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ASUS ENGTX480-2D1-1536 Geforce GTX 480 Videocard Review
ASUS ENGTX480-2D1-1536 Geforce GTX 480 Videocard Review - PCSTATS
NVIDIA does stress that the Geforce GTX 480 is more than just a gaming card however. It's the first videocard to use NVIDIA's Fermi architecture, which is a radical departure from the design of previous Geforce videocards.
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External Mfg. Website: ASUS Jun 09 2010   J. Apong  
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GPGPU Videocard Benchmarks: Sandra 2009

SiSoft Sandra 2009 - GPGPU Processing Source: Sandra

Sisoft's Sandra's GPGPU (general purpose graphics processing unit) benchmark analyzes the ability of the GPU to perform Mandelbrot equations to generate fractals. These same types of equations are used in tasks like image processing, video encoding and scientific simulations, giving an index of how well a GPU can perform in this test.

PCSTATS Benchmark ReportSiSoft Sandra 2009 ver 15.72 - GPGPU Processing
Native Float Shaders: (Mpixel/s) Points Ranking
Gigabyte GV-R587SO-1GD 1000
ASUS EAH5850 DirectCu Top/2DIS/1GD5 744.74
ASUS ENGTX480 2DI/1536MD5 744.35
Native Double Shaders: (Mpixel/s) Points Ranking
Gigabyte GV-R587SO-1GD 556.2
ASUS EAH5850 DirectCu Top/2DIS/1GD5 398.71
ASUS ENGTX480 2DI/1536MD5 151.8

SiSoft Sandra wasn't able to take full advantage of the CUDA cores inside of NVIDIA's Geforce GTX 480. Given how much emphasis NVIDA has placed on double-precision shaders for its GPGPU processing, this is a little dissapointing.

SiSoft Sandra 2009 - GPGPU Memory Bandwidth Source: Sandra

The second part of Sisoft's Sandra's GPGPU measures the videocard's memory bandwidth, which will directly affect the overall performance of GPGPU applications.

PCSTATS Benchmark ReportSiSoft Sandra 2009 ver 15.72 - GPGPU Memory Bandwidth
Internal Memory Bandwidth: (GB/s) Points Ranking
Gigabyte GV-R587SO-1GD 111
ASUS EAH5850 DirectCu Top/2DIS/1GD5 87.63
ASUS ENGTX480 2DI/1536MD5 114
Data Transfer Bandwidth: (GB/s) Points Ranking
Gigabyte GV-R587SO-1GD 4.73
ASUS EAH5850 DirectCu Top/2DIS/1GD5 4.72
ASUS ENGTX480 2DI/1536MD5 5

The numbers here are much more in favor of the ENGTX480-2D1-1536. Even through the Radeon HD 5870 has faster GDDR5 memory (5GHz vs. 3.7GHz), the ASUS ENGTX480-2D1-1536's wider memory bus interface (384-bit vs. 256-bit ),tips the scales in NVIDIA's favor.

Now let's wrap this massive review of the GeForce GTX 480 up.

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Contents of Article: ASUS ENGTX480-2D1-1536
 Pg 1.  ASUS ENGTX480-2D1-1536 Geforce GTX 480 Videocard Review
 Pg 2.  nVidia GTX480 Exposed
 Pg 3.  nVidia GTX480 Fermi Overclocking
 Pg 4.  Videocard Power Consumption
 Pg 5.  Videocard Benchmarks: 3DMark06
 Pg 6.  DX10 Videocard Benchmarks: 3DMark Vantage
 Pg 7.  Videocard Benchmarks: FEAR
 Pg 8.  DX10 Videocard Benchmarks: Crysis
 Pg 9.  DX10 Videocard Benchmarks: Call of Juarez
 Pg 10.  DX10 Videocard Benchmarks: Lost Planet
 Pg 11.  DX11/DX10 Videocard Benchmarks: STALKER, Heaven 2
 Pg 12.  AA/AF Videocard Benchmarks: Crysis
 Pg 13.  — GPGPU Videocard Benchmarks: Sandra 2009
 Pg 14.  NVIDIA's latest... too little, too late?

 
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