Buying GTX 480 / 470? Post Review poll

[Funky]

So, the reviews are out. We have read it. We have the idea about performance and power consumption.
Cards are up for preorder at various stores for MSRP and even less than MSRP.

So anyone pulling the trigger after reading the reviews? And if yes, select best possible option from the poll.

[Sushi Warrior]

Probably gonna get a GTX470 eventually. I may wait for the 460...

[dengyong]

I'm not buying this one. I'll wait for better performance with much less heat and power draw.

[snoro]

will wait to see f@h performance and see if gpu3 make the ati card useful for f@h or gpugrid or wcg. The one i will get must have 3 thing: good benching card, good gaming card and good gpgpu card. Heat and power draw is not a problem since i will only get one and watercool it with a mcr220 and a blackice pro 120 rad. I will just wait for every number to come up.

[SoulsCollective]

Nope, passing on this round.

• Power draw. Almost 300W for the 480? Urgh. As a corollary, 94C under load? Hell, no.
• Noise. 65dBA under load for the 480? Hell, no.
• Performance. In most things, performance gap between 5870 and GTX480 is around 10%, and that lead decreases as you up the resolution. I'm tempted by the higher minimum framerate of the GTX480, but not enough to warrant the extra cost, noise, heat output and powerdraw. I'm also not convinced that we'll see enough titles with the kind of extreme tesselation (and more to the point, scalable tesselation levels to take advantage of the 480's headroom in this area) released before ATi comes up with an RV870 refresh to make purchasing a GTX480 worth it.

I might be a little more tempted if I folded, but I get my DC jollies on through WCG instead.

[lowfat]

GTX480 is $130 more than an HD5870 w/ current pricing here. That definitely isn't worth it IMO. Don't like the fact that Nvidia decided to skimp on a DisplayPort connector. Therefore tying my hands on what card to buy. Now as for F@H, it consumes more power than an overclocked i7, more expensive, and will almost for surely make lower PPD.

[xman01]

if the ratio was what the g80/g92 were to the 38xx series , then i'd be tempted
hell the sh.it that was the 3870 nearly made me buy a 9800gtx

[Chrono Detector]

Even the 5870 looks more attractive. The thing that really bothers me about the GTX 480 that is draws a lot of power and generates a lot of heat. NVIDIA really messed up here. I think I may have to wait for a refresh or either get a 5870.

[railer]

Going to wait for the shrink to lower node. 80 less wats and I'm there.

[pr@$r1g]

Yeah this the Single GPU fastest card in universe ,BUT i will think twice before buying into
GTX480/470 ,with these power hungry beasts our electricity bill will jump over our estimation ................ double that of 5870

Gotta save ................ EARTH man!

Just for gaming ............... I will wait for may be GF104

Or 2gb versions of 58xx

[BobyTT]

I dont give a cr@p for the electric bill. Ill get 2 for gaming. But after i see some lifetime warranty. If all of them are 1 year only. Ill get just one.

[Funky]

I dont give a cr@p for the electric bill. Ill get 2 for gaming. But after i see some lifetime warranty. If all of them are 1 year only. Ill get just one.

eVGA and PNY are already confirmed to have Limited Lifetime after registration.

Look at the part numbers.
EVGA has PART NUMBER: 015-P3-1480-AR.

And this is quote from evga warranty page

Limited Lifetime:
The EVGA limited lifetime warranty is only eligible for part numbers ending in:
-A1, -A2, -A3, -A4, -AR, -AX, -CR, -CX, -DX, -FR, -FX, -SG, -SX. (with product registration 30 days from purchase)

[NaMcO]

Not pulling the trigger, i have decided before and voted "not buying for sure" as i am fine with the 5970 for quite some time now

[BobyTT]

eVGA and PNY are already confirmed to have Limited Lifetime after registration.

Look at the part numbers.
EVGA has PART NUMBER: 015-P3-1480-AR.

And this is quote from evga warranty page

Thanks man , eVGA aways have been my first choice of brand for VGAs 'cos their customer service. Thats make it easier for me.I cant wait to get 2 of those. In fact ill buy 3 but one is for my buddie. Unfortunately my PSU is only 1000W so i wont be able to try 3-SLI ( i have eVGA 3SLI mobo.... ) and i am not buy bigger PSU just for a test

[ovan febriawan]

I would like to waiting the 512Sp version :p

[Helloworld_98]

I feel left out that I'm the only one that's going to buy 470 SLI.

[werdwerdus]

going to wait for the lower price fermis, they called GF104? want to spend around $250 or less.

[zalbard]

Not buying.
Can't afford watercooling, and it's pointless without.

[[XC] Oj101]

I'll grab whichever I can afford at the time for crunching and gaming. First I need a new PSU though.

[[XC] Oj101]

If I want to upgrade, my only options are GTX275/GTX285/GTX295/GTX470/GTX480. It doesn't make sense going for the first three unless I get a killer price

[Helloworld_98]

going to wait for the lower price fermis, they called GF104? want to spend around $250 or less.

GF108 and I thought they were only 80 shaders or something like that

[Intratech]

The power draw and the noise scare me... and I already have two HD 5870.

[Taskforce]

Nope! what for? 10% increases in crappy ports with nothing on the horizon for PC gamers.

[doxology83]

I dont give a cr@p for the electric bill. Ill get 2 for gaming. But after i see some lifetime warranty. If all of them are 1 year only. Ill get just one.

well from the reviews I have seen with two cards they get really hot. for me the power draw is to much. two cards running at full power need like almost 800 watts from the reviews i have seen. also with two cards installed the reviewers have said that the gpu's are running at 99 degrees and nvidia supposedly said that they are safe to run up to 105 degrees. thats not much room. also when reading reviews make sure that the reviewer is using up to date ati drivers because the sites that used the 10.3 drivers show things closer than older drivers have. ati has been pumping out great performance increases through drivers the last few months.

i really don't see a reason to go nvidia with these new cards. unless you want cuda or physx. physx won't do anything for you if you are a online gamer only. cuda will help if you encode a lot but there are other solutions out there for that type of thing like the solutions that use the cell processors like the Leadtek HD Transcoding Cards.

[Starage]

Nope not getting this card. Nvidia has come short in this card, too much money for the power it used. ATI is still better and uses less power. Just not a must have card.