NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 Análisis | 118 Datos comparados

Performance Supremacy vs. Efficiency Realities Tarinder Sandhu’s review for HEXUS highlights that NVIDIA's long-delayed GeForce GTX 480 safely claims the crown as the fastest single-GPU graphics card on the market. Built on the ambitious 40nm "Fermi" (GF100) architecture, it offers clear performance advantages over its main single-GPU competitor, the AMD Radeon HD 5870, delivering roughly 10% to 20% faster frame rates at demanding 2,560x1,600 resolutions. Gamers see significant frame-rate scaling in heavy titles like Far Cry 2, and the card displays superior architectural resilience during extreme DirectX 11 tessellation workloads, losing far less relative performance than competing Radeon GPUs when geometry demands spike. Furthermore, its robust 1,536MB GDDR5 frame buffer and high minimum frame-rate consistency ensure a highly fluid high-resolution gaming experience. Despite capturing raw performance leadership, the card faces critical downsides regarding its severe lack of efficiency and high pricing. To bring the compromise-heavy Fermi design to market, NVIDIA had to step down from the originally planned 512 cores to 480 cores, keeping clock speeds modest to control immense physical constraints. Even with these safety measures, its thermal and...

This 2010 review from Tom's Hardware evaluates Nvidia's highly anticipated GeForce GTX 480 and 470 graphics cards, which introduced the Fermi (GF100) architecture to compete in the DirectX 11 market six months after AMD’s Radeon HD 5000 series. Designed with a heavy emphasis on parallel computing and geometry execution, the flagship GTX 480 ($500) and the mid-tier GTX 470 ($350) target high-end enthusiasts looking for strong minimum frame rates and advanced tessellation capabilities. However, the launch is framed as a delayed, limited-availability rollout due to manufacturing hurdles on TSMC's 40nm process, which affected the entire industry at the time. The core takeaway balances marginal performance gains against severe thermal and efficiency drawbacks. On the positive side, the cards excel in pure architectural forward-looking compute workloads, offer solid gaming performance, and maintain stable minimum frame rates in demanding titles. On the negative side, the review highlights extreme downsides: the cards are exceptionally power-hungry, highly expensive compared to AMD's six-month-old alternatives, and run dangerously hot—with consumer feedback noting alarming operating temperatures reaching up to 97°C. Ultimately, community sentiment reflects disappointment, viewing the...

The TechPowerUp review of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 highlights the card's GF100 Fermi architecture and 1.5 GB of GDDR5 memory as delivering top-tier DirectX 11 performance and the fastest single-GPU speed upon release. However, significant drawbacks include excessive power draw (approx. 320 W under load), high operating temperatures, and a very loud cooling solution. Additionally, the card launched with 480 of 512 shader cores active due to yield issues and commanded a high $499 price tag.