GTX 480 and GTX 470 Reviews

[damha]

4870 shows 107.8C with little heat at the bottom of the case. This either shows that the test conducted is faulty or some fan (somewhere) wasn't working at the time the test was done. The same goes for the 4850 with their temps.

I have a 4870, I can tell you that the VRMs boil with a mild OC. But the 4870 stock cooler is quite good at extracting removing the heat just not at the back of the card. And because there isn't a lot of it, the surface area of the heat is quite small, I do believe these results somewhat.

Charts updated. Added HD5970 and dirt2-DX11 results.

Thanks for those. Although a few results don't match what we have seen from other reviewers, still nice to look at.

Something around 50-60c? Not much at all. Unless I misunderstand your idea...

I think that is quite high when compared to other video cards. They are made of plastic.