GTX480 / GTX470 Reviews and Discussion

[roofus]

umm....who in their sane mind is going to buy 1500 dollars in video cards and 400 in a power supply to play at 1920x1080?

 

[builderbobftw]

^Yep.

I paid about 3 times as much for my new moniter compared to my vid card.....

Not 10x more for the card.

 

[shadow187]

Thats debatable. They 'couldn't get' 2500X resolution running for their tests. Who would ever buy 3 480's or twin 5970's for anything less ? Then they didn't uses max AA, usually only 4AA. Giving them over 170fps in any situation ?
http://www.hardware.info/nl-NL/prod...FF0000,FF0000,00FF00,00FF00,00FF00/benchmark/
http://www.hardware.info/nl-NL/prod...FF0000,FF0000,00FF00,00FF00,00FF00/benchmark/

Reminds of the GTX295, eh?


Ehhhhhh?

 

[builderbobftw]

^hahaha

 

[OvrClkr]

^Yep.

I paid about 3 times as much for my new moniter compared to my vid card.....

Not 10x more for the card.

So what does this mean?^^

You have a 9800GT pushing a 27" ?

 

[builderbobftw]

I have a 4870 1gb pushing a 25.5" inch.

(Moniter 290$ on Ebay, Card 93$ on BEay)

 

[RealityRush]

http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.aspx?m=316295

142730 GPU score... holy mother........

Those guys have waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much time on their hands.

 

[mindless728]

http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.aspx?m=316295

142730 GPU score... holy mother........

Those guys have waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much time on their hands.

thats a lot of money on gpu's, though holy hell thats one hell of a score

 

[TheGreatGrapeApe]

Thats debatable. They 'couldn't get' 2500X resolution running for their tests. Who would ever buy 3 480's or twin 5970's for anything less ? Then they didn't uses max AA, usually only 4AA. Giving them over 170fps in any situation ?
http://www.hardware.info/nl-NL/prod...FF0000,FF0000,00FF00,00FF00,00FF00/benchmark/

Why would you point to that Metro test when you know that nVidia has an issue with AAA in Metro?
Why even run AAA when 4XAA was shown to offer superior IQ?

The biggest problem for those tests at high res w/ 8XAA is the lack of 2GB models to compare to as well. It seems more like a memory limitation on the HD5K series they chose rather than a scaling issue.

 

[notty22]

It was to show the scaling of 2 way sli vs 3 way sli. IMO that test is valid , because in normal quality there is no 'bug,issue' and produces similar scaling. Is that good or bad scaling ?
45 fps for 1 gtx 480
86 fps for 2 gtx 480
112fps for 3 gtx 480

We proceeded to attempt to verify the problem on our equipment, and we were successful. It certainly appears that there is a problem on the GTX 480/470 that causes diminished visual quality in Metro 2033 in certain rendering modes. Consider the following screenshot:
Looking a little further, we configured both video cards down to the "High" Quality setting, which produced the screenshot comparison below.
The difference vanishes. So this issue is specific to the "Very High" Quality setting, which lead us initially to believe that AAA or some other shader or effect used with the "Very High" setting. http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/04/06/metro_2033_image_quality_followup

scaling , where there might be IQ 'issues'

 

[TheGreatGrapeApe]

It was to show the scaling of 2 way sli vs 3 way sli. IMO that test is valid , because in normal quality there is no 'bug,issue' and produces similar scaling. Is that good or bad scaling ?

How can scaling be the same when one isn't doing the AAA? And it's interesting how those results don't match other sites, convenient there's not really a standard for it.

Plus, It still doesn't address the lack of the 2GB models.

But sure if you need to rely on a flawed implementation from some random B-grade site, don't let something like a known flaw stop you, it didn't stop them in their obvious high quality testing methods.

 

[astropaulo]

Which of the manufacturers makes the best 480, or are they all pretty much the same? Seems like 5 or 6 companies have their names on them now.

 

[IzzyCraft]

bfg, evga
asus
pny, gigabyte, msi, zotac, galaxy, palit

i think i got all of them but really imo it's bfg or evga all the way lol it's why you buy nvidia card for parnter deals on ***.

it's all currently should be the same chip on the same board with the same cooler only diff is what the factory clock is set at and what is the warranty in your area among with service.

 

[builderbobftw]

From my point OF Veiw:

1. Asus. Evga. BFg.

2. Gigabyte.

3. Pny, Zota, Point FO View, INNO 3D.

4. Nothing here realy.

5. Same here.

6. Palit, and all thier brands such as Galaxy. (Palit had recived such a bad reputatuion, they created Galaxy and hoped that no one would figure out that they are owned and opertaed by Palit)

 

[RealityRush]

They all make the exact same card as of right now... the only difference between brands right now is the warranty and RMAing policies from each company, which is up to you to decide what is best for you.

I've been a big fan of BFG and ASUS myself.

 

[shadow187]

Uggh, I shudder to think of non-reference prices...they're already going to go up to $400/$600 as it is...

 

[RealityRush]

Uggh, I shudder to think of non-reference prices...they're already going to go up to $400/$600 as it is...

?? Vanilla 480 is still like $520 and the 470 is $370.....

That's a pretty small increase actually in the grand scheme of things...

ATI's cards went up a lot higher at launch... although, I expect nvidias to keep going a bit higher as well >.<

 

[builderbobftw]

^ Oh rlly?

Can you send me a link of that in stock?

 

[RealityRush]

^ Oh rlly?

Can you send me a link of that in stock?

http://www.evga.com/products/prodlist.asp?family=GeForce+400+Series+Family

GTX 470 Vanilla $349.99 and still in stock, the 480's WERE in stocker earlier today but sold out fast.....

 

[shadow187]

Give it 2-4 weeks.

 

[RealityRush]

Give it 2-4 weeks.

In 4 weeks their mainstream cards are supposed to being coming out and demand for the 470s/480s should drop off a bit due to that and people already owning cards..... I imagine the prices will go back down if anything...

 

[OvrClkr]

MSI 470 in stock :

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127501&cm_re=GTX_470-_-14-127-501-_-Product

 

[shadow187]

How long did it take f or demand for 58XX to drop?
5970?

I don't think the hype will end soon.

 

[builderbobftw]

Guys, What's up with the aminstream cards?

Could the GTX 460 be a 40nm GTX 285 with A Overclock and a 40nm Die shrink?

 

[shadow187]

If it's a crippled GTX470 it'll be between the 5850 and 5830.
If it's a new arch it'll be a 5830.

Why not leave it as a crippled 470? Power consumption will be high still, as well as heat for its class.