The Gainward GTX 480 is an Nvidia Fermi GF100 GPU based video card that runs @reference clocks with 1536MB GDDR5 memory.

Overclocking:

With the fan speed @MAX this graphics cards was OCed @810MHz, without raising the voltages. Noise levels were high and there was a higher power consumption, the entire card consumes about 280W when overclocked, close to its 300W maximum power draw.

Conclusion:

This video card can beat the HD 5870 in almost every benchmark, in particular DX11 games with tessellation. Gainward's GTX 480 is the fastest single-GPU card on the market.

Compared to:

Ati Radeon HD 5870 1GB.

Benchmarks:

3D mark Vantage, FarCry 2, Crysis, Batman, HAWX, Dirt 2, Metro 2033, Unigine Heaven9, Power draw.

Test Setup:

• Mainboard: EVGA 3xSLI
• Processor: Core i7 965 XE
• RAM: 6GB Corsair Dominator 12800 7-7-7-24
• PSU: CoolerMaster Ultimete 1100W
• Computer Case: Corsair Obsidian 800D
• Air cooler: CoolerMaster V8
• OS: Win7 x64