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Gigabyte GeForce GTX 470 Super OC 1280MB

Based on 7 reviews

Excellent:

5
Good:

1
Average:

1
Bad:

0

Pros

Performance in DX11.
Aftermarket Cooler.
Overclocked
Silent and effective cooling.
Pre-overclocked goodness.
Absolute best quality components.
Tweakers dream GPU

Cons

CrossFire system is cheaper.
DX11 is not used very much.

By Atomic MPC on November 16, 2010

Nice for a GTX470, though a 5870 is tempting at this price...

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By HardwareHeaven on November 03, 2010

In is no secret that we very much admire Gigabytes high end motherboards, their X58A range is industry leading and the 890FXA boards match anything else available on that platform. In terms of graphics cards Gigabyte often come to market early with...

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By Legit Reviews on October 27, 2010

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 470 Super Overclock Edition is an incredibly fast version of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 graphics card. Sure you pay a premium, but you are getting a premium product! Superior performance, a barely audible cooler that does a...

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By Hardware Canucks on September 22, 2010

Gigabyte’s Super Overclock series has been a regular fixture here at Hardware Canucks but the last few attempts to carry this brand over to ATI cards met with mixed results. In this review we take a look at the SoC’s return to NVIDIA...

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By Bjorn3D on September 22, 2010

The Gigabyte GTX470 Super Overclock is a very powerful card, as shown by our testing. With the ability to compete with a CrossFire 5770 system, this card packs a considerable punch. Unless users decide to go for high end models, however, the...

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By Ninjalane on September 07, 2010

In a world dominated by reference design video cards we find extremely satisfying when a company puts forth the time and effort to push the design limits, and create something unique. This was our first experience with a Super OverClocked Edition...

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By HEXUS.net on September 03, 2010

As a GeForce GTX 470, Gigabyte's Super Overclock card is certainly worthy of praise. Turning NVIDIA's hot-and-noisy design on its head, Gigabyte's custom derivative is cooler, quieter, less power hungry and, most importantly, over 10 per...

80
By Guru of 3D on August 18, 2010

for the product we test today. Will it be good? Will it be able to handle the heat levels and keep noise under control? I mean, Gigabyte applied really serious heat pipe based cooling solution on top of the GTX 470 with three active fans. Well, you...

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By Tom's Hardware on August 17, 2010

Gigabyte’s GV-N470SO-13I Super Overclock edition card performs very well compared to Nvidia’s reference GeForce GTX 470. The ~100 MHz core clock and ~200 MHz shader clock rate advantage result in tangible speed-ups in a number of games. More...

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By Tom's Hardware on September 16, 2010

Gigabyte hat uns eine sehr hoch übertaktete GeForce GTX 470 zukommen lassen. Ist die speziell gekühlte Karte die zusätzlichen 70 Euro auch wert? Wir haben die GV-N470SO-13I getestet und mit dem GTX 470 Referenzmodell von Nvidia...

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