GTX480 / GTX470 Reviews and Discussion

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I assumed as much, but he seems to indicate in his posts a lack of modding on the card and that it was a retail version (which is apparently better than the press versions????).

I wonder if he had to ln2 the whole card 😵
 
It can't be a retail version numbnuts, it's not the 12'th yet. Any GTX4X0 card that is in someone's hands today is of good quality.

Also, anything OC's well under Ln2 or any expensive substance. Look at the phenom II x3 720 which got to 7200mhz (7.2ghz).
 


Lol have you ever seen an OCd 5970 result? btw if your comparing with LN2 a 5870 on LN2 gets 27k 😉 The 5870 reaches 1485Mhz on the core and 1435Mhz ram lol look for hipro5

But these are hardware modded and your card will more likely die soon at such high voltage lmao Any one has some power consumption of the Fermi @ 1.1Ghz lol?

Any1 believing this wasn't done on LN2 should have some reading

Lets wait for people to get real 480 and show us if they can reach the claimed 1.1Ghz on air :lol: ,* if the card/psu dont fry* Im not responsible for such disaster, a 5850 can do 1.1Ghz on air lmao
 


Yes, depends on the voltage value and chip, a 5850@1Ghz will use 100w more than a 5850@975 which is clearly not worth it lmao,tested with a Kill-A-Watt.
 
I found this on youtube , though the ram is at 1300 instead of 1435 with hipro5,

http://www.youtube.com/user/nickshih312#p/u/5/89Yl2qSkHyU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouV39ndb7ao

Insane LOL 1485Mhz Core 😱

This is 5850 @ 1Ghz air 1.26v

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk6rdKrXcCc

@shadow hers one:

http://www.overclock.net/ati/622089-sapphire-radeon-hd-5850-review-56k.html

Nice OC scaling, Crysis gets a 10Fps boost 1Ghz Vs Stock, 34->44 fps !

Jesus, Stalker gets a 32% Boost! 😱

Lets wait and see Max oc on Air 480 Vs 5850/70 if needed :lol:
 


Just FYI, not all retailers recieve the product on the day of the launch, some do and some don't depending on what item we are talking about.

Im going to give ya an example, my neighbor owns 2 APPLE stores, he already had 250+ ipads stocked 7 days prior to launch. The ipad launched on the 3rd and me and my sister were already tinkering with one on March 28th. So to sum it up you cannot assume that since it is not the 12th, Kingpin must have been using a "sponsored" card.



 


Calm down there Chief 😛

It could be a retail version actually. Shamino has worked with EVGA for a long time, so they may have just given him a retail card recently. That's what it seems to indicate.

I realize it was probably ln2, I was making a joke about how hot the 400's are, hence the 1Kelvin cooling comment. Man, sarcasm doesn't translate well over the internet.

But yeah, people were saying a couple days ago that a 400 might not even break 100+ extra MHz even on ln2, so there ya go 😛

I AM still a little impressed though that an OC'd 480 beats a 5970, not by a hair, by 3000 points.

And yeah TGGA, I realize most people don't just have ln2 lying around, I was kidding 😛

I am probably buying a couple 470s though to benchie them in SLI, 'cause not one reviewer did so. I am half tempted to buy some waterblocks for them to see how far you could OC them by "normal" OCing methods that people use/run every day rather than just for 5 minutes 😛 But that would also cost waaaaay more than my paycheck allows so that may have to wait for the future, or someone else on here to test.
 
You wont nearly get those clocks on water 😉

The 5970 is Underclocked LOL You cant compare it like this, at least let the 5970 runs at its default clocks of 850/1200 :wahoo:
 


hehe, my point is that the 480 is not a poor overclocker just like many have pointed out.

as far as the LAN sessions go, well that depends if there was any AC running ATM 😀
 



Its a bad overclocker on Air wanna bet lol? 😉

My 5850 Max OC Vs your Max OC 480 on Air % . 😀
 


If he was the owner of such stores I would not be worried about getting my hands on a 470..

That is why I predict that e-bay will have many overpriced options to choose from 🙁
 
Its really not important, but the nda is lifted. Retail cards are in the channel. They are just trying to do a world premier launch on the 12th. But retail cards are out there. Newegg is showing tomorrow for gigabyte models, gtx 470,480.

Does Gpu-z show some models as ES ,engineering samples, like cpu-z does for such models ? Anyone ever seen that ?
 
Its a bad overclocker on Air wanna bet lol? 😉

My 5850 Max OC Vs your Max OC 480 on Air % . 😀
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You are stating the obvious because the card runs hot, nobody said anything about AIR, we are talking about a GTX 480 under LN2 spanking a stock 5970 😉

The 480 will obliterate your 5850 so IDK why you even used that as an example.
 
Lol a 5970 is Undeclocked if you didnt know that, a 5970@1Ghz would get 30K+,When I had my 5970@1Ghz It would score 29K with launch drivers, now its probably 5%+ More. And a 480 will cost you 240$ more than a 5850 😉 You could nearly get 2x5850 for the price of 1 480 soon.

I can also say like your argument, a 5850 OCd would be faster than a stock 480 LOL for 240$ Cheaper while being more efficient and cooler.

But really, I expect the 470 to get decent OC % on Water considering its low 600Mhz clock, at 900Mhz on water it should be a great deal for 349$ if it reaches those speeds.
 
You wont nearly get those clocks on water 😉

The 5970 is Underclocked LOL You cant compare it like this, at least let the 5970 runs at its default clocks of 850/1200 :wahoo:
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Uhhh, I know I wont get those close on water....

And I sure can compare a single-GPU beating a dual-GPU when OC'd. Why not, that is awesome. And who's fault is it that the 5970 is underclocked? Not mine 😛. OC a 5970 on ln2, it will probably beat the 480, but 3000 points in vantage is a lot to make up 😛
 
btw a 5850@900Mhz will match a 5870, so a 1Ghz 5850 will prolly compete with a default 480. And the thing is that it will still use less watts and be cooler.

The 480 need a price drop! 449$?

I really like to see some benchs of a 470@900Mhz, if it can do it on water, it could be a good deal actually.
 
Lol a 5970 is Undeclocked if you didnt know that, a 5970@1Ghz would get 30K+,When I had my 5970 It would score 29K with launch drivers, now its probably 5%+ More. And a 480 will cost you 240$ more than a 5850 😉 You could nearly get 2x5850 for the price of 1 480 soon.

I can also say like your argument, a 5850 OCd would be faster than a stock 480 LOL for 240$ Cheaper.

But really, I expect the 470 to get decent OC % on Water considering its low 600Mhz clock.
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You are not getting the point, we are comparing a single OC'ed GPU to a dual GPU. Regardless of the clock the dual GPU gets spanked.

Do we have any Vantage runs for the 5870 under Ln2?



 
A 5870 LN2 will get near 27k The youtube video shows 26070 with the ram@1300, hipro5 had the ram @ 1420. The 480 on LN2 still beats it ~ 800 pts though but its also more efficient and cheaper. I am not debating Single GPU Vs Single GPU, I know the 480 is the fastest Single GPU, but is it worth it? No. Compare them on Air and you will be more disappointed of the 480s value.

http://www.youtube.com/user/nickshih312#p/u/5/89Yl2qSkHyU
 
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