Graphics Will you be buying a GTX 480?

If I was going to spend that much on a GPU now, I'd get a 5970.

 

Exactly. And it runs cooler and more power efficient. Not as noisy either. Silly Nvidia.

 

I think my CF 4870's have still got some legs left in them yet

 

Not only will I not be buying one now, I don't think I'll ever buy one. It's just too hot and power hungry.

 

Possibly, but at £499 for the choice of 3 i can choose from at Novatech, not just yet for sure, my GTX295 runs cooler for now..... Oh wait, did i say that out loud? heh

Sam

 

Well, I may as well come out (of the closet ):

I have pre-ordered 3x Zotac 480s *braces for ATI fanbois/hecklers/anyone with sense to start flaming*

Now that you've probably posted a post saying something along the lines of 'OMG U SUX111!!!11', allow me to explain:

1) I have always planned to have a tri card set up and judging from the sites that have done SLI results, the scaling is promising.

2) I'd say that quite a few reviews out on the intartubes are favourable towards the 480 in terms of performance, some even have it matching the 5970.

3) I 'need' a card with more than 1GB VRAM to allow =>8x anti-aliasing at my resolution.

4) The 480 look awesome .

5) I want PhysX without having an unofficial hack to get it working with ATI cards.

6) I don't care about the noise as I play with headphones on.

I'll let you guys and gals know how it goes on the 13th (you know, that lucky date).

 

@Pete J

1) Can 1500W PSU take 3 GTX 480's?

2) Watercooling I hope?

3) those are gonna fold like an origami artist on 'roids!

 

I wish I had that much money.... and that little sense.

 

I thought the Nvidia 200 series ran hot, but these Fermi cards hitting over 90c on average load is appalling. I'd say ATI has easily won the performance wars this time around. the GTX 480 is at best a couple of frames quicker but no sane person wants that sort of heat in their case ruining any previously good CPU/MB temperatures.

 

Well, following nVidia's logic, I think Fermi will be a viable card somewhere around it's 3rd or 4th rebrand/die-shrink in a few years

I, for one, am very disappointed by Fermi for a different reason - they're too expensive to make ATI reduce their prices The 5850 is looking even further away now
*ebays kidney*

 

Well there seems to be some talk that TSMC will be making a 32nm chip later this year??
The 485 maybe??

 

ie. none whatsoever

 

1) In theory it should!
2) Only if it absolutely necessitates it.
3) Unfortunately I don't think I'll risk leaving them on 24/7

We'll see

 

why bash him when he's done a perfectly sensible way.

if you want fastest, buy nVidia, that's what Pete has done, don't see anything wrong with that.

 

3 x 480's!!!! thats going to produce more heat than my boiler!

But if thats what you want and you've got the money to hell with what people say, just make sure you give us some benchmarks once its up and running.

 

And some pics we need some fresh gpu poon on this site

 

I'm thinking about getting another GTX 260 to go with the one i've got, SLI, get similar performance to the GTX 295 which is plenty for me at 1680*1050
And I could always borrow my brothers 260 for some benching action

I thought about saving for SLI 470's and watercooling them... but its £700+
waste of money

Grab yourself a 5950 for £280

 

Will not be wasting my money. Would rather buy a better CPU than what I have got now and keep my 5870

 

No, no and yes! Ill stick with my GTX275 for now! Unfortunatly I fold on my main rig or id get a 5870!