***Nvidia GTX480 & 470 reviews & discussion***

[RavenXXX2]

Overall, GF100 hasn’t exactly delivered. I think we were all hoping it would provide a substantial gameplay improvement over the Radeon HD 5870 and Radeon HD 5850. Competition is good, and we would like to see it. Unfortunately, our experiences weren’t as positive as we had wanted. When you break it all down to cost, power and performance, the GTX 480 and GTX 470 don’t measure up. The only saving grace is the awesomeness of GTX 480 SLI, but it comes at some high costs.

That all said, the GF100 is not a 5800 or 2900 redo, but it sure makes you think about it.

[H]

 

[drak3]

LOL, I'd feel almost embarrassed to come on here and say I just bought a GTX 480!

They (nVidia) did not feel embarrassed releasing it in the first place ... why should you?

They failed, this was supposed to be "the next" gen ...

 

[gurusan]

OMG I'm not sure I'll go to TPU for reviews anymore:

Drivers: NVIDIA: 195.62
ATI: Catalyst 9.12
GTX 480: 197.17

 

[Mr Krugga]

LOL, I'd feel almost embarrassed to come on here and say I just bought a GTX 480!

And I feel sorry for you too

 

[N19h7m4r3]

Seems I'll be waiting another one or two generations before my X2 is too old to play.

 

[Lightnix]

Oh dear lord the [H] review... the GTX 480 sounds like it's about to take off.

 

[ejr22]

RavenXXX2 getting too excited? Time for his bedtime methinks.

 

[Gerard]

So how many are gonna spend more money for 5870 performance? As well as taking into account a louder fan, higher temps, more electric used.

Hands please.

 

[Frame352]

Regarding Power Consumption

From the Legion Hardware review;

Even when compared to a pair of Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire graphics cards the GeForce GTX 480 did not look great, using just 13% less power than two of AMD’s flagship single GPU graphics cards. However when simply idling, the GeForce GTX 480 still consumed 25% more power than a pair of Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire graphics cards, which is a real concern.

 

[vian_siu]

its very disappointing for nvidia and us consumers...

 

[Greebo]

Seriously, who even people who want a Nvidia card is going to buy the 470 at £316 when a 5850 is quicker and £120 cheaper? Plus for £40 you can at least have a decentish performing 480?

 

[RavenXXX2]

LoL were the 5000 cards available on launch day?

 

[ejr22]

So how many are gonna spend more money for 5870 performance? As well as taking into account a louder fan, higher temps, more electric used.

Hands please.

Those who want to use 3D Vision?

 

[JediFragger]

TechPowerUp

Drivers: NVIDIA: 195.62
ATI: Catalyst 9.12
GTX 480: 197.17

Holy ****!! Neither will I

Hopefully it's a typo, can't see any credible site doing that tbh!

 

[demonfatality]

lol @my xfire 4890s think ill keep them for a while and be gratfull

 

[Gerard]

Those who want to use 3D Vision?

Which is also coming for ati cards?

 

[elpedro]

Massive disappointment from a neutral perspective. I'm all for seeing graphic technology advance and push the boundaries. Having bought a 5870 on release and overclocked it to 1000MHz, 6 months on and we're no further forward.

Shame

 

[Sycho]

You can get crossfire 5850s instead of a 480, crazy.

The video of the noise/temps really put me off a lot.

 

[straxusii]

RavenXXX2 getting too excited? Time for his bedtime methinks.

He needs a change of underwear, of that we are certain.

 

[ejr22]

Which is also coming for ati cards?