Galaxy’s GTX 480 SuperOverclock – The World’s fastest single GPU video card!
Test Configuration
Test Configuration – Hardware
- Intel Core i7 920 reference 2.66 GHz and overclocked to 3.8 GHz); Turbo is off.
- Gigabyte EX58-UD3R (Intel X58 chipset, latest BIOS, PCIe 2.0 specification; CrossFire/SLI 16x+16x).
- 6 GB OCZ DDR3 PC 1800 Kingston RAM (3×2 GB, tri-channel at PC 1600 speeds; 2×2 GB supplied by Kingston)
- GeForce GTX 480, 1.5 GB reference design and clocks, supplied by Nvidia
- Galaxy GTX 480 SOC; 1.5 GB, overclocked version, supplied by Galaxy
- ATI Radeon HD 5870 PCS+ (1GB, overclocked clocks, 875/1225 MHz) by PowerColor
- ATi Radeon HD 5870 (1GB, reference clocks, 850/1200 MHz) by Diamond
- Onboard Realtek Audio
- Two identical 250 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 hard drives configured and set up identically from drive image; one partition for Nvidia GeForce drivers and one for ATI Catalyst drivers
- Thermaltake ToughPower 775 W power supply unit supplied by Thermaltake
- Thermaltake Element G Case supplied by Thermaltake
- Noctua NH-U12P SE2 CPU cooler, supplied by Noctua
- Philips DVD SATA writer
- HP LP3065 2560×1600 thirty inch LCD
Test Configuration – Software
- ATi Catalyst 10-9; highest quality mip-mapping set in the driver, Catalyst AI set to “Standard”
- NVIDIA GeForce 206.52 beta release drivers for GTX 480; High Quality
- Windows 7 64-bit; very latest updates
- DirectX July 2010
- All games are patched to their latest versions.
- vsync is off in the control panel and is never set in-game.
- Varying AA enabled as noted in games and “forced” in Catalyst Control Center for UT3 and Batman: Arkham Asylum; all in-game settings are specified with 16xAF always applied; 16xAF forced in control panel for Crysis.
- All results show average, minimum and maximum frame rates except as noted.
- Highest quality sound (stereo) used in all games.
- Windows 7 64, all DX10 titles were run under DX10 render paths; DX11 titles under DX 11 render paths.
The Benchmarks
- Vantage
- Call of Juarez
- Crysis
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R., Call of Pripyat
- Far Cry 2
- Just Cause 2
- X3:Terran Conflict
- Dirt 2
- Lost Planet
- Unreal Tournament 3
- Resident Evil 5
- STALKER, Call of Pripyat
- Batman: Arkham Asylum
- H.A.W.X.
- Battleforge
- Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
- F.E.A.R.
- Call of Duty 4
- Alien vs. Predator
- Serious Sam, Second Encounter HD (2010)
- Metro 2033
- Mafia II
- Heaven 2
i read that 2 gtx 460 nvidia video cards in sli are blowing out the 480 version so its better to buy 2 gtx 460 cards and set them in sli then buying 1 gtx 480 card because 1 gtx 480 is really wasting money
There are always advantages of a single powerful GPU over multi-GPU. You also have no upgrade path from GTX 460 SLI as you do with a single GTX 480 or GTX 580.
I am running benchmarks for a brand new article that will cover this subject: EVGA FTW GTX 460 vs. Galaxy GTX 460, versus GTX 480 and GTX 580. It should be up in a week or so.
I couldn’t concur more. Effectively Said!