Gainward Launches GeForce GTX 470 GOOD Edition Graphics Card

RavenXXX2 · 29 Apr 2010 at 12:40

LOL " a good 470 " as opposed to the bad reference 470's...?

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showpost.php?p=1874102&postcount=1

A "GOOD" news announced by Gainward, a leading brand in enthusiastic graphics cards, keeps its glorious traditions, redefines performance by release of Gainward Optimized Own Design (GOOD). Gainward races against competitions and develops the market first own designed GeForce GTX 470 "GOOD" Edition with "Gamer's Spirit" in mind. The card received optimized circuit layout on a longer PCB (10.5 inches to NVIDIA reference 9.5 inches), which enables better overclockability owing to plentiful PWM power modules with rugged solid-state components on better ground, also allows to accommodate larger heat-pipes cooler with dual 8 cm double bearing fans, which improved thermal characteristics and significantly reduced noise at full load. Even better, the card is geared with "QuattroPorts" integrated 4 ports in 1 including DisplayPort, HDMI 1.3a (upgradeable to HDMI 1.4 support for 3D format with upcoming NVIDIA 3DTV Play) & Dual DVIs, fulfill universal connectivity for diverse displays.

Gainward GeForce GTX 470 GOOD Edition features 1280MB GDDR5 memory clocked at 1674MHz (Bandwidth 133.92 GB/sec), core clock is set at standard 607MHz. Although clockrate is rather modest by default, better cooling and optimized circuit have left lots of headroom for overclocking by Gainward award winning graphics tuning utility - Expertool, which activates clockrate settings and fan control with user-friendly interface and fail-safe clock-down override. Even the first-timers can exercise overclocking with peace of mind.

Cooper · 29 Apr 2010 at 12:42

Does that mean all the others are 'BAD' editions....

Alex74 · 29 Apr 2010 at 12:45

lol?

Will have to see how it's priced before any real judgement can be made. If it's more expensive than current 470s then it'll still probably not be worth the opportunity cost of having ATi solution for the average user

vian_siu · 29 Apr 2010 at 13:10

its not the performance is a problem, its the price!

unknownsock · 29 Apr 2010 at 13:11

Wasn't worthy of its own thread so here is another.

Palit Microsystems Ltd, the leading graphics card manufacturer, announces the first custom design Palit GTX 470, featuring Dual Fans and 4 Video outputs which support HDMI, DisplayPort, and two Dual-Link DVI display outputs.

The first custom design Palit GeForce® GTX470 furnishes with a cooler & quieter innovated thermal solution. This will give your games an adrenaline shot of lighting speed performances and stunning futuristic visuals. Equipped with Dual Fans, Palit GTX 470 will provide much cooler gaming condition and emit heat from GPU more efficiently and effectively. Geared with Palit GTX 470 series, you will experience heart-pounding and cinematic-like visuals on your favorite games with the combined power of DirectX 11, CUDA, and PhysX technologies. Also, expand your visual real estate across three HD displays in jaw-dropping stereoscopic 3D for the ultimate immersive gaming.

The Palit cooler & quieter thermal solution is designed with more fans and fins in order to optimize the revolutionary Fermi architecture performances. Geared with Palit cooler & quieter thermal solution, the temperature on GPU is up to 12 ゜C degree lower and the noise level is 4 dB lower when in peak functioning mode. The cooler consists of a PWM fan with optimized heatsink, giving it excellent thermal performance while making it an ideal cooling solution.

The Palit GeForce GTX 470 is also built for future DirectX11 games. It provides an outstanding performance at DX11 benchmark by adopting the latest Fermi architecture and advanced DirectX11 hardware features, including tessellation and DirectCompute. Palit GTX 470 series is designed specifically to support the next generation gaming effect such as ray tracing and also enhance the 3D effect from NVIDIA existing 3D Vision to 3D Vision Surround technology. These specifications will give you a whole new perspective in gaming experience

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/industry/2010/04/28/palit-launches-non-reference-geforcer-gtx-4/1

Wonder what the temperature drop would translater into a 480? 8-12 maybe? Thats still a good 86-88C :rolleyes:

HeX · 29 Apr 2010 at 14:07

Good to see the non-ref designs coming out. Just need to get the prices down to be competitive now.

arc@css · 29 Apr 2010 at 14:16

Nice looking card but it's bound to be over priced.

Greebo · 29 Apr 2010 at 14:17

Wonder what the temperature drop would translater into a 480? 8-12 maybe? Thats still a good 86-88C :rolleyes:

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Yeah, shame the gtx480 wasn't launched like that in the first place though as that plus the 4db drop in sound level would have been quite good.

It will be interesting to see how well the Gainward overclocks. Problem is the gtx470 vanilla is overpriced already.

Perfect_Chaos · 29 Apr 2010 at 14:30

i guess the infinite sign that makes up the 2 o's has something to do with the price or even heat

Vince · 29 Apr 2010 at 16:14

Back in the day Gainward used to make me smile with acronims like "GLH - Goes Like Hell" & "F.T.W Edition", I Had a 6800gt GLH and it rocked like a bad boy, overclocked like one as well

Why get rid of the good stuff and replace it with "Good edition" its almost like trying to sell a card and starting the sentence "its OK, but"....

Correction my gainward card was a "Gainward 6800 GT Golden Sample GLH Edition" - Now thats a name

, none of this good edition shenanigans!

Soundood · 29 Apr 2010 at 16:24

VinceB1 said:
Back in the day Gainward used to make me smile with acronims like "GLH - Goes Like Hell" & "F.T.W Edition", I Had a 6800gt GLH and it rocked like a bad boy, overclocked like one as well

Why get rid of the good stuff and replace it with "Good edition" its almost like trying to sell a card and starting the sentence "its OK, but"....

the 'For The Win' editions always made me laugh, gainward = win, all other makes massive fail...lol,

all those poor failure peeps, forking out pennies for there cards only to be ownt in counter strike :rolleyes:

Vince · 29 Apr 2010 at 16:29

soundood said:
the 'For The Win' editions always made me laugh, gainward = win, all other makes massive fail...lol,

all those poor failure peeps, forking out pennies for there cards only to be ownt in counter strike

yea see, at least they put a smile to your face and made the card a mouthful when explaining that your card is actually a "6800GT GS GLH F.T.W edition" (6800GT Golden Sample, Goes Like Hell, For the Win Edition - Brilliant!!!) - "Get it right yea - This aint no standard off the pile chip, alrite mate"

'Wes · 29 Apr 2010 at 16:32

My 5850 is called; 'Doesn't need to be named it's a good card, because everyone knows it's a good card 5850'.

Vince · 29 Apr 2010 at 16:33

'Wes said:
My 5850 is called; 'Doesn't need to be named it's a good card, because everyone knows it's a good card 5850'.

Ha Ha, Mines the dirty edition

kylew · 29 Apr 2010 at 16:35

soundood said:
The 'For The Win' editions always made me laugh, gainward = win, all other brands massive fail...lol.

All those poor failure peeps, forking out pennies for their cards only to be owned in counter strike.

*facepalm*

'Wes · 29 Apr 2010 at 16:38

soundood said:
the 'For The Win' editions always made me laugh, gainward = win, all other makes massive fail...lol,

all those poor failure peeps, forking out pennies for there cards only to be ownt in counter strike

I forgot camper strike is the deciding factor for a GPU, i'll remember that for future purchases and make sure i don't get owned on camper strike when i test it to it's 'full' capability despite it can play a game like Crysis on high settings, but if i do get owned, i'll be sure to send it back for a refund and let them know that the reason for the return was because i got owned in camper strike so they can test it for further faults.

Vince · 29 Apr 2010 at 16:45

Well they did say its a F.T.W card and if thats the case then it's not doing what it says on the tin

grounds for a refund if you ask me!

Edit : Sorry I think its time I left this thread as I really do have nothing, and I mean nothing - constructive to add.

'Wes · 29 Apr 2010 at 16:48

VinceB1 said:
Well they did say its a F.T.W card and if thats the case then it's not doing what it says on the tin grounds for a refund if you ask me!

I can see someone browsing the internet for hacks, this random F.T.W. card appears and the sucker buys it thinking this will solve their K/D ratio.

Vince · 29 Apr 2010 at 16:52

'Wes said:
I can see someone browsing the internet for hacks, this random F.T.W. card appears and the sucker buys it thinking this will solve their K/D ratio.

I used to play CSS on my F.T.W and I can categorically tell you that the marketing is lies, lies I tell you! I sent 5 cards back and when the 6th came through I was still getting pwnd

- lol

'Wes · 29 Apr 2010 at 16:53

VinceB1 said:
I used to play CSS on my F.T.W and I can categorically tell you that the marketing is lies, lies I tell you! I sent 5 cards back and when the 6th came through I was getting pwnd - lol

It's false marketing, it's actually a typing error, it's mean to spell F.T.L. not F.T.W.