Asus to Support GeForce GTX 480 Voltage Tweaks?

[caspian21]

Includes special asbestos lined gloves!

 

[dark_lord69]

50% That's total BS

 

[HavoCnMe]

It was a miss print, it's suppose to be 5% increase.

 

[blasterth]

I don't like this boxes, the previous ones were way better.

 

[Pei-chen]

I love all these box arts. I think Tom's editors already know GTX400 is going to be brutally fast and that's why they are releasing all these teaser news to get us to read the full report on Friday.

BTW, I love how most Nvidia supporter are more mature, wealthier, and less vocal about their support of Nvidia. So many “buy ATI/AMD now” comments are so illogical I can only image the poster being in high school and think spending money on luxury is “investing”.

 

[rhino13]

Read the article posted by axi.
I'm quite nervous about Fermi. By all apearences this is a compute chip that is being marketed as a graphics chip.
Note that in said article Fermi is compared to the G80 NOT the AMD 5xxx.

BTW, I love how most nVidia supporters comments are so illogical I can only imagine the poster being a senior citizen thinking that spending $100 for less than 5% performance gains makes sense.

 

[brisingamen]

these things are going to be thirsty when overclocked,

its hardware like this that will cause a company to release the first 2000 watt psu. . . .

 

[knowom]

First they complain because it's late and then when it's about to be released it's too hyped. What about DX11 like that hasn't been over hyped when the only really good game with DX11 support to be released yet is BC2 which just recently came out. All the other DX11 games released were nothing memorable by any means.

 

[knowom]

The 50% probably means you can raise the voltage up to 50% over the stock voltage of the card which could be decent for overclocking most GPU's don't provide much default wiggle room even with bios mods for voltage changes.

 

[triculious]

Unfortunately, we're not allowed to show you much else until the curtain officially lifts this Friday evening

Hmmm... so there are good chances we'll get benchmarks the very same Friday?

BTW, I want my Best Box for the Money article, please

 

[christop]

I am ready for some benchmarks.. I still think for the price ati will be king..

 

[nirdinur]

so the rumors are true! CUDA engine will be replaced with GUDA engine. Just plug in a Fermi, wait a few seconds to let it warn and throw a slice of bread and a chunck of yellow cheese (any brand you want, not just Guda), wait a minute or two and you have a nice Cheese Melt Sandwich. Can ATI top that??? and they are also talking about releasing a driver that will support frying bacon and eggs....

 

[a-nano-moose]

I think what they meant to say was you can raise the voltage and watch you electric meter spin 50% faster

 

[SchizoFrog]

For all those people saying that the actual release of Fermi cards are going to be such a let down after all this hype, I have but one thing to say...

More fool you for believing and buying in to hype in the first place.

 

[rhino13]

"More fool"???

I have one thing to say. That post was such a letdown.

 

[CptTripps]

[citation][nom]blashyrkh[/nom]Voltage tweak on a 300W TDP card??Yea, 50% more performance while ...YOU WATCH THE CARD BURST INTO FLAMES!![/citation]

I have no idea if it's true or not, but this article states 250W for the 480 and 225W for the 470, big difference from 300W but still quite high.

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=17929

 

[rockinthepe]

[citation][nom]CptTripps[/nom]I have no idea if it's true or not, but this article states 250W for the 480 and 225W for the 470, big difference from 300W but still quite high.http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=17929[/citation]

tom's quoted 295 W
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/geforce-fermi-gf100-gtx-480-gtx-470,9926.html?xtmc=gtx_480&xtcr=16

bought ATI couldn't give less of a damn about what nvidia is putting out now, i'm quite pleased with my system as is.

 

[dranicus]

This could be dangerous to users who do not know how to use this feature, I see some rookie ramping up the voltage like he did for his gtx 260 thinking its gonna be the same and not knowing this card is already on high voltage. In the end fermi will be faster than ati when it lauches through his case and out his wall like a old home-made rocket kit.

 

[restatement3dofted]

[citation][nom]Marcus Yam[/nom]Unfortunately, we're not allowed to show you much else until the curtain officially lifts this Friday evening,[/citation]

Is it hoping too much that you guys have already done all your benchmarking, written up articles, and have them ready to post at the click of a button after the curtain rises? 😀

 

[rhino13]

The site CptTripps cites is refferencing the handicapt Fermi chip. That is the one with only 480 shaders. It only pulls 250W.

However, the chip that was 5% faster than the 5870 was the Fermi with 512 shaders.

I'm thinking ouch. Stinks to be 6 months late to the party and only then arrive with an inferior product.

 

[CptTripps]

[citation][nom]rockinthepe[/nom]tom's quoted 295 Whttp://www.tomshardware.com/news/g [...] 80&xtcr=16bought ATI couldn't give less of a damn about what nvidia is putting out now, i'm quite pleased with my system as is.[/citation]

I also bought ATI and am very happy so far.

If the 225W is correct for the 470 I think 250W is far more realistic for the 480, there would be no need for a 70W increase between those two cards.

 

[brisingamen]

vapor x 5850 2b xfire is my next purchase regardless of what PR powder puffed fluff nvidia spins off.

 

[Guest]

PhysX is died a long time ago, so who cares. "50% faster" probably means the core or memory clock, which would be amazing if true, but not the 50% performance increase their marketing department would like you to read into. This chip better be special, otherwise nvidia is gonna crap the money bed.

 

[Guest]

GTX is too slow we must go to ludicrous speed. But this card has never gone that fast. Sir hadn't you better buckle up? Ah, buckle this! LUDICROUS SPEED! *GO! ... Damn it blew a fuse.

 

[Guest]

maybe the 50% faster is in regards to overclocking? an unlocked voltage will generally give about that much extra oc performance. If asus can make the card go 50% faster, then they should have told nvidia when they designed the card 😛