Asus to Support GeForce GTX 480 Voltage Tweaks?

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WARNING: Images of box shots inside. Do not read if you have adverse reactions to boxes!

Yeah, yeah, it's another one of these Nvidia GeForce GTX 480 and GTX 470 box shot stories. Unfortunately, we're not allowed to show you much else until the curtain officially lifts this Friday evening, so all we have to stare at are pretty boxes that the new video cards will be coming in.

Asus fans will be pleased to know that their favorite Taiwanese computer maker will be offering both the GeForce GTX 480 and GTX 470; and if the box art is of any indication, Asus' product will pack a special (supported?) feature that will allow the user to tweak the voltage to "shift into overdrive" to make things "50% faster."

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Marcus Yam
Marcus Yam
Marcus Yam served as Tom's Hardware News Director during 2008-2014. He entered tech media in the late 90s and fondly remembers the days when an overclocked Celeron 300A and Voodoo2 SLI comprised a gaming rig with the ultimate street cred.
76 Comments Comment from the forums
  • Booo! Can't wait for the benchmarks
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  • Tindytim
    Asus' product will pack a special (supported?) feature that will allow the user to tweak the voltage to "shift into overdrive" to make things "50% faster."
    So the thought was to take one of the most power-hungry single GPU cards, and ramp it up a few more notches?
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  • ktasley
    50%? that's quite a tweak.
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  • ivan_chess
    They just copied the Dark Knight from their Radeon 4870 1G series. It was an awesome box, I displayed it on top of my case for a month or so.
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  • alextheawesome
    Another one of these?
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  • coopchennick
    After all of this hype, I'm going to be so underwhelmed with performance, I know it.
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  • Zinosys
    WARNING: Images of box shots inside. Do not read if you have adverse reactions to boxes!
    Hehe! I see what you did there :D

    Yeah, as of now, I really can care less about Fermi. If it lowers prices for me, woo hoo. If not, I don't care.

    I have a 5770 now, I'm getting another one when prices go down to $155 or I'll get one in December. Whichever comes first. Together, they will perform better than a single 5870 by a fair margin.
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  • jenesuispasbavard
    This launch better be good, what with all the attention it's getting.
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  • notty22
    Awesome.
    All hail the king !
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  • one-shot
    nVidia is PR King.
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