[DIGIT TEST CENTRE] Sneak Peek - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 & 470

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In keeping with our reputation for acquiring cutting edge stuff, we present our latest bundle of joy from the fellows in green...

The GTX 480 is built around a 40nm process, features 480 SPs and has a whopping 384-bit wide memory bus that supplies the bandwidth required to 1.5 GB of GDDR5 memory.
The GTX 470 is slightly slower with 448 SPs, and a 320-bit wide memory bus. It has 1.2 GB of GDDR5 memory.
These are the first DX11 cards from NVIDIA and they've created quite a stir worldwide (although for mixed reasons

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Watch out for a detailed review in our upcoming May issue of your favourite magazine. These are being benchmarked even as we speak...

For now here are some pics:

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There are 3 x GTX 480s and 1 x GTX 470 in this pic. Don't ask why we got three GTX 480s. Tri-SLI anyone?

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That's the 480, it's a longer card than the GTX 470, also notice the exposed heatpipes - these get pretty warm. The top of the shroud that looks shiny is actually metal, and works like a heatsink - it's needed for cooling this hulk of a GPU.

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The smaller, and cheaper GTX 470. Notice the uber shiny heatsink shroud - you can actually see my fingers and the camera ;-)

Out of curiosity vandal- are you planning a BBQ with 3x 480s??

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The Sorcerer said:
Out of curiosity vandal- are you planning a BBQ with 3x 480s??

Yes, you are invited as long as you agree to clean the dishes...
TX750 as an avatar...1 word - upgrade!

Lucifer said:
Yes, you are invited as long as you agree to clean the dishes.

meh!! Just trash 'em

Lucifer said:
TX750 as an avatar...1 word - upgrade!

Well, I ain't one of those guys who keep on spending and upgrading. If it does the job for me, it will suffice. At the end of the day, a pc is just a tool, nothing more.

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The Sorcerer said:
meh!! Just trash 'em

Well, I ain't one of those guys who keep on spending and upgrading. If it does the job for me, it will suffice. At the end of the day, a pc is just a tool, nothing more.

You think I spend all my cash on comps?? Tip of the iceberg, my good man ;-)

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Finally done testing. She's a scorcher in more ways than one...Will update with a couple of screenshots tomorrow.

Lucifer said:
You think I spend all my cash on comps??

You?? Only on comps Nah I doubt that

. Jokes apart, next time we have a meet, see if you can drop by.

The Sorcerer said:
Out of curiosity vandal- are you planning a BBQ with 3x 480s??

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thats 3 X 480 in SLI. and its for retail, not experimental pcu.

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That's a neat looking chassis. Although the inside looks a bit cramped from this side.

Where'd you get the pic from BTW?

Lucifer said:
That's a neat looking chassis. Although the inside looks a bit cramped from this side.

Where'd you get the pic from BTW?

here.

Sam.Shab said:
thats 3 X 480 in SLI. and its for retail, not experimental pcu.

Seeing the logo on the front, I know its a retail. I seriously doubt a company who are into building custom pc will get engineering samples- maybe if they want to review it themselves. I seriously don't like those silverstone raven type cases and the corsair H50.

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Here's a look at the rig.

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We tested it our i7 965 Extreme (we blew the 975 Extreme with some overclocking so that was out), 6 GB of Kingston DDR3 (2000 MHz @ 8-8-8-24), Western Digital Velociraptor HDD. The board was our Intel DX50SO. The PSU is a CoolerMaster UCP 1100W.