GTX 480 and GTX 470 Reviews

[zanzabar]

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GTX480
+Price / Performance level very near 5870
+Price is fair in regards to price based on the available alternatives (again point 1)
+Indisputably faster than the 5870, often with noticeable better minimum framerates
+Respectable clock headroom ( although I didn't see enough info on the increases in power / noise at overclocked settings )
+Very nice SLI scaling with 2 cards for a new release
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im not sure that its indisputably faster then the 5870. it (480) looses in a few games, its not as good in vantage, and it has a lower OC potential (atleast until there is liquid and if there is voltage control it may change). most sites also used 10.2 isntead of 10.1 or 10.3 that are 5-10% faster.

its an exact repeat of the last gen just with a 6 month delay from NV, NV is hotter larger and louder, ati is smaller, less wattage and clocks better.


they dont need to go lower than 40nm they need a fab that can use single voltage trenches, ati had the same problem the 5870 (and the other 40nm and the yields with the 4770) was supposed to be 130-150W and clocked higher, but when u have a larger die it has a much large effect to change the power delivery to make it have some redundancy.