It has been a while since we have reviewed a GTX 480 video card, and with the newly released GF114 GTX 580 GPUs, NVIDIA announced that their older GTX 480 (GF100 GPUs) have been discontinued from production. Interestingly, in November 2010, GIGABYTE still announced their highly anticipated GTX 480 Super Overclock video card (also known [...]

Gigabyte Makes WindForce 3X Cooler Standard for GV-N480UD-15I Graphics Card Gigabyte made the WindForce 3X GPU cooler a standard issue for its base-model GeForce GTX 480 graphics accelerator. Featured on factory-overclocked GTX 480 graphics cards by the company, WindForce 3X is a double-slot GPU cooler that makes use of three fans to cool a large [...]

Gigabyte has the fastest factory overclocked GeForce GTX 480 card out there in their GeForce GTX 480 SOC. It features advanced circuitry, a custom cooling device, and the highest out-of-the-box GPU overclock we have ever seen. But does that translate to improved performance in games? Can it deliver a better gaming experience than its competitor? [...]

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 480 SOCI think it was one day before the GTX 580 launched when we received an email from Gigabyte, “Hey Hilbert, would you guys like to review our new GeForce GTX 480 SOC edition?” And I replied back, are you sure you did not mean GTX 580 ? And no, it was [...]

Gigabyte’s GeForce GTX 480 Super Overclock is a fully customized GTX 480 design. Gigabyte has massively changed the PCB for their GTX 480 SOC, including the power conversion circuitry. Another area of interest is the improved cooling solution on the GTX 480 Super OC which uses a triple fan cooler and vapor chamber heatsink base. [...]

MSI GeForce GTX 480 LightningMSI a week or two ago finally launched their new GeForce GTX 480, this is the Lightning edition that has been pimped up and equipped for extreme overclocking, especially with sub-zero cooling like LN2, for the professional overclocking community actually. But for the regular enthusiasts who need to deal with petty [...]

MSI has launched its flagship custom GeForce GTX 480 video card! The MSI N480GTX Lightning is here to give Fermi fans their Extreme Overclocking fix with its special LN2 features and military class hardware. Does it stand above the average GeForce GTX 480? How far does it outperform the now more than a year old [...]

The Lightning graphics card series from the world-leading graphics card and mainboard manufacturer, MSI, has been receiving unanimous recognition from power users and major media worldwide. The new member of the series, N480GTX Lightning, is tailored for extreme overclocking. By the world’s first Power4 architecture to provide sufficient and stable power, the OC potential of [...]

Today MSI introduces their new GeForce GTX 480 Lightning. It is based on NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 480 “Fermi”, but promises better overclocking potential, less noise and improved power consumption. The card adds on the legacy of the previous Lightning cards like the GTX 275 Lightning and the HD 5870 Lightning. MSI has included several treats [...]

Point of View announced a fast 810 MHz GeForce GTX 480 “Beast”TM JetStreamTM water cooled. Hand-selected by TGT, the POV/TGT GeForce GTX 480 “Beast”TM JetStreamTM water cooled is running at an unprecedented 810 MHz core clock “out of the box”, 1620 MHz shader clock and 3800 MHz DDR-5 memory clock. The POV/TGT GeForce GTX 480 [...]

MSI is readying a new flagship NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480-powered graphics card, the N480GTX Lightning. Like MSI’s other “Lightning” branded cards, the upcoming N480GTX Lightning is anything but a “me too” reference card. In fact, MSI has modified everything from the PCB design, to frequencies, and of course the cooler. First and foremost, the MSI [...]

Benchmark Reviews tests the GF100 Fermi GPU six months after its launch, and is reminded that refined construction process and mature firmware can make a significant difference. Back in late March (2010) when Benchmark Reviews revealed NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 480 video card, Fermi fever was hot and expectations were unreasonably high. After months of wild [...]

Internationally renowned graphics card and mainboard manufacturer MSI officially launches the N480GTX Twin Frozr II graphics card. Built on the latest 40nm manufacturing process, the N480GTX Twin Frozr II is equipped with 1536MB of high-speed GDDR5 memory. The exclusive, award-winning Twin Frozr II thermal design meets the performance and thermal demands of graphics enthusiasts. Along [...]

All new brand KFA2 is pushing the limits of the GeForce GTX 480 be releasing the LTD OC Anarchy edition. The card will get the new Acelero Xtreme Plus cooler slapped on top of the PCB making the card not only silent, yet keeps it cool under 60 Degrees C when stressed. To spice things [...]

As if two factory-overclocked models (Charged and Ultra Charged) weren’t enough, Point of View and the TGT Tuning team are preparing the introduction of a third customized GeForce GTX 480, the GTX 480 Ultra Charged TFC (Triple Fan Cooling). Seen below, the upcoming card has 480 CUDA Cores, a 384-bit memory interface, 1536MB of GDDR5 [...]

This week at the Master Overclocking Arena 2010 finals, MSI has presented its newest Lightning series graphics card, the N480GTX Lightning which is based on the GeForce GTX 480, but doesn’t look a thing like reference models due to its many modifications. The upcoming GF100-powered card has an oversized PCB with Military Class Components, V-check [...]

eVGA Classified SR2 motherboardThe overclockers, pro-users and enthusiast hardware scene has been growing for many years now, in fact it has become an interesting market for ODM’s and manufacturers to address. Hence all the overclock products names, tags and optimizations on hardware and let’s not forget all the competitions. There is however an extreme overclockers [...]

Finally, the VF3000F is for the end users who wants to cool their latest VGA cards from NVIDIA. The Zalman’s first Dual Fan VGA cooler promises you for the maximum performance with less noise. The VF3000F is specially designed for the Fermi Series from nVidia (GTX480/470/465) and comes with the dedicated RAM/FET Heatsinks to maximize [...]

In our continuing coverage of Multi-GPU configurations with varying PCIe Bandwidth, we put x16/x16 and x8/x8 PCIe to the test. Does having less PCIe bandwidth make difference in gaming? We know that a “lesser” motherboard can save you money. Using GeForce GTX 480 SLI we show you the real-world differences. Last week we showed you [...]

After the launch of GF104 NVIDIA got a real opportunity to design a dual-processor graphics card with Fermi architecture that would offer acceptable thermal and electrical specs. Our today’s article will discuss the performance of a solution like that. As you know from our news and reviews, AMD’s superiority in the sector of single-processor gaming [...]