WC Annihilus
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"With the initial Fermi release looming, final spec and price numbers have come to light."
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GTX 480 & 470 Specs And Pricing Revealed
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thestepster
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225w and 250w oh dear thats massive and dual fermi on one card thats gonna be one hell of a hungry card 
Rastalovich
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Enthusiasts really don't give a flying eff when it comes to power consumption, otherwize we'd pretty much all be using stock clocked cpus. The tdp is pretty much a smoke screen for something to complain about really.
Whilst there's massive speculation that the 512 core cut to 480, (tsmc pretty much know how to make wafers) and the memory band stuck at 384 - I'd sensibly suggest that the goal was to beat the rivals by 5-10% and reserve what ur card is capable of.
I forsee a GTX485 with nice shiney bells and tape glued to it once a 5870 revision hits the market. A 490, which is most likely to be 2x470 gpus welded to a 485 pcb can easily rock <300w or even boast <375w - and if u can play Crysis at 2 million fps - u really won't give a flying fig either way.
AND still try and OC it.
Whilst there's massive speculation that the 512 core cut to 480, (tsmc pretty much know how to make wafers) and the memory band stuck at 384 - I'd sensibly suggest that the goal was to beat the rivals by 5-10% and reserve what ur card is capable of.
I forsee a GTX485 with nice shiney bells and tape glued to it once a 5870 revision hits the market. A 490, which is most likely to be 2x470 gpus welded to a 485 pcb can easily rock <300w or even boast <375w - and if u can play Crysis at 2 million fps - u really won't give a flying fig either way.
AND still try and OC it.
Knowing nVidia's past pricing, They will price the product in relation to performance and then add on a premium for it having the nVidia brand, plus the fact that it does cuda, physx and folds better than Ati.
If the GTX480 is 30% faster than the HD5870 then it will be 40% more expensive. Therefore 440 notes. . But this pricing model has always been the case when nVidia were first to market, this time they need to price more aggressively to obtain market share. So if we are lucky nVidia may price the new cards competitively.
If the GTX480 is 30% faster than the HD5870 then it will be 40% more expensive. Therefore 440 notes.
. But this pricing model has always been the case when nVidia were first to market, this time they need to price more aggressively to obtain market share. So if we are lucky nVidia may price the new cards competitively.
thestepster
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the gpu3 client should be out soon and this might sort out ATI's poor folding well here's hoping it does! cause id rather spend the extra on a 5970 than a 480 if the folding for ati's are much better and gamin performance will obviously be better
Rastalovich
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name='cl0ck_ed' said:If the GTX480 is 30% faster than the HD5870 then it will be 40% more expensive. Therefore 440 notes.
Plus the scandalous etailers that'll add £100 onto the price, just for the sake of it.
Although I hear there maybe some finger wagging done.
Its an interesting one as the 480 is a fair chunk more expensive than the 5870, but less than the 5970.
Its a difficult one really, none the less looking forward to seeing the public response, and more so the excuse to play some more games on a different DX11 card
Its a difficult one really, none the less looking forward to seeing the public response, and more so the excuse to play some more games on a different DX11 card
Rastalovich
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Tom, u want to grease those ASUS people for their cards that carry the overvolt as standard.
Not received one yet ?
Not received one yet ?
Nvid have had a shipping 'error' and the vendors dont have many yet. - not pleased.
I Hunta x
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If its about the same fps per £ spent as the 5850/5870 people will still be buying it regardless of price just for the extra performance without having to go crossfire/sli.
Noise is more of a deciding factor for myself and if it sounds like a huricane then ill just get a 5870 even if the 470 ir 480 get a price cut and work out at better performance to price ratio when i buy (unless i decide to make the jump and watercool my next build then its all performance:cost ratio).
From looking around the fan on the 480 is made by Delta (we all know how loud there fans can be), and uses 1.8A and 12v so 22Watts?? personaly im just thinking bring on the 5890.
Noise is more of a deciding factor for myself and if it sounds like a huricane then ill just get a 5870 even if the 470 ir 480 get a price cut and work out at better performance to price ratio when i buy (unless i decide to make the jump and watercool my next build then its all performance:cost ratio).
From looking around the fan on the 480 is made by Delta (we all know how loud there fans can be), and uses 1.8A and 12v so 22Watts?? personaly im just thinking bring on the 5890.
