[xxxitrxxx]

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One thing is finally clear. The Geforce GTX 480 specification is locked at this time and Nvidia works hard to ship as many card for its planned launch on 26th US/ 27th Europe. We already told you that it might be all the way to April 6th before you are able to buy the card but today we have the whole specification.

http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/18170/34/

 

[Somenoob]

Makes sense. The delta between the GTX 470 and GTX 480 TDP seemed too big to be true IMO. 225 and 250W respectively sounds a lot better.

 

[Weedvender]

Then why the superfluous cooler?

 

[Al plants Corn]

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Originally Posted by Weedvender Then why the superfluous cooler?

Why the hell not?

 

[Kvjavs]

And now I must ask, would my HX750 support in SLI a GTX 470 or 480? If not, looks like I'm buying a new PSU instead of the 23" 1080P monitor I was looking at.

 

[Tainok]

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Originally Posted by Kvjavs And now I must ask, would my 750HX support in SLI a GTX 470 or 480? If not, looks like I'm buying a new PSU instead of the 23" 1080P monitor I was looking at.

500W on the GPUs, 250W left for the rest of the system. I'd say yes, but it would start cutting it close.

It's a great PSU.

 

[Kvjavs]

I'd have 125W left over for the rest of my system, although I hear the HX750's can pump out more wattage than listed, right?

If not, think this would do the trick and be able to cook my breakfast? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...0&Tpk=ABS%20SL

 

[manolith]

thats the same tdp as a gtx285.... so yes it should be able to sli on a 750psu

 

[Kvjavs]

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Originally Posted by manolith thats the same tdp as a gtx285.... so yes it should be able to sli on a 750psu

Sweet. Thank you very much.

 

[Weedvender]

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Originally Posted by Al plants Corn Why the hell not?

Cost gets passed down to the customer. More expensive to produce, partners cutting corners to increase profits, etc.

 

[sLowEnd]

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Originally Posted by manolith thats the same tdp as a gtx285.... so yes it should be able to sli on a 750psu

GTX285 is 183W TDP

GTX280 however, is 236W

 

[Tator Tot]

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Originally Posted by Kvjavs And now I must ask, would my HX750 support in SLI a GTX 470 or 480? If not, looks like I'm buying a new PSU instead of the 23" 1080P monitor I was looking at.

Yeah you should be fine. That PSU is very strong.

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Originally Posted by Weedvender Then why the superfluous cooler?

250w of heat is alot of heat to dissipate. The 28w difference won't mean much. For reference, a GTX 295 has a TDP of 289w and a HD4870x2 has a TDP of 250w

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Originally Posted by Tainok 500W on the GPUs, 250W left for the rest of the system. I'd say yes, but it would start cutting it close. It's a great PSU.

TDP != Actual Power Usage

GPU's usually have higher TDP's than what they actually consume.

 

[saulin]

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Originally Posted by Weedvender Then why the superfluous cooler?

So we can overclock the crap out of it

 

[E_man]

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Originally Posted by manolith thats the same tdp as a gtx285.... so yes it should be able to sli on a 750psu

TDP and power consumption aren't the same. TDP is thermals, not power

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Originally Posted by saulin So we can overclock the crap out of it

But they also don't want to spend a ton on the cooler. You ability to OC is costing them money, so costing you money. Wonder if this is going to be the standard cooler or not.