Nvidia GeForce GTX 470

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Nvidia GeForce GTX 470
Fermi
Architecture
High-end
Product Tier
448
Shader Cores
40
ROPs
56
TMUs
No RT
Ray Tracing
1.28 GB
Memory
GDDR5
Memory Type
136.1 GB/s
Bandwidth
215 W
TDP
GPU Snapshot
Release date:Mar 26, 2010Price at Launch:$349
Type:DesktopArchitecture:Fermi
Generation:GeForce GTX 400 seriesProduct Tier:High-end
VRAM Capacity:1.28 GBTotal Board Power:215 W
Core Configuration
Shader Cores:448TMUs:56
ROPs:40L2 Cache:640 KB
Memory
VRAM Capacity:1.28 GBMemory Type:GDDR5
Memory Speed:3.35 GbpsMemory Bus:320-bit
Bandwidth:136.1 GB/s
Graphics Processing
Base Clock:608 MHzFP32 Throughput:1.088 TFLOPs
Ray Tracing:NoProcess Size:40nm
Process Name:TSMC 40nmDie Size:529 mm²
Power & Connectivity
Total Board Power:215 WPower Connectors:2x 6-pin
Bus Interface:PCIe 2.0 x16HDMI Support:HDMI 1.3a
DSC:NoMax Displays:2
Media & Software Support
DirectX Support:12Shader Model:5.1
OpenGL Version:4.6

Reviews and Ratings

70

Average Score

Based on 9 reviews

Reviewers Liked

  • The term “most bang for your buck” is often attached to the GTX 470
  • Highend performance, Compact size

Reviewers Didn't Like

  • Not quite as powerful the GTX 480
  • Not competitively priced, Suffers the same heat, noise and thermal problems as the GeForce GTX 480
75

If you’re working with a budget but still want plenty of power, look no...

By TopTenREVIEWS on
80

The card at a glance For our tests we used the PNY GeForce GTX 470 XLR8. No extras here. This model exactly mirrors the stock card design. The only difference being the PNY sticker. There are two DVI connectors and a mini-HDMI. There's not a great...

By DigitalVersus on
75

In closing, we are not that impressed with the new GeForce GTX 470. With a launch price of US$349, it finds itself sandwiched between the Radeon HD 5870 and HD 5850, which cost around US$400 and US$280 respectively. And if you consider the performance...

By HardwareZone.com on
60

GeForce GTX 470 1,280MB decent performance credentials and forward-looking architecture are overshadowed by an uncompetitive UK etail pre-order price and ongoing heat/noise/power concerns.The goodPerformance is close to AMD's fastest single-GPU...

By HEXUS.net on
60

It's a tale as old as the industry that the fortunes of one tech company wax while those of another wane. Trends come and go, one technology supersedes another, one left-field, blue-sky idea takes off while another crash lands. It's no...

By Trusted Reviews on
50

Nvidia's GeForce GTX 470 GPU. Click to enlargeWe’ve waited a long time for this GPU, but after our game tests, we’re left wondering why. Expensive graphics cards aren’t a problem, as long as they deliver, but the GTX 470...

By Bit-tech.net on
67

Ludicrous power draw wipes out the small advantage gained in gaming tests, and the price needs to drop...

By PC Pro on

Putting together these value comparisons is harder than it looks. Oh, sure, looking at our overall value graphs and making broad generalizations is a lot of fun, but it can be quite misleading. You've gotta keep the hidden variables in mind. If this...

By The Tech Report on

NVIDIA's 470 is not a bad performer. It can certainly compete with ATI, and with newer titles that will make more use of its processing power, the TMU drawback will have even less impact. It does see competition from the GTX 460 card, especially...

By IT-Review on

NVIDIA had a bit of a troubled launch with delays to their chip pushing this card back into March causing the market to have one DirectX 11 solution from ATI. The decision to release a card with fewer cores than originally planned must have been a...

By Motherboards.org on

For over six months, NVIDIA has been trying to center as much attention as possible on its new architecture so as to queer AMD’s pitch with the Radeon HD 5000 series. Those in bad faith will also say that it was making all that noise so as to...

By BeHardware on

These two new GeForces draw more power, generate more heat and noise, and have higher price tags than the closest competing Radeons, but they're not substantially faster at running current games. For many, that will be the brutal bottom line on the...

By The Tech Report on
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