- I absolutely love this video card. Yeah, it perhaps wasn't as good as all the hype around it, but it's still the best video card right now on the consumer market.I built a new computer, upgrading from a Core 2 Quad to an i7 930. My old computer was running 2 260's in SLI. One 480 is still a decent amount better than 2 260's, I ran a benchmark of 3D Mark Vantage and here are my scores:Old ComputerCore 2 Quad Q9400CPU Score: 305072 260's SLIGPU Score: 13712New ComputerIntel Core i7-930CPU Score: 50856(This video card)GPU Score: 17809As you can see, a whole shitload difference in upgrading to an i7 (So I'm going to have to say that is very recommended if you are still running a core2 quad). As…
- When looking for a graphics card. You must have the latest and greatest. When the GTX 480 was introduced, it blew away all the competition, ATI didn't stand a chance. This card out preformed in all aspects, and was the card of choice for overclockers/gamers.With the new release of the GTX 580 and 590. This card has become obsolete in the views of media, like I said everyone wants latest and greatest. No matter, just because something new comes along, doesn't make what already is a piece of junk. The 480 Does run hotter, louder, and a bit slower. But think about this. This card has done amazing stuff and still can continue. I hope with the introduction of the 5 series, we will see a dramatic…
- GeForce GTX 480 Superclocked with 725 MHz core clock
- PCI Express 2.0
- 1536 MB 384-bit 2.0ns GDDR5 memory
- 3800 MHz memory clock and 1450 MHz shader clock
- Windows XP, Vista and Windows7 support
