Nvidia Fermi Cards -Power Hungry
What I mean by power hungry? The specifications and pricing of the fermi cards gtx480 and gtx 470 are finally out.
Performance wise, GTX480 gains back the title for being the faster single die GPU in the world, "crushing" ATI's 5870 in some of the benchmark. Good job for Nvidia! I really like Nvidia's innovations like Physx and 3Dvision and with this new card, I'm sure that many hearts out there will be back supporting Nvidia again.
Whats the problem?
There is one major problem with the GTX480 and GTX470. They simply consume too much power! And they really run hot hot hot. GTX480 can come up to 90 degrees Celsius when on load and even reaching 100 degree Celsius when in overclocking situations. Even though it already has a beefy heatsink on the reference card. Make sure that you have proper case ventilation if you are considering this card!
Fermi just comsumes too much power(electricity). GTX480 even uses more power than 5970-the dual gpu card by ATI. Imagine that!
I'm still sticking on with ATI's 5000 series. Nvidia's cards are good, but I don't want to see my electricity bills go so high up! Besides, ATI's new gfx card refresh is coming soon, so do look out for that.
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