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Nvidia GeForce GTX 480
$500.00
Released April, 2010
The Pros:Continues support for Nvidia's proprietary and widely adopted Physx, CUDA and Nvidia 3D Vision technologies. Impressive minimum FPS results compared to previous generation, ATI competitors - improves overall gameplay. Keeps the need for competition at least somewhat satisfied.
The Cons:Large GPU (physical size / transistor count) means it costs a lot to make, suffers from more fabrication errors, runs hot and takes a lot of power, cannot make much money for Nvidia and price for end user cannot drop very fast or far. Runs very hot - easily in the 90s under load. Guzzles power - requires a quality high-powered PSU, added cost to platform / for additional power (utility bills).
The GeForce GTX 480 is Nvidia's flagship graphics card, to be released alongside the GTX 470 in spring 2010. The two new DirectX 11 GPUs replace the most advanced 200-Series models at the top of Nvidia's lineup.
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The GTX 480 employs 1.5 GB of GDDR5 memory – notable for using a 384-bit interface – and 480 CUDA cores, which combine with Nvidia PhysX and other technologies to enable ultra-realistic graphics in today's most demanding games and superior performance in complex graphics applications. The card supports up to 3 HD displays at once, and dual SLI-configured GPUs support 3D video via Nvidia 3D Vision Surround technology, although a 3D-capable display and glasses are also required. The more affordable GTX 470 features the same technology, but fewer CUDA cores and less memory, resulting in lower clock speeds.
Features
- DirectX 11
- Nvidia PhysX
- Nvidia SLI-ready (3-way)
- Nvidia 3D Vision Surround
- Nvidia PureVideo
- Interactive ray tracing
- 32x anti-aliasing
- HDMI 1.4 support
- Dual-link DVI connectivity
- OpenGL 3.2
- PCI Express 2.0
- 42.0B/sec texture fill rate
- 480 CUDA cores
- 1536MB GDDR5 memory (384-bit)
- 1848MHz memory clock
- 700MHz graphics clock
- 1401MHz processor clock
- 2560x1600 maximum resolution
- 250W max. power consumption
User Reviews (14)
Pros & Cons
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continues support for Nvidia's proprietary and widely adopted Physx, CUDA and Nvidia 3D Vision technologies
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impressive minimum FPS results compared to previous generation, ATI competitors - improves overall gameplay
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keeps the need for competition at least somewhat satisfied
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support for SLI (multiple cards working in tandem)
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a computing monster - designed as much for general GPU computing as it is for games
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built on the latest 40nm fabrication process by TSMC
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the fastest single GPU graphics card to date
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Nvidia's first DirectX 11 offering - and a killer at that, beats the pants off of ATI's offerings with tessellation due to it's powerful computational qualities
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large GPU (physical size / transistor count) means it costs a lot to make, suffers from more fabrication errors, runs hot and takes a lot of power, cannot make much money for Nvidia and price for end user cannot drop very fast or far
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runs very hot - easily in the 90s under load
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5
guzzles power - requires a quality high-powered PSU, added cost to platform / for additional power (utility bills)
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inefficient compared to ATI's smaller, cooler 5870
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high price doesn't exactly beat ATI's offerings for price:performance
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large physical size (almost as large as a 5870) - requires a large, airy case to fit and function without overheating
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quite late to the show after several delays - a good half cycle behind ATI
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not good enough to force much of a price drop on ATI cards
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not a large improvement over previous generation Nvidia cards when it comes to gaming
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paper launch, with very few cards actually planned for manufacture
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FPS drops off at higher resolutions, below ATI's 5870
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