GTX 480: Worst GeForce card ever?

Maverickman · 11-16-10, 11:25 PM

If it's not the worst Nvidia card ever made, the GTX 480 is probably very close. While I never owned the ill-fated GeForce FX 5800, the GTX 480 may not be far off. It's overpriced, hot, underperforming and noisy. Sound a little like the FX 5800? It took some time, but Nvidia finally corrected its GTX 480 mistake with the GTX 580. From what I've read, it's the real deal. At least the GTX 480 owners out there have something to heat their house with this winter!

**Roadhog** · 11-16-10, 11:30 PM

pretty sure we all went over this when the 480 launched...

JasonPC · 11-16-10, 11:38 PM

I don't think the 480 can match the failure that the FX 5800 was. At least with a GeForce 480 you were getting the fastest GPU for DX11. When the FX 5800 released it absolutely sucked for DX9. Some people don't really care about heat, noise, energy consumption. But everyone cares about performance.

Maverickman · 11-16-10, 11:41 PM

Apparently the GTX 480 is going EOL. With the GTX 580 out, this makes sense as the GTX 480 costs more to manufacture. Also, the GTX 570 will be out by the end of this year or in January 2011, and it will also be faster than the GTX 470.

Muppet · 11-17-10, 12:20 AM

I wouldn't say it is anywhere near the worst. In fact, it was the single fastest chip video card around until the launch of the 580.

jlippo · 11-17-10, 12:34 AM

While not being best bang for the buck, I would say that the card is quite nice.
It even has decent amount of memory, so I can enjoy those old games with 32xSSAA..

No, Fermi is nothing like nv30 which was a guite a letdown, especially with new games and new effects on, Fermi seems to do quite decently with the new bells and whistles.
Oh and yes, it could have been better, it could have been 580.

Happily Keppler is coming soonish so we might see what the revisited arcitecture can do.

**MikeC** · 11-17-10, 02:06 AM

Agree with Maverickman. NVIDIA needed to release the 480 in whatever shape or form. But they knew it wasn't ready for prime time.

I'm ready for an NVIDIA skit like they ran when they laughed about the dustbuster.

The 580 - nice...

11-17-10, 06:01 AM

Was unaware about the 570. Will definitely upgrade to that from the 470. Hopefully the cross margin will be low with me selling the 470.

LydianKnight · 11-17-10, 06:48 AM

B > 560

trivium nate · 11-17-10, 07:19 AM

MY 480 isn't that bad works fine and isn't that loud.

**lduguay** · 11-17-10, 07:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by trivium nate

MY 480 isn't that bad works fine and isn't that loud.

Works fine for me

**DiscipleDOC** · 11-17-10, 08:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MikeC

Agree with Maverickman. NVIDIA needed to release the 480 in whatever shape or form. But they knew it wasn't ready for prime time.

I'm ready for an NVIDIA skit like they ran when they laughed about the dustbuster.

The 580 - nice...

Do you have the 580 yet?

11-16-10, 11:25 PM	#1
Maverickman Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: South Florida Posts: 524	GTX 480: Worst GeForce card ever? If it's not the worst Nvidia card ever made, the GTX 480 is probably very close. While I never owned the ill-fated GeForce FX 5800, the GTX 480 may not be far off. It's overpriced, hot, underperforming and noisy. Sound a little like the FX 5800? It took some time, but Nvidia finally corrected its GTX 480 mistake with the GTX 580. From what I've read, it's the real deal. At least the GTX 480 owners out there have something to heat their house with this winter! __________________ Core i7 3770 @ 3.4GHz EVGA GeForce GTX 660 Ti Superclocked 1TB Seagate HDD 7200 RPM 32MB Cache 16X DVD-RW drive Gateway 24-inch 108p monitor Gateway speakers

11-16-10, 11:30 PM	#2
Roadhog Resident Alien Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,776	Re: GTX 480: Worst GeForce card ever? pretty sure we all went over this when the 480 launched...

11-16-10, 11:38 PM	#3
JasonPC Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 2,103	Re: GTX 480: Worst GeForce card ever? I don't think the 480 can match the failure that the FX 5800 was. At least with a GeForce 480 you were getting the fastest GPU for DX11. When the FX 5800 released it absolutely sucked for DX9. Some people don't really care about heat, noise, energy consumption. But everyone cares about performance.

11-16-10, 11:41 PM	#4
Maverickman Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: South Florida Posts: 524	Re: GTX 480: Worst GeForce card ever? Apparently the GTX 480 is going EOL. With the GTX 580 out, this makes sense as the GTX 480 costs more to manufacture. Also, the GTX 570 will be out by the end of this year or in January 2011, and it will also be faster than the GTX 470. __________________ Core i7 3770 @ 3.4GHz EVGA GeForce GTX 660 Ti Superclocked 1TB Seagate HDD 7200 RPM 32MB Cache 16X DVD-RW drive Gateway 24-inch 108p monitor Gateway speakers

11-17-10, 12:20 AM	#5
Muppet Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: New Zealand Posts: 3,107	Re: GTX 480: Worst GeForce card ever? I wouldn't say it is anywhere near the worst. In fact, it was the single fastest chip video card around until the launch of the 580.

11-17-10, 12:34 AM	#6
jlippo Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 532	Re: GTX 480: Worst GeForce card ever? While not being best bang for the buck, I would say that the card is quite nice. It even has decent amount of memory, so I can enjoy those old games with 32xSSAA.. No, Fermi is nothing like nv30 which was a guite a letdown, especially with new games and new effects on, Fermi seems to do quite decently with the new bells and whistles. Oh and yes, it could have been better, it could have been 580. Happily Keppler is coming soonish so we might see what the revisited arcitecture can do.

11-17-10, 02:06 AM	#7
MikeC Administrator Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Virginia Posts: 2,831	Re: GTX 480: Worst GeForce card ever? Agree with Maverickman. NVIDIA needed to release the 480 in whatever shape or form. But they knew it wasn't ready for prime time. I'm ready for an NVIDIA skit like they ran when they laughed about the dustbuster. The 580 - nice...

11-17-10, 06:01 AM	#8
Bearclaw Guest Posts: n/a	Was unaware about the 570. Will definitely upgrade to that from the 470. Hopefully the cross margin will be low with me selling the 470.

11-17-10, 06:48 AM	#9
LydianKnight Registered Knight Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Málaga, Spain Posts: 977	Re: GTX 480: Worst GeForce card ever? B > 560

11-17-10, 07:19 AM	#10
trivium nate Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 4,023	Re: GTX 480: Worst GeForce card ever? MY 480 isn't that bad works fine and isn't that loud. __________________ CM-HAF-932//AMD Phenom-II-X4-965-BE-Deneb-3.4 GHz-Quad Core//CorsairH50 ASRock 770 EXTREME3 Mobo//EVGA GTX-480(1536MB GDDR5)-Arctic Cooling Accelero Xtreme+cooler 180GB SSD//3TB//G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB//DVD-RW//blu-Ray//1000 Watt Corsair PSU 42"Vizio TV-1920x1080-1080P-120Hertz//Win 7 Ultimate(64)//XBox360-pc controller Saitek Eclipse 2 keyboard//Razer DeathAdder Mouse//250gb-Xbox 360//160gb-PS3