Thursday, May 6th 2010

Galaxy GTX 470 GC Version Graphics Card Unveiled

Galaxy is ready with its 100% non-reference design graphics card based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 GPU, the Galaxy GTX 470 GC Version. The card makes use of Galaxy engineering with both the PCB and cooler designs. The card features a blue PCB, which is 0.5 inch shorter than the reference design (at 9 inches), and pushes the two 6-pin power connectors to the rear-end of the card. The cooling assembly uses a large aluminum fin array cooling all vital parts, covered with a silvery plastic found on action figures. Galaxy innovated a little with the fan, which can be partly detached from the rest of the cooler to help clean it and the heatsink under it.

The card is overclocked out of the box, with speeds of 625 MHz / 1250 MHz / 837 or 3348 MHz (effective), for the core, shader, and memory, respectively. Like every other GTX 470 based card, it is DirectX 11 compliant, and has 448 CUDA cores, 1280 MB of GDDR5 memory across a 320-bit wide interface, and is 2/3/4-way SLI capable. Display connectivity includes two DVI-D, and HDMI with integrated audio. A test by the source shows that with this cooling solution, the GTX 470 GC Version manages to keep the GPU at around 88 degrees Celsius with Furmark load. It is expected that the card will be available in the US as early as by tomorrow.
Source: VR-Zone
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51 Comments on Galaxy GTX 470 GC Version Graphics Card Unveiled

#26
erixx
bedankt jo! for the laughs!

yes intel+nvidia= best (s3, 3dfx, matrox apart of course :)


I HOPE that Point of View is just using Nvidias generic stuff because .....
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#27
KainXS
looks ugly as sin to me . . . . . .
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#28
b82rez
'A test by the source shows that with this cooling solution, the GTX 470 GC Version manages to keep the GPU at around 88 degrees Celsius with Furmark load' - Not really worth bragging about...
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#29
roast
b82rez'A test by the source shows that with this cooling solution, the GTX 470 GC Version manages to keep the GPU at around 88 degrees Celsius with Furmark load' - Not really worth bragging about...
Meh, not really. At least its slightly OC'd...
Still. Fugly cooler, high temps, only a slight performance increase over standard GTX470s. Definitly not worth it.
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#30
arnoo1
roastLink? I cant imagine PoV would have any more RMA's than any other nVidia partner...

maybe you can't I can though xd
maybe you shoot look it up for your self it's bin almost over a year that I saw something like that,
sorry mate that I do not have proof I once had though xd
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#31
EastCoasthandle
roastLink? I cant imagine PoV would have any more RMA's than any other nVidia partner...

On-topic... that shroud is FUGLY! It really does look like a Mighty Max toy. I generally like blue PCBs, but for some reason, I just dont think the color scheme is great. However, ingenious design for cleaning the HS, and good to see some non-reference designs being released for Fermi.... wonder how the temps would be for this...?
I think I know what he's talking about and that was a good while ago.
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#32
Kitkat
got a brush cleaner in it thats nice lol
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#33
MN12BIRD
Looks okay. The fan hinge thing is a neat idea I suppose. Although I haven't had much issues with dust there. Then again my case seems to be really good for dust.

I think the card would actually look pretty good if the plastic wasn't so bright. Like in dark gunmetal gray or black it would look better.
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#34
erixx
how is 88 degrees high in furmark??? My recent furmarks (kombustor to be honest) where at 100ºC and still climbing when I cancelled that Nuclear Apòcalipsis hehehe
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#35
z1tu
ugh all that fugly plastic
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#37
Delta6326
Oh CRAP! My spaceship.. I mean graphics card just went to WARP 10!
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#38
Frick
Fishfaced Nincompoop
arnoo1and still to hot
If it only goes to 88C at load it's pretty good.

Pretty fugly, but the specs looks nice.
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#39
roast
Bjorn_Of_Icelandwww.hartware.de/news_46585.html
www.techpowerup.com/88515/Study_Modern_Graphics_Card_Failure_Rates.html

That was way back.. maybe because POV was only making nVidia cards?

and that brace that holds the fan.. looks like it would melt since its lying on the deadspot.
Gracias. Thats crazy... I would have expected most nVidia board partners to have similar failure rates, due to the fact most nVidia cards nowadays are based on the reference designs. Interesting though, thanks for the link! :toast:
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#40
erixx
Not only BASED on reference designs, mate! They are MADE by Nvidia in the same factory and distributed in practically finished state to the 'assemblers' (from big ones like Asus to small ones like Evga or POV, etc)... That's for the standard cards (I see you coming hehe)
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#42
WarEagleAU
Bird of Prey
OK that is one piece of hawt equipment galaxy has come up with.
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#43
Unregistered
claylomaxWhat the heck? :laugh:

Also known as Quoted for truth.
#44
hat
Enthusiast
HalfAHertzI guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder...
No doubt... almost every new pc product that comes out, there's always someone who goes OMG UGLY...
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#45
zCexVe
This reminds me of a pencil case I had LOL..(It had a Temp meter and a pressure gouge too)
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#46
Meizuman
Someone should give it a "paintjob"... as in scratches, burns, cracks and so on. At least I would! Would remind of a millenium falcon or something. (Ok, bad example but I can't think of any [square] spaceship)

blogs.sun.com/kevin/resource/m-falcom.gif
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#47
DaveK
I like the design, though it does look like cheap plastic. Maybe a different colour like black would help.

To be honest once it's not a stupid fake woman on a sticker I don't care.
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#49
roast
That plastic looks so cheap....
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#50
erixx
jeeez, as if it was a dildo ....
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