XFX GeForce GTX 480, GTX 470 Pictures Leaked

[shin0bi272]

I have a theory about this card. I theorize that its essentially a 285 with an all new chip, and a larger amount of faster ram which is where its getting all of its speed from. Its the same size as the 285 and uses the same power as the 295. Oh and btw if you arent going to go with SLi a 750w psu will run it. go to http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculator.jsp and put your stats in (dont forget the capacitor aging).

I have a i7 920 and a velociraptor and an 8800gtx and Im only using 485W with 30% capacitor aging allowed for. When I put in the 295 (since the gtx480 is using the same wattage) it bumps up to 587w. So to run SLi you'll need 802W minimum. So an 850 or 900 would run SLi 480s. Its really not that bad guys.

 

[sicpric]

Those boxes are sexy...oh and the cards are nice too!

 

[duk3]

The cards look pretty cool, I doubt they will be cool temps though.
And performance is definitely up in the air.

 

[Marco925]

[citation][nom]shadow187[/nom]I'm tired of Tom's hyping of everyone for nVidia. Did you do this for ATI? No, I didn't think so.[/citation]

Cause everyone nowadays likes to bash AMD.

 

[nforce4max]

Cool I get to buy the Bitchen Fast 3D, the 480 is of no surprise that have such a cooler but didn't expect the heat pipes. I have to admit they got looks right now I want benches and videos.

 

[husker]

Heatpipes are cool if is an optional feature to add extra cooling for quieter performance, or extra overhead for overclocks as with the sapphire "vapor x" cards. But if pipes are a required element for the reference design, then this is not a good thing, not good at all.

 

[hunter315]

Thats one hell of a heatsink on the GTX480, making the supposed 295W TDP seem plausible unfortunately. It definitely makes use of certain cases to house the cards extremely plausible unfortunately.

 

[z0d]

Damn heatpipes sticking out, it may cause rise in temps inside my casing.

 

[shagrathdex666]

woahhh!! that heatsink means serious business! thsss!

 

[shagrathdex666]

but a bit dissapointed i was still making high hopes for the 480 to come with 512 shaders!

 

[psychoticdream]

[citation][nom]hunter315[/nom]Thats one hell of a heatsink on the GTX480, making the supposed 295W TDP seem plausible unfortunately. It definitely makes use of certain cases to house the cards extremely plausible unfortunately.[/citation]
ugh it definitely does look like its true
i'm not surprised if the benchmarks that have come out are any indication its all about the misinformation now to get people to hold off buying a 5870 in favor of a fermi, frankly i'm not buying all the marketing hype i've seen in other sites...

even thought i stuck with nvidia, and having gone thru several cards because of bumpgate, its going to be the first time i switch to an ATI card unless the card really wows me in NON-HEAVEN benchmarks

 

[solstic]

Nice box.

 

[Elementgreen]

I'm tired of all of the teasing, and the ATI fanboys trying to assume how the card will perform when there's NO complete benchmarks out yet. We will only know just how well it will perform against ATI when it's released.

Nvidia, just release the card already! I think I speak for a lot of people when I say that we're just tired of all of these attempts at creating hype when we've been waiting for the card for a LONG time. It wont be long till it's released, so why continue to do so?

 

[apache_lives]

another dust buster FX5800 ultra?

 

[Onus]

[citation][nom]shagrathdex666[/nom]woahhh!! that heatsink means serious business! thsss![/citation]
No, that heatsink means serious waste.

 

[Guest]

If its anywhere as powerful as it looks im buying one... ill work double time and buy two... And yes your right its a waste of money but forgive me, im a power glutton!!

 

[rizky_pratama]

are you sure it is not a box that look like a graphic card?

 

[dragonsqrrl]

[citation][nom]husker[/nom]Heatpipes are cool if is an optional feature to add extra cooling for quieter performance, or extra overhead for overclocks as with the sapphire "vapor x" cards. But if pipes are a required element for the reference design, then this is not a good thing, not good at all.[/citation]
Heat pipes are integrated into many reference heat sink solutions, some implementations are just more obvious then others (like the GTX480). In fact practically all modern high end and mid range graphics cards integrate heat pipes in one form or another into their stock coolers, including the Radeon hd5870 and 5850.

Other cards that use heat pipes in their "reference design" include (but are 'Definitely' not limited to) the Geforce GTX470, GTX285, 275, 260, the GTS250, Geforce 8800 series, as well as the Radeon hd4890, 4870, 2900, and the x1950 xtx... lol, even my old Geforce 7800 GT used heat pipes in its stock cooler.

So I really don't think this fact alone (that the GTX480 has four heat pipes 'in clear view') should be any reason for concern.

 

[Burodsx]

[nom]jtt283[/nom]No, that heatsink means serious waste.[/citation]

Agreed. The card may look appealing, but it's not like I'm going to open my computer on a daily basis just to admire a piece of hardware.

 

[englandr753]

I do have a funny feeling this thing is a cranked up renamed card and will be hot. Hopefully I'm wrong but I get the funny feeling I'm not.

My 8800GTX ACS3 card was awesome and I still use it, but running 3 of these in tri-sli was senseless when the GTX275 became available. I had to place a floor fan on me and the pc to keep from sweating while gaming.

This looks like a familiar scenario. I will wait for the feedback and reviews after the initial release...

 

[chefboyeb]

ATI, my heart is still with you... No amount of nvidia hyping would let me for-go my commitment...

 

[hundredislandsboy]

What's with pictures on cardboard boxes? I thought this was Tom's Hardware but now it's turned into Tom's Cardware! Let's analyze the hardware from pictures on the carboard. Yawn!

 

[jfem]

The reason for the hype is Nvidia's Fermi being late. It made very very high expectations from the consumers since they aren't like this in the past. ATI is in a very good position right now so it will be better for Nvidia to deliver 'cause their reputation is at stake.

 

[cinergy]

Please, stop flooding news with Fermi hype. Not every single reference design, box or bubble wrapper image need to be a news article.

 

[madass]

[citation][nom]shin0bi272[/nom]I have a theory about this card. I theorize that its essentially a 285 with an all new chip, and a larger amount of faster ram which is where its getting all of its speed from. Its the same size as the 285 and uses the same power as the 295. Oh and btw if you arent going to go with SLi a 750w psu will run it. go to http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculator.jsp and put your stats in (dont forget the capacitor aging). I have a i7 920 and a velociraptor and an 8800gtx and Im only using 485W with 30% capacitor aging allowed for. When I put in the 295 (since the gtx480 is using the same wattage) it bumps up to 587w. So to run SLi you'll need 802W minimum. So an 850 or 900 would run SLi 480s. Its really not that bad guys.[/citation]
According to the same PSU calculator, an i7 920 with 2 HDD's and 2x 5970 needs 850 watts.
FAIL.
2x 5970=~3.5x GTX480 (assuming GTX 480 = 20%>5870)
Heres a screenshot:

http://i40.tinypic.com/2mmiqo4.jpg
Again, with 30% capacitator aging.