NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 Reference Design Card Final Design Pictured

[Lionheart]

I dont have a nuclear power plant in my backyard to power one of these monsters lol!

 

[Steevo]

That is a non-overclocked HD5870, the reference design actually. The voltages required to reach the HD5870 clock speeds stable, along with all 1600 Shaders, really ups the power draw.

Quiet as hell? I have to run the HD5870 we have at work at 100% fan speed to keep temps under 80°C, and it sounds like a damn leaf blower.



I don't see what the HD48x0 series has to do with the power draw on the HD58x0 series. Furmark does max out the load on the GPU, that is why we are looking at the Maximum power draw, it does it for every GPU, it isn't like it is unfair for ATi cards...

It would only need that if it were in a oven. Or if you have very poor case temps.


http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/R5870_HD_5870_Lightning/27.html
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ATI/Radeon_HD_5870/33.html
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ATI/Radeon_HD_5870/28.html

 

[newtekie1]

It would only need that if it were in a oven. Or if you have very poor case temps.


http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/R5870_HD_5870_Lightning/27.html
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ATI/Radeon_HD_5870/33.html
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ATI/Radeon_HD_5870/28.html

Did you read the rest of the review on the reference HD5870? Particularly the fan noise part? The only card louder was the GTX295... Hardly "quiet as hell".

And I mis-spoke, it isn't 100% fan speed, that is even louder, it is just "leaf blower" mode as I call it.

 

[Steevo]

BIOS fan edit, 5 minute fix. Temps a problem? 78C with a overclock is hardly hot by normal standards, if it is still a issue, liquid cool it.

 

[Indra EMC]

I wonder how much this card will cost ?

GTX 480 ? if under $400 that can beat ATI 5870 but if more than that, people will choose 5970.

GTX 470 ? maybe about 300 since it's performance match 5850

 

[shevanel]

gtx 480 is supposed to be $499... factor in availibility and inflation and you'll probbaly have to pay $550+

 

[Kantastic]

gtx 480 is supposed to be $499... factor in availibility and inflation and you'll probbaly have to pay $550+

No, you'll have to pay $550 because I definitely won't be.

 

[TheMailMan78]

Did you read the rest of the review on the reference HD5870? Particularly the fan noise part? The only card louder was the GTX295... Hardly "quiet as hell".

And I mis-spoke, it isn't 100% fan speed, that is even louder, it is just "leaf blower" mode as I call it.

5870 is at 27.2 dbA at idle.

5870 is at 42.5 dbA at load.

Thats no where near "leaf blower" as you say. Your just making crap up now.

 

[Kenshai]

5870 is at 27.2 dbA at idle.

5870 is at 42.5 dbA at load.

Thats no where near "leaf blower" as you say. Your just making crap up now.

For just general load volume that's pretty loud. I'm not going to say it's really loud, but in comparison he has a point that only one card is louder.

 

[Mussels]

For just general load volume that's pretty loud. I'm not going to say it's really loud, but in comparison he has a point that only one card is louder.

considering how load some previous cards have been, for its power level on stock cooling and stock fan speeds, its actually very quiet. As has been said, turn the fan speed down in CCC and you get higher temps at quieter speeds (or, just keep it cooler with a better ventilated case/conveniently located case fan, and therefore the stock fan wont speed up as much)

 

[CDdude55]

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003DTKU82/?tag=tec06d-20

yay.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

I just read a custom pc test of the card,and they found it drew 582watts peak.I guess that could be down to W1zzard and whomever tested at cpc using differant measurement tools.

Power consumption at idle was the highest we’ve seen from a single GPU card at 186W system power draw, 18W more than the HD 5870. At load though it entered a whole new dimension for a single GPU card sucking down a massive 382W while looping the canyon flight demo in 3DMark 06. That’s a full 106W more than the Radeon HD 5870 in the same test, 30W more than the dual GPU Radeon HD 5970 and only 6W less than the dual GPU GeForce GTX 295!

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2010/03/27/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-1-5gb-review/12

 

[HalfAHertz]

You also have to keep in mind the quality of the chip will greatly vary amongst cards, considering all the problems with manufacturing. Some reviewers may have gotten models with less leakage and experienced lower power usage and vice versa ...