News Rare GeForce GTX 480 With 512 CUDA Cores Emerges 10 Years Later, Pulls 644W

[Admin]

This is what a fully unlocked GeForce GTX 480 would have looked like.

Rare GeForce GTX 480 With 512 CUDA Cores Emerges 10 Years Later, Pulls 644W : Read more

 

[TechLurker]

Looks like something that would definitely have required an AIO-only version, or a Koolance Exos just to keep it from thermal throttling, on top of a then-pricy 800w PSU.

It would have made for a great space heater in northern climates though.

 

[hftvhftv]

Is this just a GTX 580?

 

[refillable]

Is this just a GTX 580?

A GTX 580 that is clocked lower and consumes twice the power.

 

[drivinfast247]

A GTX 580 that is clocked lower and consumes twice the power.

So a RX570?

Lol

 

[fredfinks]

So a RX570?

Lol

and 8 years earlier.

 

[King_V]

It was shocking...

Then I realized those numbers were total system power, not just GPU power.

So, under Furmark, the normal GTX 480 pulls 304 watts more than it does at idle. An educated guess as mentioned puts the GTX 480 at around 60W idle? If that's true, then the NORMAL card was pulling 360 or so watts under load.

An extra 194W for the 512 CUDA core version means . . 554 watts under load. Ouch!

@drivinfast247 - so, if the legacy performance hierarchy is accurate, even if it did perform on the level of a GTX 580, we're still talking below RX 570 performance. More like 1050/1050Ti, or RX 560-4G, R9 280/285 level.

 

[drivinfast247]

It was shocking...

Then I realized those numbers were total system power, not just GPU power.

So, under Furmark, the normal GTX 480 pulls 304 watts more than it does at idle. An educated guess as mentioned puts the GTX 480 at around 60W idle? If that's true, then the NORMAL card was pulling 360 or so watts under load.

An extra 194W for the 512 CUDA core version means . . 554 watts under load. Ouch!

@drivinfast247 - so, if the legacy performance hierarchy is accurate, even if it did perform on the level of a GTX 580, we're still talking below RX 570 performance. More like 1050/1050Ti, or RX 560-4G, R9 280/285 level.

It was more a jab at the total power usage and not performance per watt.

 

[King_V]

Oh, totally agree - it's just even worse than your comparison implied any which way it's sliced.

The GTX 480 512CUDA edition - endorsed by VaultTec!

 

[hftvhftv]

A GTX 580 that is clocked lower and consumes twice the power.

Sounds like I need four of these and an overclocked FX 9590.

 

[refillable]

Sounds like I need four of these and an overclocked FX 9590.

That'd definitely outperform my space heater in terms of generating heat 🤣 .

 

[hftvhftv]

That'd definitely outperform my space heater in terms of generating heat 🤣 .

Would flip a breaker for sure.

 

[King_V]

Sounds like I need four of these and an overclocked FX 9590.

Now now . . don't go being all AMD-fanboy on us. Intel hasn't been standing still, you know! Their high end 10-series chips have been EXTREMELY competitive, even surpassing the FX 9590, in terms of heat production.