Asus to Support GeForce GTX 480 Voltage Tweaks?
WARNING: Images of box shots inside. Do not read if you have adverse reactions to boxes!
Yeah, yeah, it's another one of these Nvidia GeForce GTX 480 and GTX 470 box shot stories. Unfortunately, we're not allowed to show you much else until the curtain officially lifts this Friday evening, so all we have to stare at are pretty boxes that the new video cards will be coming in.
Asus fans will be pleased to know that their favorite Taiwanese computer maker will be offering both the GeForce GTX 480 and GTX 470; and if the box art is of any indication, Asus' product will pack a special (supported?) feature that will allow the user to tweak the voltage to "shift into overdrive" to make things "50% faster."
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Booo! Can't wait for the benchmarks
So the thought was to take one of the most power-hungry single GPU cards, and ramp it up a few more notches?
50%? that's quite a tweak.
They just copied the Dark Knight from their Radeon 4870 1G series. It was an awesome box, I displayed it on top of my case for a month or so.
Another one of these?
After all of this hype, I'm going to be so underwhelmed with performance, I know it.
Yeah, as of now, I really can care less about Fermi. If it lowers prices for me, woo hoo. If not, I don't care.
I have a 5770 now, I'm getting another one when prices go down to $155 or I'll get one in December. Whichever comes first. Together, they will perform better than a single 5870 by a fair margin.
This launch better be good, what with all the attention it's getting.
Awesome.
All hail the king !
nVidia is PR King.
Booooorrrrring
They didn't mention how much you have to up the voltage to get 50% more performance... nor did they mention the liquid nitrogen cooling system you need at those voltages to prevent your case from evaporating.
I am with coopchennick on this one I am a nVidia Fan but all this hype and I have my toughts that it won't be nearly as impressive as we would like. I think it will come a even match for ATi's cards that were out last year. The only thing I am looking forward to is the competition between ATi and nVidia for the best bang for your buck.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, wake me up "WHEN/IF" Fermi releases some benchmarks! I think the PR on Fermi has been a FAIL at this point. Just another reason to avoid all of the hype and buy AMD
Not that the prices are good right now, but at least you know what your getting.
I would be more interested in 460 or 450 models info. :-)
i can only imagine what would happen to a fermi over volted, maybe a small thermonuclear explosion
i can only imagine what would happen to a fermi over volted, maybe a small thermonuclear explosion
That could be the secret Bill Gates is looking for!
I am ASUS fan, but not a nVidia fan.
I saw the heat pipes on the 480. There is no way a 50% increase can be sustained with air...
Just need to play games using fermi during winters and my room will be warm enough. So i am definitly buying it as it will save me from seprate heater's heating bill. Good job Nvidia.
Just need to play games using fermi during winters and my room will be warm enough. So i am definitly buying it as it will save me from seprate heater's heating bill. Good job Nvidia.
Summer with an ATI card, and winter with and Nvidia? It almost sounds snooty and rich.
nvidia rules!
Same people who say "take your time get it right" are the ones who are complaining when they do. Who cares if the card beats ati's 5870 in framerates? It's bringing physx , direct X 11, and 3 display 3D to the table in a slightly faster package. Plus it's got a hell of a tessellation engine so it's gonna be future proof. Luckily, I didn't spend my money on an ati card and waited. Can't wait to play the latest phyx titles on it when they get released.
Just admit it the ATI is faster than fermi, who gives a shit about physics, the BF series had ok physics without physx, really you guys do scrape the best from crap
50% is huge!!! would love to see the kinda Temps it pumps out when boosted.
50% is not true btw marketing
I'm hoping we can get some photos of the anti-static bags and foam inserts the 480/470s will ship in before the 26th...
50% is not true btw marketing
If you read the fine print the “tweak” consists on installing a second equally equipped card.
50%.... roflllll
I'm with that that guy ^
Negative, the gtx 480 is gonna blow the doors off of the 5870, and in highly tessellated games even the 5970. Heaven 2 benchmark will prove that. Plus, we have physx and 3d in 3way. Bet you wish you had physx. (bet he has a nvidia card in his system to do it. ROFL)
All of those are conditional.
IF the game uses Nvidia's proprietary API
IF the game makes heavy use of tessellation
IF the game supports Nvidia's 3D technology
The issue being Nvidia spends so much time trying to come up with new gimmicks, it forgets to create something that will haul today's applications. Future applications can user future hardware.
Before you go accusing me of being some sort of ATI fanboy, I really would prefer if Nvidia were on top here. ATI's driver support is generally abysmal, and they are slow to support new technologies in Linux. Nvidia releases Linux drivers just around release times, and up until a few years ago getting and ATI graphics solution was suicide.
Nice to see a box from a supplier I'd actually consider buying from.