Nvidia Announces 480M Fermi GPU for Notebooks

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Heat and power is certainly an issue with this card. I'll admit on a desktop computer, case cooling, water cooling etc can negate the negatives side effects of Fermi, but you can't really do that with a laptop. I have a feeling any laptop attempting to use this card will either have a very short battery life or a VERY large battery. The 480 incarnations have too many side-effects to justify buying one, IMO, and on a laptop those side-effects will become measurably more pronounced. Patiently waiting for a GTX 485...
 
I have a GTX260M in my laptop. I have a 12 cell battery. I get 3 hrs max out of it unplugged, without gaming. If this has a higher TDP, battery life will be beyond terrible.
 
I wonder how they can get performance higher than the GTX 465 inside a 100 watt TDP? Also, I'd kinda hoped they would use a GF104 chip for this card...
 
[citation][nom]warmon6[/nom]Be sure to bring a lot of 12 cell batteries! They wont last long.[/citation]

12 cell batteries isn't enough, we will need a car-like battery!
 
[citation][nom]njkid3[/nom]chestnuts roasting over an open fermi.[/citation]

You guys are too funny, I was cracking up so hard when i read this! lol
 
[citation][nom]henrystrawn[/nom]I have hit 92c playing that game that starts with a "C". [/citation]

Command and Conquer?
Call of Duty?
Counter Strike?
City of Heroes?
Company of Heroes?
Civilization IV?

: )
 
Hmmm.....it says 256 bit but fails to specify whether that is GDDR3 or GDDR5

if it is indeed GDDR5 this will EASILY be the best GPU for a laptop...the 5870m is 128-bit GDDR5

And for the MANY confused readers here....you don't buy a laptop with a 100W GPU to brag about the long battery life....it is to have a portable desktop essentially - and anyone buying one will already know this
 
I can see this having the same longevity as the nVidia chip in the 3 motherboards that were in my HP dv6000z laptop, that HP, in their infinite wisdom decided to replace only two of. Last HP laptop I'll ever buy.
 
[citation][nom]Hargak[/nom]100 freaking watts lol. ever tried to run a 100 watt light bulb on batteries?[/citation]
who needs batteries when you can just screw it into Fester's mouth :)
 
I wonder where it will perform. It like all other recent nVidia GPUs don't match ATI in computational power, but the graphics game isn't just about teraflop processing. Early assessments are pegging it at GTS250 desktop levels. The HD5870m performs at HD5770 desktop levels.
 
Will this GPU melt my notebook?

[citation][nom]Trueno07[/nom]If a laptop has to always be plugged in to run, is it really a laptop?[/citation]

of course it is. It still serves its purpose to be portable
 
This will probably see use in 17"+ laptops that have a ton of air flow + battery. It could also make itself known in large AIO machines like the 27" iMac, where you have more space than a laptop for cooling and no battery to worry about.
 
[citation][nom]Mr K[/nom]This will probably see use in 17"+ laptops that have a ton of air flow + battery. It could also make itself known in large AIO machines like the 27" iMac, where you have more space than a laptop for cooling and no battery to worry about.[/citation]


LAWL iMac
 
352 shaders @ 850mhz?!?!? I have two things to say:

1) How is Nvidia clocking this thing so high when EVERY GPU they have ever made was under 750mhz and the GTX480 only runs @ 700mhz on the desktop?
2) How is Nvidia going to power/cool this thing? It has more shading power than the GTX470!! (Unless the architecture is different) 352*850mhz is GREATER than 448*607mhz.... ya good luck Nvidia)
 
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