Table of contents
- Gainward GTX 470 tested
- GTX 470 Arhitecture
- Packaging, Contents
- A closer look at Gainward GTX 470
- Testbed
- Futeremark Vantage
- Gaming: FarCry2
- Gaming: Crysis
- Gaming: Batman Arkham Asylum
- Gaming: HAWX
- Gaming: Dirt 2
- Gaming: Metro 2033
- Gaming: Unigine - Heaven
- Overclocking, Consumption amd Temperatures
- Conclusion
Futuremark Vantage
Vantage reports that GTX 480 is currently the fastest single-GPU card and it’s clearly faster than the GTX 470. The GTX 480’s advantage over the HD 5870 melts from 10.5% in Performance to 6.2% in High and ends up at about 3% in Vantage Extreme, but it still manages to beat the HD 5870 in every single test, albeit with a rather tight margin.
In Vantage tests, the GTX 480 constantly beats the GTX 470. Performance test reports 24.7% better results, High settings report 26.6%, whereas Extreme settings result in a 27.2% advantage, naturally in favor of the GTX 480.
Comparing the Gainward GTX 470 to the HD 5870 shows that the latter card packs more punch in more demanding tests. The GTX 470 ends up 12.7% slower in Vantage Performance, 19.3% at High settings and 23.4% at Extreme settings.
