the end will beat nvidia if they doesn't come with a higher plan such as you said a dual GPU solution because currently 480GT In sli is 499$US X2 = 1000$ : and 5970 = will drop to below 599$ US soon

But I bet we could expect HD5970 as low as 549.99$ AFTER MIR by June Even if Ati haven't officially announce a price drop but this would probably result in GTX 480 : below around 450$ :P or GTX485 Announced who know

but At least Nvidia Did there Promess that they would beat HD5870 : but it 499$ not 380/400$ :P but that was to be expect : but unless Driver Get mad increasement like Last year with F.E.A.r II & Cryisis Patch : we should expect GTX480 to be in majority of gamer resolution which is 1680x1050 to 1920x1080/1200 : to Be Close Fight for Maxing out / Enabling AA / AF 16X

Well, it wouldn't be 2 x 250 watts. I'm sure their engineers will figure out a way.d-rtyboy

I think you're expecting a little much. They're not going to be able to get 2 of the 470 or 480 GPUs into a dual-GPU package. The 470 uses over 215 watts by itself, and the 480 over 250 watts. How are they going to get 2 of these chips to use under 300 watts?

The only possible way is to shrink & use higher grade material and find another way to do the gpu but that likely not gonna happen there more chance bill gate finished to build is nuclear plant by then :) at least that what said fudzilla that he is intending to build one and those thing take forever to build

which leave only one way out for nvidia : reduce Massivly gpu cost per half of year and hope we sli them

And we have lift off!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfQOU3T0O3Q

clyde46

480GT In sli is 499$US X2 = 1000$ : and 5970 = will drop to below 599$ US soon

marcthpro

I think you're expecting a little much

[QUOTE="marcthpro"]

480GT In sli is 499$US X2 = 1000$ : and 5970 = will drop to below 599$ US soon

d-rtyboy

I think you're expecting a little much

[QUOTE="clyde46"]

And we have lift off!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfQOU3T0O3Q

millerlight89

[QUOTE="d-rtyboy"][QUOTE="marcthpro"]

480GT In sli is 499$US X2 = 1000$ : and 5970 = will drop to below 599$ US soon

millerlight89

I think you're expecting a little much

And we have lift off!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfQOU3T0O3Q

clyde46

WEll I thought the SLI performance was great. It was actually the only part of the release I thought was impressive.millerlight89

[QUOTE="millerlight89"]WEll I thought the SLI performance was great. It was actually the only part of the release I thought was impressive.smc91352

[QUOTE="clyde46"]

And we have lift off!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfQOU3T0O3Q

ferret-gamer

OMG that sound terrible, its like some1 walks around with a vaccum cleaner in the background...

[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"][QUOTE="clyde46"]

And we have lift off!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfQOU3T0O3Q

aroxx_ab

OMG that sound terrible, its like some1 rides around in a private jet in the background...

And we have lift off!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfQOU3T0O3Q

clyde46

lol jet engine fan, im thinking aftermarket cooling for this card

[QUOTE="aroxx_ab"]

[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"] as quite as a jet engine's whisper.shakmaster13

OMG that sound terrible, its like some1 rides around in a private jet in the background...

Awesome job summarizing the reviews!!! That sure saved me a lot of time :)

[QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"]

lol fail. I'd certianly hope it beats a 5870, but it doesn't come close to the 5970. It runs like an oven too...

d-rtyboy

Not impressed with the HD5000 series? The 5870 was the most impressive high-end gpu since at least the 8800GTX, maybe even more so because of low msrp. True retailers jacked that up, but I was able to search around and get one for $340 in early December with cashback. True it didn't hold its lead as long as the 8800, but what wasn't impressive with the 5870? Low power compared to other high-end cards, relatively cool, overclocks like a champ, doesn't cost $500-600+ as previous Nvidia top cards have, first cards to support DX11, crushed previous gen single gpu cards and was right on the heels of the pricey gtx295. There's a reason they were sold out at soon as they hit the shelves and the price of a piece of hardware actually rose and has been above msrp for 6 months if you don't use cashback. BeavermanA

The 8800 not only totally crushed everything of the past, it also gave significantly better image quality. Even the lower priced 8800GTS 640MB destroyed the 7950GX2 and X1950XTX 512MB. I think the 8800GTX was truly worth the monstorous price. Another significant thing about the 8800 is how much that thing has lasted, it's been 3.5 years now since their launch and they are still maxing most games on lower resolutions...and it remained top for a ridiculously long time, the 8800GTX was only truly dethroned by the 4870.

The current gen cards are unlikely to hold on for that long...

Oh well I've finally made my mind up. I'm picking up a 5970 this evening.CellAnimation

Oh well I've finally made my mind up. I'm picking up a 5970 this evening.CellAnimation

[QUOTE="CellAnimation"]Oh well I've finally made my mind up. I'm picking up a 5970 this evening.JigglyWiggly_

[QUOTE="CellAnimation"]Oh well I've finally made my mind up. I'm picking up a 5970 this evening.04dcarraher

Thats a waste.

[QUOTE="04dcarraher"]

Oh well I've finally made my mind up. I'm picking up a 5970 this evening.CellAnimation

Thats a waste.

[QUOTE="damstr"]

[QUOTE="04dcarraher"]

Thats a waste.

04dcarraher

as long as it isnt as loud as my 360 i can deal with it lol :P

[QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"][QUOTE="CellAnimation"]Oh well I've finally made my mind up. I'm picking up a 5970 this evening.wklzip

[QUOTE="04dcarraher"][QUOTE="damstr"] You are too much. haha Why don't you post more benchmarks of why it's a waste....this should be interesting.

damstr

as long as it isnt as loud as my 360 i can deal with it lol :P

painguy1

Intel has actually cancelled Larrabee....at least for the public. There might still be some academic use for it.

I have found something quite interesting.

The last benchmark is minimum framerate. It is clear from these 2 that the GTX series is just better at minimum frames than the ATI cards. Not a huge win in warhead average but the difference is going to be very noticible with the minimum framerate. And then the ATI cards pull of their biggest victory in BC2 but it loses out handsomly in minimum FPS. Anandtech said that they were getting consistent results in the benches they posted so I wonder why nobody has been giving attention to this...

could this be a nividia after market cooler for there latest cards :o

It is loud as $#!T.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVEhyfbeDSg

I just hope they can fix the issues with the memory controller, transistor leakage, maybe iron out some minor flaws and improve power efficiency? 'Cause in its current state I'm not getting it, not that I could since I doubt there will be enough for sale.

I'm just going to wait this round out. Too many things are messed up at the moment and from the looks of it they won't cause too much change in the current GPU pricing either.

Sorry NVIDIA, as much as i wanted to buy your cards for folding@home the price/performance is just too off....also the heat/power usage is a factor for me now. Just bought an ATI 5850 and its arriving tomorrow :)

According to stanford university's F@H blog they are making a OpenMM client to make ATI 5 series cards fold well

....woot!

And we have lift off!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfQOU3T0O3Q

clyde46

Oh, please. Did you ever hear an ultrasound of a fetus's heartbeat? It sounds like Godzilla's coming. Stick a microphone right up inside anything and turn it to max.

[QUOTE="damstr"]

[QUOTE="04dcarraher"] Well its a waste if you plan on using it for only dx 9/10 and where with dx 11 and all the features including high/full tessselation and pay nearly $700 when you can spend $350 For a GTX 470 and get nearly the same performance. 04dcarraher

Not in a couple of years at least, if ever (with the consoles holding just about everything back and all..)

[QUOTE="clyde46"]

And we have lift off!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfQOU3T0O3Q

Blistrax

Oh, please. Did you ever hear an ultrasound of a fetus's heartbeat? It sounds like Godzilla's coming. Stick a microphone right up inside anything and turn it to max.

I have found something quite interesting.

The last benchmark is minimum framerate. It is clear from these 2 that the GTX series is just better at minimum frames than the ATI cards. Not a huge win in warhead average but the difference is going to be very noticible with the minimum framerate. And then the ATI cards pull of their biggest victory in BC2 but it loses out handsomly in minimum FPS. Anandtech said that they were getting consistent results in the benches they posted so I wonder why nobody has been giving attention to this...

Gambler_3

You make a good point about the minimum framerates in some apps. The reason I'm not giving it a ton of attention is because it's the difference between sucking, and sucking a little less..

[QUOTE="Blistrax"]

[QUOTE="clyde46"]

And we have lift off!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfQOU3T0O3Q

lettuceman44

Oh, please. Did you ever hear an ultrasound of a fetus's heartbeat? It sounds like Godzilla's coming. Stick a microphone right up inside anything and turn it to max.

It is loud as $#!T.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVEhyfbeDSg

I just hope they can fix the issues with the memory controller, transistor leakage, maybe iron out some minor flaws and improve power efficiency? 'Cause in its current state I'm not getting it, not that I could since I doubt there will be enough for sale.

I'm just going to wait this round out. Too many things are messed up at the moment and from the looks of it they won't cause too much change in the current GPU pricing either.

CAPSROGUE

its loud, but remember that the mic is being focused on the card so the noise is being amplified. I understand peoples dissapointment with this card though. As for me, as long as it isnt as loud as my 360 i dont care, and lucky for me it doesnt seem to be.