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The GTX 470 and GTX 480 Hydro Copper FTW drop the large heatsink with the loud fan and will instead hook up to your liquid cooling system, while still featuring a rather high factory overclock -- and a premium price tag to go with it. Both cards get a 50MHz speed boost to achieve 650MHz and 750MHz core clock speeds, respectively. Shaders and memory have also been bumped to 1300/3402MHz on the GTX 470, and 1500/3800MHz on the higher end GTX 480.
It's interesting to see these cards announced already given that Nvidia said only models based on the reference design would be available at launch. In any case, the GTX 480 Hydro Copper FTW is set to sell for $650, while the GTX 470 HC FTW is $499 -- which is actually not too bad considering water blocks can easily reach prices around $70-100.
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Mikymjr said:
So if there was ever a time for it i'd like temps generated lower, Power-draw lower, and performance higher ranging from 30+ percentage. I'm an AMD/ATi fan and sometimes use NVidia or buy it for others. The GTX480 card looks nice but it just doesn't deliver what was to be expected (i'd rather buy a liquid cooled ATi Radeon 5870 or even 5970 with that money or a bit more and clock the hell out of it.)
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Come on. big deal. Global warming hoax is over. Global Cooling is the new hip
And with Global Cooling, what do you want: an useless spaceheater between your legs to get warm or a spaceheater that actually is also the fastest GPU on the block?
May be you should prepare to buy 2 of those monsters and setup in SLI since a typical space heater uses 1500W and those 480 suckers only give 300W of heat.
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....You don't use Water , You use Coolant , like in a Car Radiator , like "Prestone" (but "Thinner ,that's a small Pump) ....Takes Longer to Warm up than Water and has a higher boiling point....
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... I have a Cheap Cooler for gaming , keeps my video card , ram and cpu cool ......and Budweiser too!.... It's called a Beer Fridge! ...Computer on the top ,Bud on the Bottom!!!....lol!...
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Glorified Coffeemaker, with optional dual slot toaster. suddenly i want this...
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Is SLI required for the waffle feature?
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I am amazed at the naivety and fanboy comments made so far on this thread!
I don't give a crap about ATI or Nvidea, but about who creates the best
gaming solution for an immersive gaming experience I seek.
I work in a computer hardware store and grabbed 2 of these right away!
next week im setting it up, woot! full watercooling sli setup!
gonna set me back around 4500 aud for the full set up...
now I dont have alot of money but I save and dont waist it,
I personally think its not a waist, but say that to my girlfriend lol
Will post the results here when I get the whole system running
the acer GD245HQ full 3d 24" just arrived in australia
I will start with one initially then move to the full 3, 3d monitor set up!
I could probably buy a car for that price but who cares I love computer gaming and Im willing to pay top dollar. Here in australia 3d is starting to make big time! world cup in 3d streamed live
GO AUSTRALIA! This card has great overclocking potential and the temps are great from what I seen so far it looks as though Im gonna be doing some serious gaming if full HD 3d surround
when starcraft 2 comes out bo ya bitches lol Since sterioscopic 3d can really damage the fps on todays games why not provide a solution that is playable and immersive!
sorry guys but who the hell cares about this gpu war crap I see it all day and at work.
You know what people are doing when they are saying one company or one card is
better than another is trying to justify a purchase made or a future purchase.... grow up guys.
Lets hear about what people want to do with there card and the experience they seek instead of this childish my ***** bigger and better than yours! i mean cmon guys this is about playing games remember
current system:
4870x2 ati saphire
gigabyte ga-ep45
4gb kingston hyper x 1066
1tb WD
620watt corsair atx
cost me around $3000 aud 2 years ago
served me well but its time to upgrade
loved the ati for dx10
time to move to nvidea dx11 and stereo 3d woot
480gtx evga ftw watercooled x2 sli
UD7 gigabyte board
i7 930 Overclocked of course
6 gb corsair dominator ram
30 gb kingston ssd (OS)
320 gb velociraptor
1000watt corsair atx
3x acer gd245hq hd 3d ready monitors
peace guys feel the love!
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Okay, I bow down to the men in this thread. I am your typical girl who knows nothing about computers other than how to check my email and post a new pic on Facebook. With that said, I need your help.
I want a "gaming" computer". Like most, I want the most bang for the buck. I never want the lag monster to ever rear it's ugly little head on my computer again. For once, while fighting monsters with my guild, I want them not to have to stop and wait for me to catch up. Sooooo...what are the most important components for me to look for and what are the names and models of said parts?
I have no intention of loading down this pc with other programs, strictly games.
Is there a reason why some go with desktop while others prefer laptop in the gaming world?
I may have to go with a Dell, because I have a credit card with them. Please help me. And if you could speak in blond girl terms, I would be very grateful. Thank you! Hugs all around!
Sandy
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