GeForce GTX 470 & 480 review

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GeForce GTX series 400

Like any high-end GeForce graphics card, NVIDIA will allow you to opt for the multi-GPU road with SLI as an option. You can pair two or three cards in one PC and have them do a decent workout.

GeForce GTX series 400

The GTX 480 is a card that will get hot, very hot. As such the NVIDIA reference cooler is a beefy one. It's a heatpipe based design with four thick pipes leading from the GPU block towards fins on the inside. Positioned at the rear of the card is the ventilator, it will suck in air from inside the PC.

GeForce GTX series 400

Once the ambient air has been used to cool the GPU, the hot air will be blown outside the PC through the exhaust you can see above the monitor connectors.

GeForce GTX series 400

What's not so cool is that the top plate covering the GeForce GTX 480 is part of the cooling fin assembly. Remember this, and be careful; touch it during a hefty gaming session and you could have a problem, as that shim will get very hot. Obviously make sure your PC is ventilated inside the chassis with both a ventilator air intake and exhaust.

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