NVIDIA series GTX 400 Testing
Leadtek WinFast GTX 480
The chip: GF100 Technical process: 40 it Frequency of the chip: 700 MHz Frequency шейдерного the domain: 1401 MHz of General-purpose шейдерных процессоров:480 Textural units: 60 Units ROP: 48 Storage: 1,5 Г6 GDDR5 Effective frequency of storage: 3696 MHz the Thermal emission: to 250 W the Memory bus: 384 bits Outputs: 2 х DVI, 1 х MiniHDMI an Additional supply: 1 х PCI - E 6 - pin + 1 х PCI - E 8 - pin Support of standards: DirectX 11, OpenGL 3.2 Price: $700
Site of the vendor: leadtek.com
Videocard GeForce GTX of 480 manufactures of the company of Leadtek completely corresponds to referential sample NVIDIA on a construction and clock rates. But the delivery set is unusually modest for products of this firm: any games in a set, only a disk with drivers and firm utilities, the short paper instruction, yes a dial-up of adapters. However, it is necessary to mark that е the set entered long - not less than 2,5 m - cable HDMI that allows to spare the notable total on its purchase in shop (as to find in the free sale a cable with a miniature connector on one end not so simply, and standard to the videocard you will not connect).
The videocard, despite the chip unprecedented before the sizes (still - 3,2 billion transistors!), is shorter than the одночипового a colleague from ATI on 15 mm. If Radeon HD 5870 has length of 282 mm GeForce GTX 480 occupies only 267 mm of intracase space (however, in this difference the decorative overhang of a casing of the heat sink of card ATI is guilty - printed circuit boards in the sizes are almost identical). The attention a metal insertion on a casing involuntarily draws: it not крашенный plastic as it would be possible to solve on the first sight, and an integral part of the heat sink to which should cool monstrous in the sizes and a thermal emission a technics miracle by name of "chip GF100".
Basis of system of cooling five thermal tubes in diameter make of 6 mm immediately adjoining to a cover of the video chip. It is necessary to tell that the system of cooling GeForce GTX 480 though also rather strong, but by total efficiency does not hold out to coolers on cards ATI of the last generation. If in rest the temperature of chips is quite comparable (nearby 50*С) under loading the system of cooling Radeon HD 5970 provides advantage more than 10 degrees. The temperature of chips "двухголового" did not exceed leader ATI 82*С (besides, it was necessary what to cool two chips on 2,15 billion transistors everyone!) And unique "head" GeForce GTX 480 during tests got warm to 93'С. Noisiness of both systems of cooling was quite comparable, and without usage of instrumental measurements it is difficult to us to select more noisy model in this tandem: in 2D both cards, and in 3D notable, but comprehensible are silent, the rumble is almost identical. However, as we remember, одночиповый Radeon HD 5870 nevertheless is slightly more silent under loading.
Unfortunately, we this time did not test разгонный potential of leader NVIDIA. Tested by us разгонные utilities (MSI Afterburner and EVGA Precision) were frightened in frequencies of fresh card NVIDIA, attributing frequency of storage to the chip and on the contrary. To try to disperse a card "to the touch", understood process with пугаными indications of utilities, restricted time of testing did not allow - a card it was possible to receive all for couple of days. If to judge it is purely speculative, at storage excellent potential on frequency escalating: units are calculated for effective frequency of 5 GHz, and work for the speed almost in 1,5 times more low. However, carrying capacity of storage and so it is quite sufficient: low frequency is compensated with interest by the wide bus so hardly acceleration aloud would raise productivity. On the chip the forecast much more pessimistic: it and on regular frequencies is rather close to the iron, both on temperature, and on power consumption.
Probably, many had a question: why many comparing above go with двухчиповой card ATI, instead of with Radeon HD 5870 which formally is much more logical for comparing with одночиповым the leader of ruler NVIDIA? It affected two pacing factors. Minor: Radeon HD 5970 is at us available, and we at any moment can lead specifying measurements whereas одночиповых representatives of ruler Radeon HD 5800 near at hand are not available. Certainly, we could borrow copies of these cards at vendors, but is hard the second and main argument - the price of compared cards comes into effect. At the moment of testing GeForce GTX 480 on the Moscow counters cost all on $50 - 100 more cheaply Radeon HD 5970, a Radeon HD 5870 was more accessible than novelty NVIDIA on the whole $200 - 250. Isn't that so, where it is more logical to compare almost equal goods at the price, rather than different from each other at the price in 1,5 - 2 times? Nevertheless, for descriptive reasons we give in the total table and results of our old test Radeon HD 5850 (more powerful HD 5870 was tested by us on explicitly less debugged drivers and results for it are not for used applications all nowadays by us).
Practical part 3DMark Vantage
Adjustments: test running in each of four official пресетов: Entry, Performance, High and Extreme.
It is quite expected in low modes GeForce GTX 480 quits far forward at the expense of support by the test of technology NVIDIA PhysX. But already in mode High (and this resolution of all 1680x1050) results are practically compared, and at the heaviest setting двухчиповый leader ATI comes forward more than on 20 %. Odnochipovaja card ATI aloud concedes to both flagman decisions, but it is necessary to remember that Radeon HD 5870 approximately on 15 % faster - so its lag from GeForce GTX 4Я0 would be expressed aloud less.
Resident Evil 5 (Benchmark Demo)
Adjustments: rendering DX10, the maximum quality, the fixed performance test, resolution 1280x1024, 1680x1050, 1920x12004 2560x1600 points on setting by default and with sharing of full screen smoothing 4х and a non-isotropic filtration 16х. In it бенчмарке possibilities of all videocards buried in productivity of the processor which does not suffice for disclosure of the possibilities by them.
Far Cry 2
Adjustments: rendering DXW, quality Very High, scene Ranch Long, resolution 1280x1024, 1630x1050, 1920х1200и 2560x1600 points on setting by default and with sharing of full screen smoothing 4х and a non-isotropic filtration 16х. Unconditional leadership in all modes retains Radeon HD 5970. In steam одночиповых videocards in small and average resolutions small overweight has Radeon HD 5850, but in сэмых heavy modes it aloud bypasses GeForce GTX 480. Besides we mark that fast Radeon HD 5870 could retain in this game at least parity with GTX 480: after all even on the early not debugged drivers in the heaviest mode of this test it typed 65 fps.
[rysis: Warhead
Adjustments: rendering DX10, quality High, resolution 1280x1024, 1680x1050, 1920x1200 and 2560x1600 points on setting by default and with sharing of full screen smoothing 4х and a non-isotropic filtration 16х. Testing by utility means SmartFPS.com (wmi.smartlps.com) versions 1.11. Beginning practically on a level with Radeon HD 5970, GeForce GTX 480 quickly loses an offensive burst: already in resolution 1680x1050 with usage of options of improving of a picture she loses more than 10 fps. At heavier adjustments lag is possible подсократить to a minimum only in the most loaded mode. Theoretically, Radeon HD 5970 should have in this mode the greatest overweight so we decided to analyze results more attentively. It was clarified that picture Radeon HD 5970 at the first running of the test in this mode aloud подтормаживает though neither at other cards, nor at most Radeon HD 5970 in other modes of anything similar it was not watched. If to launch the test for some running successively after first two "brake" circles result Radeon 5970 in the heaviest mode is stabilized about a mark 35 fps that corresponds to expected high-speed performance. Nevertheless, in the total table we did not begin to correct result двухчи повой card ATI - hardly in real game someone will be pleased with perspective to receive normal speed only after several loadings with picture jerks.
The undoubted outsider in sew to triple of videocards - Radeon HD 5850 - keeps practically on a level with GeForce GTX 480 up to a mode 1920x1200 with the activated smoothing and a non-isotropic filtration. Since these setting, its loss флагмэну NVIDIA becomes obvious. Nevertheless, it is obvious that Radeon HD 5870 though would lag behind from GeForce GTX 480, but its loss in the heaviest modes explicitly not was essential.
World in Conflict: Soviet Assault
Adjustments: rendering DX10, the maximum quality (except parameter "the polluted image"), the built in test производнтельности, resolution 1280x1024, 1680x1050, 1920х 1200 and 2560х 1600 points on setting by default and with sharing of full screen smoothing 4х and a non-isotropic filtration 16х. In this game the convincing victory is celebrated by cards ATI: even modest Ftadeon HD 5850 stablly benefits at GeForce GTX 480 at any resolutions and adjustments, except for a unique mode 2560x1600 with smoothing and "анизотропкой".
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: call of Pripyat
Adjustments: quality "the High", Refined dynamic lighting "in variants for DX10 and DX11, mode SSAO"By default", quality SSAO -"High". Resolution 1280x1024, 1680x1050, 1920x1200 and 2560x1600 points on setting by default and with sharing of full screen smoothing 4х and a non-isotropic filtration 16х. The unconditional and absolute superiority is In mode DX10 on the side of cards ATI: productivity even Radeon HD 5850 in all without an exception modes above, than at GeForce GTX 480. Nevertheless, card NVIDIA protected a revenge in mode DX11 in which, unlike cards ATI, at it the notable gain of high-speed performance in averages and high resolutions is watched. 6 total GTX 480 takes away at Radeon HD 5850 leadership in three of four modes with usage of smoothing and a non-isotropic filtration and in most high resolution without their usage.
The result is all the same unfavourable for GeForce GTX 480 (approximate parity with not most powerful of одночиповых decisions ATI), but allows to hope for good indexes in new games with usage of standard DX11 typing popularity.
We decided to check up possibilities GeForce GTX 480 (and its praised unit тесселяции which, obviously, and helped to hammer in "a prestige goal" into gate АТ! In "Call of Pripyat") in one more application with usage DirectX 11 - бенчмарке Unigine Heaven 2.0. The contender of leader NVIDIA in this test became двухчиповая a top - model ATI. We ran this test in resolution 2560x1600 on setting by default [a mode тесселяции "normal") and with level magnification тесселяции to the maximum value "extreme". The result appeared is rather indicative. If in standard mode GeForce GTX 480 showed average rate 32,4 fps against 40,8 fps at Radeon HD 5Э70 at the maximum adjustments тесселяции indexes of both videocards were practically made even: 27,3 fps at leader ATI against 27 fps at card NVIDIA. So it is possible to take for granted the fact of that DXH - games with the active usage тесселяции will get notable advantage on cards NVIDIA of new generation.
Advantages:
Productivity as a whole a little above, than at одночиповых videocards ATI;
Excellent potential in games under DirectX 11 with the active usage тесселяции;
Possibility to use widespread enough firm technologies NVIDIA (PhysX, the USA, etc.).
Lacks:
High power consumption and heating; / the inadequate price.
Verdict:
From the technical point of view answer NVIDIA to ruler Radeon HD 5000 as a whole turned out successful enough (short of power consumption). But, alas, not from remaining positions which as a result are most important for the buyer. Cards ATI already half a year lie on counters, the prices for them were stabilized and as a whole correspond to the world recommended. Prevalence of cards NVIDIA of new generation while is insignificant, and price GeForce GTX recommended for Russia 480 causes only nervous snickers because this card in any way does not cost 19 thousand roubles (without saying even that the overwhelming majority of sellers yet does not follow also to this recommendation). We would reflect on purchase GeForce GTX 480 not earlier than the price for it falls to 15 - 16 thousand roubles.
The author: OLEGator
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