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250 W is about right for the 480 design.
The 300 series is a DX 10.1 GPU that has been tweaked. So it is a newer design than the 200 series. Originally Nviidia would have had a full line up of GF300 gpus on 40nm with DX 10.1 and Fermi would have been released in the summer 2010, but Nvidia brought forwards the Fermi time line to Q12010 and scrapped the high end GF300 GPUs.
For the gpu fan.....
9 pages of dribble to find out there's nothing to be said till Friday. I thought on some days I could be pretty sad but you lot make me feel great. 
Saying that. I've done it so many times over the years here so meh.
Looking forward to see what's a cooking.
Saying that. I've done it so many times over the years here so meh.
Looking forward to see what's a cooking.
Isnt the 4 pin black connector for the GPU fan?
I still don't know what to do, apparantly the cards are already at revision A3. They've had a rough time with the manufacturing of the gpu's and who knows how reliable these cards are going to be. Maybe just a couple of months down the line they will release new models with more cores.
It's known that they are going to be in very little quantity as well so the prices are going to be terribly overinflated for the initial release.
It's all a shame because I really need a good excuse to upgrade my 280gtx.
It's known that they are going to be in very little quantity as well so the prices are going to be terribly overinflated for the initial release.
It's all a shame because I really need a good excuse to upgrade my 280gtx.
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Tough one to answer but do you think the GTX480 will come in at a lower price than the 5870's currently are?
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No way, NV know they will sell out to fanboys who are dying to violate themselves with the PCB, using an ATi card with protection isn't the same for them
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Don't be silly
Will probably be for an audio input to the card so it can output audio through hdmi
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No way, NV know they will sell out to fanboys who are dying to violate themselves with the PCB, using an ATi card with protection isn't the same for them
So hopefully it will push the 5870's down in price then?
Surely Crossfire 5870's would beat a single GTX 480?
I would certainly hope so.
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It's looks probable that a single OCed 5870 will beat a GTX 480.
1 card will always be better than 2. Yes 2 will give more performance but will consume more power and will have driver issues.
Some people like having a powerful system in a tiny small case, and having a small case you wont beable to use crossfire or SLI. So 1 card will be the best option for all.
Also its cheaper having 1 card. If 1 cards give you playable FPS maxed out why do you need 2?