Comments on: Zotac GTX 480 AMP! Graphics Card review

By: iulian

iulian — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:04:45 +0000

Top Best Graphics Cards For The Money: July 2010 here http://stylishfirst.com/best-graphics-cards-for-the-money-july-2010/

By: DaveyW

DaveyW — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 00:23:54 +0000

I don’t want to buy one. I just want to own one.

By: Tim Smalls

Tim Smalls — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 07:40:22 +0000

Yeah SLI would be impossible wouldnt it ? Surely the cards would be too far apart?

By: Malek

Malek — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 06:22:07 +0000

:ROFL:

Is there a mainboard in the world that would allow you to run SLi with this?

When EVGA said they’re going early with water cooling it sounded like a mistake

Now it seems to be the only sensible way to tame this beast

3 slots

:ROFL:

By: Tim Smalls

Tim Smalls — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:53:03 +0000

Nvidia – if you built the door way right the first time, then you dont need to knock it down to slot in 4 wider doors later. The core solution is flawed. Performance is great, but it just seems to me like they slotted an F1 car into a fiats chassis and its all over the place.

By: trix

trix — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:51:58 +0000

three slot cooling, seems really extreme, but clearly its needed. Still not sold on this range nvidia, runs far too hot and needs extreme solutions to compensate.

By: ron

ron — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:51:13 +0000

Why do they always have crappy dragons on their boxes? Is their CEO Gandalf or something?

By: nerd sucker

nerd sucker — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:50:42 +0000

informative review and i like the power comsumption figures, well I mean its nice you included them and interesting to see them drop when compared with reference card. Still seems high to me.

By: long jumper

long jumper — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:49:54 +0000

I like the GTX480. I really love nvidia drivers. But I dont like this price. nice dream card for the rich. im waiting on the GTX460 review !

By: Rob Max

Rob Max — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:49:13 +0000

Nah, far too much money Zotac. £450 seems a better price point, would sell more. well maybe not !

By: Gareth Cringle

Gareth Cringle — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:48:38 +0000

id love one, if they dropped the price to 250. Reckon that will happen? I can dream

By: Skin force

Skin force — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:48:01 +0000

SO Zotac have charged £70 (reference is 430 in UK) for a £30 cooler and increased clocks a bit? nice cash in there. wouldnt have gave this 8./10 – 6/10 IMO.

By: geek master

geek master — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:46:53 +0000

wicked review. temps are solid. frame rates are up.

Would need a new PSU to get it to work, but its an improvement over the reference, even if it costs more.

By: jim oldtimer

jim oldtimer — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:46:16 +0000

How the hell can they get away with charging over 500 quid for a graphics card? seriously w,t,f,

By: brad

brad — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:45:41 +0000

Good review KG, thanks. enjoyed it. Will never own one, even if I had one id sell it quite happy with my 275 GTX

By: fluffychicken

fluffychicken — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:45:07 +0000

interesting to see the power consumption thanks to better effiecency

By: Dax

Dax — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:44:35 +0000

Good card, but this should be the reference design. Nvidia take note next time, those reference coolers suck the big one.

By: Trev Mang

Trev Mang — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:44:04 +0000

I like the cooling solution, glad to see zalman are still alive and kicking

By: AMD4EVER

AMD4EVER — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:43:30 +0000

300 watts power drain, and a three slot cooler to get it around 80c.

Ludicrous. You were far too nice on this card Zardon.

By: tri color

tri color — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:42:49 +0000

still not sure what to think, fast as hell and then some, but the price and power sucking requirements put me off recommending it. I think the review is generous, I would have gave it 6 or 7 out of ten.

By: tom

tom — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:42:03 +0000

interesting to read, thanks Zardon

By: Go Reds

Go Reds — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:41:04 +0000

STill dont rate this series of cards. its an improvement, but at what price? same cost as my car insurance for a year. ill pass, thanks though. good review.

By: Stefan

Stefan — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:39:55 +0000

I am not sure if I agree, I like the performance, but it all seems so wasteful. I liked the analogy of the humvee in the review, it is exactly tlike that. its like throwing something over the top to get better performance than a product taking half the power. reminds me of the old days with intel V AMD and intel always aiming for clock speed and AMD being more efficient

By: Eric K

Eric K — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:38:50 +0000

@ Robert – really? I think it is a good 7 or 8 /10. People that buy this wont care about 300 watts out the window. its performing to a level no other card does right now.

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:38:07 +0000

No way this should have got 8/10 or whatever. runs too hot still and takes too much power, way too much power. so ineffieicent

By: Trebik

Trebik — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:37:30 +0000

Yeah people do buy cards not GPUs, and many of those same folks whine when they realize their 2Gb card has a 1Gb frame buffer and performs worse than a single GPU in games if a proper driver profile isn’t present. See it constantly on gaming forums.

By: Rupert Haridicko

Rupert Haridicko — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:37:06 +0000

im happy with my 4870X2 to be honest, these figures are insanely good, but I dont have a 30 inch screen, its pointless. I dont think many people get that. You arent only buying a card that costs the same as a car, you need a monitor which costs even more.

By: Rupert Haridicko

Rupert Haridicko — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:36:01 +0000

While they a specified for higher, it’s still not good for them. Doesn’t matter how well it’s built, it’s simply physics: when something heats up, it expands. When you have that many tiny little things all bunched together, expansion is the last thing you want, no matter how little.

By: Brokrk

Brokrk — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:35:34 +0000

It’s a known fact that when electronics get hot, they become inefficient. That’s why I don’t let my CPU over 60C and my GPU over 70C because they just start getting really inefficient, plus it’s not good for them. When you are dealling with something with 3 billion transistors, it’s definately going to make a difference when they start expanding from heat and such.

By: swayye

swayye — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:35:14 +0000

These chips are just not that great. Need a refresh for sure. I can’t wait to see how that turns out and if this ends up being one of the more inefficent GPUs. I’d bring up the R600 -> RV670 transition but they enjoyed a major new manufacturing process there and added Powerplay. I can’t see the refresh to this beast being on anything other than 40nm again.