Bullocks! This card takes in more power than HD5970 which is a dual GPU card. No wonder why nVidia is not looking at dual-GPU fermi.
6 months wait, heavy on power, blazing hot, pricier than competition. All for 10%-15% increase in performance? Nvidia has lost this round of bottle really bad.
Given that ATI is soon going to release a 2GB version of HD5870, the gap will further decrease.
the funniest thing is that today’s release of Fermi is a paper release and god knows how long it is going to take for this card to reach Indian market.
And ironically, in dx11 games, as the resolution went up, the difference between HD5870 and GTX480 came down unlike what Nvidia said about dx11 performance of this card.
Exactly my thoughts
About a 100W of extra power at load, load temps at 100 as compared to 75 of 5870 and more expensive. No wonder they did not want to reveal the specs for so long.
OTOH, why is it funny that today was a paper release date? nvidia has made that crystal clear for a while now.
At the end of the day, power consumption or not nvidia has the fastest card on the market BEFORE releasing the REAL Fermi. If you folks have noticed, the GTX480 & 470 are castrated versions.
Guys, now that the reviews are out, please avoid posting charts from the sites. Just post links. Those sites deserve the traffic for all their hard work.
Well finally the reviews are out. Read them up. (Guru3d, Techpowerup, Anand, HardOCP)
Well Team Green is back on the bus, for the cost of immense power and tons of heat. And not to say, high price. Most sites are not too impressed and it will not kill the ATI line up. Only Guru3D was singing praises galore. We will have to wait when the lower - mid segment units are released. A lot of people will want to be in that comfortable sandwich. Things will get slightly uncomfortable for nVidia if ATI decides to lower the pricing for their flagship HD5870. All ready there is a $99 delta. ATI is in a position to lower prices. Plus they have 6 month old launch, good brand value, optimized drivers. The release of the super 10.3s has been great timing.
End story: the performance this new refresh offers at the price point, not worth it. I think a lot of people will be disappointed after the long wait for this chip. Aggressive marketing, TWIMTBP partnership with game publishers, strategic pricing, high optimization of future driver builds, good middle order product line, and sheer brand loyalty – might sail this ship on high waters and bring it ashore safely…!
think brand loyalty is what carried nv with the same chip for several generation … with this lot think that loyalty might come down a bit … atlest people who expected that the 6+ months they took over the ati might have seen something more significant … i believe ATI have gone on the record saying they wont change the prices for now atlest that is what the guru3d review claimed so might see a stagnant month or two …
The less than stellar performance improvement is forgivable, but what takes the cake is the load temperatures and the power consumption.
The load temperatures are literally insane. My first gen 4850’s run hot, but at 90 deg, I get alarmed and Its time for some cleaning. 480’s runs at 95~97 deg load by default. I mean 3 deg more and you can turn water into steam.
Added to that, I read the metal enclosure on the card is actually part of the HSF or at least connected to it. People would burn their fingers on that thing if they try to remove it immediately after shutting down the system.
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Yes the metal shroud is supposed to get really hot. Risky.
Also all the ‘positive’ hype which nVidia created themselves, and aggravated further more by the time delay, added more fuel to the fire regarding expectations. We all were seriously expecting a considerable more powerful GPU. OK, the pricing of nVidia has always been similar. Most expensive parts, and the fastest. (Remember the 8800GT day). All this created a roller coaster + vacuum for team green. Now it just might boomerang back to them. What will people say: “WHAT..??..So expensive…!..So much heat…! Ok. But the performance is not that much ‘above’ ATI. Forget it.”
Too bad i have to move away from the green side, i was looking at 470 but its pure disappointing at that price point. I dont need a Frying pan inside my cabby, i already have one in the kitchen
