[SPC] XFX GTX480 up for Preorder! Pricing revealed!

[G-Man]

[K007]

so the GTX480 is standard 1.5gb vram?

and lol what a strange number 1536...

[Iruwen]

That's because of the 384 Bit memory interface (6 x 64 Bit GDDR5 controllers).

[Dogmifier]

Originally Posted by methimpikehoses

295 fans get pretty loud under load, and HOT.

It's a kickass card performance-wise, though.

I own a GTX 295+ (eVGA for the win)....When it's under load, it's VERY loud and hot..

this is a true statement (the quote)

[AdamK47]

Originally Posted by K007

so the GTX480 is standard 1.5gb vram?

and lol what a strange number 1536...

Is 512MB strange? How about 1024MB?

[Iruwen]

896MB @GTX 295 = strange²

[Bman212121]

Originally Posted by AdamK47

Is 512MB strange? How about 1024MB?

Those are not so strange because they are 2^29 and 2^30 respectively. But it just happens to be that memory is usually done in 8 or 16 chips, which are also powers of 2. When memory is done in something that is not a power of 2 then we have "strange" numbers.

[john19055]

I just don't look for the GTX 470 to be $299,If nvidia is haveing problems with low yields,and if they are going to have 1280Gb of GDDR5,I just don't see them selling that cheap.I wanted nvidia this time around ,but I think they are just haveing to many problems with the chip,To make it fast it is probally going to run hot ,and that means a loud fan.I wanted a quite system this time ,when I had my TRI SLI GTX280 OCX ,even going up to 50% I could hear them over all my other fans.They were great chips tho I could run anything I wanted.I going with ATI this time around .I may wish that I had waited but I look for the GTX 480 to be a hard card to find ,which means the price will be more the $600.If it is just 10% to 15% faster then the HD5870 then I want be worry about my decission.I bought two of the new Gigabyte HD5870 with the two fans on then and they are very quite and I ran bench marks stressing the card and it very seldom gets to 50c with the fan running at 23%.But I have turn the fan up to 70% and I still can't hear the card.This is the first time I have ever ran a cross-fire system so I will have to get used to how it works.I will not pre order nothing ever again ,it always ended in failure.the cards I have ,have no trouble running at 900/1300 they would probally go higher if ati overdrive went higher.I think just running them at stock will be plenty fast enough to run any game at least now anyway.

[Redeemed]

Originally Posted by AdamK47

Is 512MB strange? How about 1024MB?

Originally Posted by Bman212121

Those are not so strange because they are 2^29 and 2^30 respectively. But it just happens to be that memory is usually done in 8 or 16 chips, which are also powers of 2. When memory is done in something that is not a power of 2 then we have "strange" numbers.

Exactly. Been working with computers since the 8088 and every thing is done by 8's (8, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64, 72, 80, etc). We're accustomed to seeing 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB, 256MB, 512MB, 1024MB (1GB), etc.

[preacher35]

From BSN regarding GTX480:

At the end of the day, the shroud of secrecy that Nvidia raised around their walls only lead to the lack of trust on the side of their partners

Unfortunately, this has only reinforced what I have been saying: If Nvidia had the goods on ATI, we would have heard about it. I have held off purchasing an HD5870 to see what the GTX480 has to offer, but it looks like it will be just par with ATI's offering, minus the energy and heat savings. Time will tell.

Originally Posted by K007

so the GTX480 is standard 1.5gb vram?

and lol what a strange number 1536...

Not at all. 512x3. Simple math. Makes sense. Everything is in 8's.

[lee63]

Price drop I'm thinking on getting a couple here...no tax for me

http://www.sabrepc.com/p-174-nvidia-...press-x16.aspx