VERDICT: A very capable card that goes well against the Radeon HD 5850.
FOR: Decent performance, low power consumption when idle.
AGAINST: None.
With the new Fermi architecture
coming into play Nvidia
surely has something to smile
about. They proved their point with
the launch of the GTX 480 which as of
now is considered to be the single most
powerful card. However apart from
being an all-out performer the card is
not only considered to be a power hog
but also generates enough heat to heat
your cup of tea. Now, the GTX 470 is a
run down version of its elder sibling that
features a total of 448 unifi ed shaders
as opposed to 480 unifi ed shaders. The
core and memory speeds are clocked
at 607 MHz and 837 MHz respectively.
The card runs on 1280 MB of GDDR5
memory tied to a 320-bit memory bus.
The card features the same stock design
with the only change being in its sticker.
Performance of the card is something no
one can complain about. Both Crysis and
Just Cause 2 are extremely demanding
games that make cards struggle. Crysis
Warhead returned playable frame rates of
50 fps at a resolution of 1680 x 1050 with
AA kept at 2x (Gamer mode). However
switching the mode to Enthusiast and
bumping up the resolution to 1920 x 1200
brought the frames down by a decent
20 fps. Just Cause 2 on the other hand
returned a playable frame rate of 48 fps
at same resolution and AA disabled.
SPECIFICATIONS
Rs 19,580
www.in.asus.com
GPU: Nvidia GTX 470; Stream Processors: 448; Process:
40 nm; Memory: 1.2 GB DDR5; Core | Memory speed:
607 MHz | 837 MHz; Video output: Dual-DVI, Mini
HDMI.
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