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GIGABYTE GTX 480 GV-N480SO-15I Super Overclock Review
The Card »Introduction
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.
Thanks to Gigabyte's own OC Guru overclocking application, users have control over GPU and memory voltage which comes in handy when doing more extreme overclocking. Another feature for extreme overclockers is the LN2 BIOS on the GTX 480 Super Overclock that is accessible by the press of a button located on the card.
Gigabyte's GeForce GTX 480 SOC is available online for $469 which is only a minor increase compared to other GTX 480 cards that are targeted at overclockers.
| GeForce GTX 460 | GeForce GTX 460 | Radeon HD 6850 | Radeon HD 5850 | GeForce GTX 470 | Radeon HD 6870 | Radeon HD 5870 | GeForce GTX 480 | GIGABYTE GTX 480 Super Overclock | GeForce GTX 580 | Radeon HD 5970 | |
| Shader units | 336 | 336 | 960 | 1440 | 448 | 1120 | 1600 | 480 | 480 | 512 | 2x 1600 |
| ROPs | 24 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 40 | 32 | 32 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 2x 32 |
| GPU | GF104 | GF104 | Barts | Cypress | GF100 | Barts | Cypress | GF100 | GF100 | GF110 | 2x Cypress |
| Transistors | 1950M | 1950M | 1700M | 2154M | 3200M | 1700M | 2154M | 3200M | 3200M | 3000M | 2x 2154M |
| Memory Size | 768 MB | 1024 MB | 1024 MB | 1024 MB | 1280 MB | 1024 MB | 1024 MB | 1536 MB | 1536 MB | 1536 MB | 2x 1024 MB |
| Memory Bus Width | 192 bit | 256 bit | 256 bit | 256 bit | 320 bit | 256 bit | 256 bit | 384 bit | 384 bit | 384 bit | 2x 256 bit |
| Core Clock | 675 MHz | 675 MHz | 775 MHz | 725 MHz | 607 MHz | 900 MHz | 850 MHz | 700 MHz | 821 MHz | 772 MHz | 725 MHz |
| Memory Clock | 900 MHz | 900 MHz | 1000 MHz | 1000 MHz | 837 MHz | 1050 MHz | 1200 MHz | 924 MHz | 950 MHz | 1002 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Price | $160 | $200 | $180 | $260 | $260 | $240 | $360 | $450 | $470 | $500 | $580 |
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