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ZOTAC GEFORCE GTX 480 REVIEW

"Zotac GeForce GTX 480 review also featuring the MSI Radeon HD 5970. The Zotac GeForce GTX 480 uses the GTX 480 GPU running at 700Mhz with 1536MB Gddr5 Memory at 3696Mhz with 480 Shader Processors with DX11. Software used was Just Cause 2 and Metro 2033."

ZOTAC GEFORCE GTX 480


SYSTEM INFORMATION
VIDEO CARD ZOTAC GEFORCE GTX 480
MSI RADEON HD 5970
ATI DRIVER CATALYST v10.03 WHQL
NVIDIA DRIVER FORCEWARE v197.41 WHQL
PROCESSOR AMD PHENOM II X4 955
MOTHERBOARD MSI K9A2 PLATINUM AMD 790 FX
MEMORY CORSAIR 4GB DDR2 XMS2 DOMINATOR
OPERATING SYSTEM WINDOWS 7 ULTIMATE

JUST CAUSE 2

MEDIUM QUALITY

ZOTAC GEFORCE GTX 48063
MSI RADEON HD 597090

HIGH QUALITY

ZOTAC GEFORCE GTX 48044
MSI RADEON HD 597062

EXTREME QUALITY

ZOTAC GEFORCE GTX 48037
MSI RADEON HD 597055

ZOTAC GEFORCE GTX 480 MSI RADEON HD 5970

COMMENT - "Zotac GeForce GTX 480 loses to the MSI Radeon HD 5970 by 31% with Just Cause 2."

METRO 2033

MEDIUM QUALITY

ZOTAC GEFORCE GTX 48057
MSI RADEON HD 597074

HIGH QUALITY

ZOTAC GEFORCE GTX 48045
MSI RADEON HD 597058

EXTREME QUALITY

ZOTAC GEFORCE GTX 48033
MSI RADEON HD 597047

ZOTAC GEFORCE GTX 480 MSI RADEON HD 5970

COMMENT - "Zotac GeForce GTX 480 loses to the MSI Radeon HD 5970 by 25% with Metro 2033."

FINAL RESULT

COMMENT - "The Zotac GeForce GTX 480 put in some good performances against the more expensive MSI Radeon HD 5970 but the Zotac GeForce GTX 480 could only stay within 14% with two of the five games used for testing. These were Dawn of War 2 and Resident Evil 5 which are pretty CPU Intensive which might explain why the MSI Radeon HD 5970 couldn't outperform the Zotac GeForce GTX 480 by more. The Zotac GeForce GTX 480 was easily beaten by the MSI Radeon HD 5970 with Left for Dead 2, Metro 2033 and Just Cause 2. These are new games which have only just been released which make me wonder if new drivers will help the Zotac GeForce GTX 480 perform better with these games. The Zotac GeForce GTX 480 is a good solid video card delivering good performance, it does run hot so the fan can be heard but this is expected with Top End video cards so isn't a problem. If you are not interested in anything ATI then the Zotac GeForce GTX 480 is a very good video card from Nvidia!"

ZOTAC GEFORCE GTX 480 SCORES 8/10!
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ZOTAC GEFORCE GTX 480 REVIEW INDEX

PAGE 1 - ZOTAC GEFORCE GTX 480 INTRODUCTION
PAGE 2 - LEFT FOR DEAD 2, DAWN OF WAR 2 AND RESIDENT EVIL 5
PAGE 3 - JUST CAUSE 2 , METRO 2033 AND FINAL ZOTAC GEFORCE GTX 480 RESULT

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