Testseek.com have collected 140 expert reviews of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 1.5GB GDDR5 PCIe and the average rating is 78%. Scroll down and see all reviews for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 1.5GB GDDR5 PCIe.
March 2010
(78%)
140 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
-
0 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
780100140
The editors liked
Priced to compete wth ATI 5870
1.5GB GDDR5 Memory
Advanced Tessellation with Raster and PolyMorph Engines
PhysX
CUDA
3D Vision
Most Powerful GPU on the Market
High-Resolution Gaming with PhysX
Support for more DirectX 11 features than the competition
Black Chrome Heatsink
3D Vision Gaming across 3 Monitors
Surround Gaming up to 3 Monitors
3D gaming at 1080p
Fast performance. Supports DirectX 11. Enables 3D Vision Surround with appropriate hardware.
Fastest singleunit DX11 graphics accelerator available
Best pricetoperformance cost ratio
GF100 Introduces Error Correcting Code (ECC)
Outstanding performance for ultra highend games
Fan exhausts all heated air outside of case
Includes native HD...
Breathtaking visual effects rendering thanks to Fermi and DirectX 11 technology
Relatively Fast
DirectX 11 Support
PhysX + CUDA Support
Great SLI Scaling
Fastest single GPU card to-date
DirectX 11 support
Substantial performance improvements in DirectX 11
GDDR5 memory
Software voltage control seems possible
Native HDMI output
Support for NVIDIA 3D Vision Surround
Support for CUDA
PhysX and 3D Visio
Superb performance
Works with 3D Vision
Supports physics
Computation acceleration
Ultra High Performance
Redesigned Core
3DSurround/Surround
Handles AA/AF like it's not there
Stable Drivers (
The editors didn't like
UmptionHeat
Editors Choice
Gold
Huge power usage
Extremely hot
Higher price than the competition
Flagship product without the full 512 Cores
Needing a set of GTX 480/470 in SLI to use the Surround gaming options
Expensive. Power-hungry. Does not markedly outperform competing cards.
Consumes 52W at idle and 370W under full load
Extremely hot under normal operation
Very expensive premiumlevel product
Cooling fan is audible under load
Runs hotter and louder than the competition.
High Power Consumption
Hot and Can Be Loud
Late To Market
Only Slightly Faster Than 5870
For Much More Money
High power draw
Noisy cooler
High temperatures
Fairly high price
Paper launch
High temperatures and power draw makes SLI and triple SLI difficult
Limited availability
Only 480 shaders
DirectX 11 won't be relevant for quite a while
Blocks adjacent slot
Loud under load
Requires eight- and six-pin PCIe power connectors and robust power supply
Abstract: We've been waiting, and waiting and waiting some more, but today the wait is over for the most part. This is probably second most controversial if not the most controversial chip in Nvidia’s history and we must admit we haven’t seen such lousy executio...
Abstract: We've been waiting, and waiting and waiting some more, but today the wait is over for the most part. This is probably second most controversial if not the most controversial chip in Nvidia’s history and we must admit we haven’t seen such lousy executio...
Abstract: Alright, let me wrap up this conclusion. When we look purely at the image quality and brute game performance, that's where the GTX 470 ($349) and 480 ($499) shine, they are imposing, impressive and most definitely cards that will deliver a massive amount of performance. Brute force is what you'll receive with..
A Fermi GPU. Click to enlargeHaving waited over six months for Nvidia to deliver a DirectX 11 graphics card we can't help but feel shocked by the GeForce GTX 480. While offering performance superior to the HD 5870 in some situations, most notably Battlefi...
Priced to compete wth ATI 5870, 1.5GB GDDR5 Memory, Advanced Tessellation with Raster and PolyMorph Engines, PhysX, CUDA, 3D Vision,
umptionHeat, Editors Choice, gold
NVIDIA has put a great deal of time in developing this new series of GPUs (GF100 Series). They have added a plethora of new technologies, such as Raster and Polymorph Engines, as well as some additional CUDA cores. With the progression of technology, g...
Of all the video card product launches of the last few years, this is certainly one of the most significant. It has been a long wait for Fermi, and the GTX 380 GTX 480. There have been a lot of eyes looking for a clues to what it was all going to be a...
Abstract: The wait is finally over. After letting AMD own the next-generation video card market for months with its 5000-series cards, Nvidia has at last returned a salvo. Its ammo: two cards based on its new "Fermi" architecture, the GTX 470 and the GTX 480. Th...
Most Powerful GPU on the Market, High-Resolution Gaming with PhysX, Support for more DirectX 11 features than the competition, Black Chrome Heatsink, 3D Vision Gaming across 3 Monitors, Surround Gaming up to 3 Monitors, 3D gaming at 1080p
Huge power usage, Extremely hot, Higher price than the competition, Flagship product without the full 512 Cores, Needing a set of GTX 480/470 in SLI to use the Surround gaming options
Sometimes, to pave the way to something great you have to make a radical change and NVidia has done that with the new Fermi architecture. The new GPU core solves many of the current limitations found in the modern GPU by implementing technologies lik...
Abstract: Is the GeForce GTX 480 fashionably late, or just plain late? ATI has been tooting the DirectX 11 horn for quite some time now, while their competitors labored on a rebuttal. At long last, Nvidia's first DirectX 11 graphics card is here -- and for bette...
Fast performance. Supports DirectX 11. Enables 3D Vision Surround with appropriate hardware.
Expensive. Power-hungry. Does not markedly outperform competing cards.
Nvidia's first DirectX 11 video card has been a long time in coming and it's not quite worth the wait. Though it's the fastest card on the market by a hair, its performance gains don't entirely justify its price. ...
