NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480

by Rafael Hernandez on October 13, 2010 · 0 comments

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TechConnect brings news of Point of View’s insanely tricked out GTX 480 Beast graphics card. NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 480 runs hot at its stock speeds and this new model pushes its clock rates even higher meaning its heat output and power draw is at an insane level. How did they manage it? Well they’ve added […]

Read more Point of View GTX 480 Beast doesn’t play around

by Rafael Hernandez on October 10, 2010 · 0 comments

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ATI and NVIDIA have done a fine job of pushing the concept of multiple GPUs to the PC gaming enthusiast and have stepped up their efforts when it comes to providing higher quality drivers that allow for improved performance in such setups. Unfortunately the companies might not be quick enough on the uptake as the […]

Read more ATI CrossFireX and NVIDIA SLI go head to head…again

by Rafael Hernandez on May 13, 2010 · 0 comments

Competition is great when it comes to pricing and choices but when you’re looking at the best of the best you’re going to have to pick and choose from gaming title wins and feature sets. ITShootOut has a look at the ASUS GTX 480 and Sapphire Toxic Radeon HD 5870 2GB graphics cards and how […]

Read more ASUS GTX 480 and Sapphire Toxic Radeon HD 5870 2GB battle to the top

by Rafael Hernandez on May 12, 2010 · 0 comments

There’s no denying that some of the latest and greatest graphics cards push temperatures that are very uncomfortable especially when coupled with the rest of the high end hardware in a PC. The Inno3D GTX480 iChill Black Series Water Cooled Graphics Card comes prepped with a pre-applied waterblock which should slide into your liquid cooled […]

Read more Inno3D GTX480 iChill Black Series Water Cooled Graphics Card keeps temperatures in check

by Rafael Hernandez on May 12, 2010 · 0 comments

Nvidia’s GF100 chip line has had a bit of a rough go with delays and hot running initial samples sent to reviewers but it seems that retail boards are slightly less toasty as once believed. Benchmark Reviews has a look at the Zotac GeForce GTX 480 Graphics Card and compares it to an early release […]

Read more Zotac GeForce GTX 480 Graphics Card pumps out those high res frames

by Rafael Hernandez on April 30, 2010 · 0 comments

There’s a serious give and take relationship between CPU and GPU performance which can lead to bottlenecks in many situations. It would seem that the CPU is currently at a disadvantage in the pairing. The Nvidia GeForce GTX 480  running in a 3-way SLI setup reaches impressive performance heights which may, or may not, be […]

Read more Nvidia GeForce GTX 480 3-way SLI scales performance mightily

by Rafael Hernandez on March 26, 2010 · 1 comment

Depending on who you ask Nvidia’s “Fermi” based lineup of GPUs was supposed to be released many months ago in order to go up against AMD’s Radeon HD 5000 series of graphics chips. Ah the best laid schemes of mice and men. Well the NDAs have been lifted and Nvidia’s GTX 480 and GTX 470 […]

Read more Nvidia GeForce GTX 480 / GTX 470 is upon us…finally