Quote Originally Posted by Nintendork View Post
Look at the thermi:

480
IDLE
[*IMG]http://www.geeks3d.com/public/jegx/201004/gtx480_temperature_idle.jpg[/IMG]

LOAD
[*IMG]http://www.geeks3d.com/public/jegx/201004/gtx480_infrared_under_load.jpg[/IMG]


480 SLI
IDLE
[*IMG]http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/1218/gtx480sliidle.jpg[/IMG]

LOAD
[*IMG]http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/8459/gtx480sliload.png[/IMG]



HD5870
IDLE
[*IMG]http://www.geeks3d.com/public/jegx/201004/radeon_hd_5870_infrared_idle.jpg[/IMG]

LOAD
[*IMG]http://www.geeks3d.com/public/jegx/201004/radeon_hd_5870_infrared_load.jpg[/IMG]


HD5870 CF
IDLE
[*IMG]http://www.hardware.fr/medias/photos_news/00/27/IMG0027445.png[/IMG]

LOAD
[*IMG]http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/1130/img0027448.png[/IMG]

http://www.hardware.fr/articles/787-...x-480-470.html
Let's not forget a 4870 under load:


4870 CF under load:


And before you try and say it's irrelevant because it's from last generation, no it isn't. If you were fine with HD4000 cards then the only reason you wouldn't be fine with GF100 would be unreasonable bias (avoiding the f-word).