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Nvidia Announce Fermi Cards as GTX 480 and GTX 470

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    #62
    StopNotWorking
    Registered Users Posts: 645 ✭✭✭StopNotWorking


    Not liking the look of these cards at all.. TDP and Load temps are just scary at times. They have a good performance lead but the 2GB 5870 is only around the corner and that could put the 5870 right back in the game. Considering the 480 has nearly the same power draw as a 5970.. Bloody hell nvidia :mad:


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    #63
    lmimmfn
    Registered Users Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭lmimmfn


    yeah and 94C WTF!!!!!!!!!!


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    #64
    Overheal
    Registered Users Posts: 82,405 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    lmimmfn wrote: »
    yeah and 94C WTF!!!!!!!!!!
    :eek:

    Theyre that desperate to beat ATI on paper?


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    #65
    StopNotWorking
    Registered Users Posts: 645 ✭✭✭StopNotWorking


    lmimmfn wrote: »
    yeah and 94C WTF!!!!!!!!!!
    Andandtech reported 96C in SLi :o

    I've also seen screenshots of a 480 hitting 102C overclocked:eek:


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    #66
    lmimmfn
    Registered Users Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭lmimmfn


    lol - http://i39.tinypic.com/2zrzvr6.jpg


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    #67
    marco_polo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 10,079 Mod ✭✭✭✭marco_polo


    74 Decibels under load for the 470 FFS. :rolleyes:

    http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/3203/nvidia_geforce_gtx_470_video_card_tested/index17.html


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    #68
    StopNotWorking
    Registered Users Posts: 645 ✭✭✭StopNotWorking


    Komplett.ie are on the ball. Cards are already listed and priced. 480s a bit much..

    EDIT: Ok I forgot how much the 5850 is, both of them are way over the mark


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    #69
    Solitaire
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 18,377 Mod ✭✭✭✭Solitaire


    Oh dear guru3d, you do know that virtually feck-all cases have closed sides nowadays? Only a few Lian-Li and the Antec P19* range have closed anti-noise panels... everything else and its dog has ventilation there nowadays, so if the GTX4*0 isn't to cook in there you're gonna get slapped in the face with a veritable wall of fan noise :eek:


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    #70
    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,133 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    StopNotWorking wrote: »
    Komplett.ie are on the ball. Cards are already listed and priced. 480s a bit much..

    EDIT: Ok I forgot how much the 5850 is, both of them are way over the mark

    *pukes*

    wont be getting one any time soon so, if ever :pac:


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    #71
    Solitaire
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 18,377 Mod ✭✭✭✭Solitaire


    cherryghost wrote: »
    *pukes*

    Too much to drink already??! :o


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    #72
    marco_polo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 10,079 Mod ✭✭✭✭marco_polo


    Solitaire wrote: »
    Oh dear guru3d, you do know that virtually feck-all cases have closed sides nowadays? Only a few Lian-Li and the Antec P19* range have closed anti-noise panels... everything else and its dog has ventilation there nowadays, so if the GTX4*0 isn't to cook in there you're gonna get slapped in the face with a veritable wall of fan noise :eek:

    Well if you put it in another room, get a wireless keyboard and mouse, a really really really really long DVI cable and an expensive pair of noise insulating headphones .........................................


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    #73
    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,133 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    feck that, i wouldnt mind having a jet engine beside me


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    #74
    lmimmfn
    Registered Users Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭lmimmfn


    Solitaire wrote: »
    Oh dear guru3d, you do know that virtually feck-all cases have closed sides nowadays? Only a few Lian-Li and the Antec P19* range have closed anti-noise panels... everything else and its dog has ventilation there nowadays, so if the GTX4*0 isn't to cook in there you're gonna get slapped in the face with a veritable wall of fan noise :eek:
    he followed up on the noise thing - http://www.guru3d.com/news/geforce-gtx-480-noise-levels-debunked/ and in that one the side is off.

    doesnt seem so bad, i do find loud fans annoying, my PC is in the living room and on full blast on the 5850 when i overclock it i need to turn the tv up a few notches lol


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    #75
    Solitaire
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 18,377 Mod ✭✭✭✭Solitaire


    Look closer. The GTX480 isn't in the open case on the ground. Its in the huge big case sitting on top (with the mobo with the LED readout) with what looks like a big-ass pane of glass (or very thick acrylic, with no vents!) between the rig and the sensor! :eek:

    Check 0:05 in the second vid; a shifting reflection off the huge case window is very clearly visible. They said this in the article: they used a closed rig for the retest, Only a few cases out there are designed to block all direct and most reflected noise from you. But most gaming cases prefer to ensure the GPU(s) don't cook off instead.


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    #76
    Venom
    Registered Users Posts: 6,984 ✭✭✭Venom


    [H]ardOCP have vids showing noise levels and temps of various top tier cards.

    http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/03/26/nvidia_fermi_gtx_470_480_sli_review/7


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    #77
    Komplett-Tech: Ryan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,002 ✭✭✭Komplett-Tech: Ryan


    Loads of reviews on the below link:

    http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=248265


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    #78
    youcancallmeal
    Registered Users Posts: 8,018 ✭✭✭youcancallmeal


    The GTX480 is floptastic!

    Compared to the 5870
    - Slight improvement in some games/apps
    - Higher price
    - Higher heat
    - Higher noise
    - Higher power draw

    It took me a while to admit all this. I stumbled in a daze from one review to the next thinking to myself "Nah they have it all wrong the next review will be better". In the end seeing these guys trying to cook an egg on it made me realise how f**ked Nvidia are.

    Well we can forget about any juicy price war, it'll be a good while before I upgrade from my GTX280.


    EDIT: On a side note, XFX really dodged a bullet on this one
    dxbbqo.jpg


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    #79
    marco_polo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 10,079 Mod ✭✭✭✭marco_polo


    Not that anyone will be surprised, but the market is distinctly unimpressed with NVidias latest offerings.
    http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gFq5LCjssCxEWoeXUM0_uqaXvsUAD9F4BQNO0

    Needham downgrades Nvidia, shares fall

    (AP) – 3 days ago

    NEW YORK — Nvidia Corp. shares fell Friday after Needham & Co. downgraded the stock to "Hold" from "Strong Buy," saying the company's new graphics chips are beset by problems.

    The stock fell 76 cents, or 4.2 percent, to $17.25 in afternoon trading. The stock has ranged from $8.33 to $18.96 over the past year.

    Needham analyst Rajvindra Gill wrote that checks in the supply channel indicated that new chips based on the so-called "Fermi" architecture are difficult to produce and only 20 percent to 30 percent are fit for use. That means Nvidia has less than 10,000 chips available, Gill wrote.

    The Fermi chips, which only recently entered the market, consume more power and produce more waste heat than competing products from Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Gill wrote. That means Nvidia could lose market share in the second half of the year, he concluded.

    Gill removed his previous price target on Nvidia shares, $22.

    Nvidia spokesman Ken Brown said the company had no comment on the report.


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    #80
    Solitaire
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 18,377 Mod ✭✭✭✭Solitaire


    dxbbqo.jpg

    ...And at last we finally learn who really built the original FailBoat lol.gif


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    #81
    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,133 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    Solitaire wrote: »
    dxbbqo.jpg

    ...And at last we finally learn who really built the original FailBoat lol.gif

    2 posts up ya feckin eejit :pac:


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    #82
    Solitaire
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 18,377 Mod ✭✭✭✭Solitaire


    Why are you laughing? I reposted the image for comic emphasis, you seem to take umbrage at this yet you post it a third time :p


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    #83
    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,133 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    Solitaire wrote: »
    Why are you laughing? I reposted the image for comic emphasis, you seem to take umbrage at this yet you post it a third time :p

    i have no idea what you're talking about :pac:

    dxbbqo.jpg


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