Review roundup – 09/22

Today’s reviews:

• ASUS Radeon HD5870 Matrix @ X-bit Labs
• ECS GeForce GTX460 Black Series @ Hardware Secrets
• Galaxy GeForce GTX480 Super OC @ TweakTown.
• GigaByte GeForce GTX470 SOC @ Björn3D
• GigaByte GeForce GTX470 SOC @ HardwareCanucks
• HIS Radeon HD5570 LP @ Tweaknews
• Palit GeForce GTS450 Sonic Platinum @ PureOC
• Palit GeForce GTX460 Sonic Platinum @X-bit Labs
• XFX Radeon HD5750 XXX, eVGA GeForce GTS450, PowerColor HD5750 LP @ KitGuru

MSI AfterBurner 1.6.0 Beta5

The guys over at MSI made the responsible for all the over-voltage overclocking that was done by Guru3D, and also Kombustor got updated to 1.07.

Notes on AfterBurner 1.6.0 Beta5:

• Over-voltage support for GTX470 & GTX480 cards.
• Adjustment range on the GTX470: 0.825~1.087V
• Adjustment range on the GTX480: 0.825~1.138V
• Clock adjustment upperlimit extended to 150% on GTX470 & GTX480.

Notes on Kombustor 1.07:

• Change: updated to win32 installer to overwrite existing files.
• Bugfix: When renamed in etqw.exe (for multi-GPU purposes), Kombustor crashed due to some OpenGL instructions that worked differently with etqw profile in Catalyst drivers. The crash only occured when Post-FX was checked.

Download @ MSI

How to overclock a GTX470 properly

We reported that the chaps over at Guru3D did an article on raising voltages on the GTX480 to achieve higher clocks. This time around they did the same with it’s little brother the GTX470.  They got it up to 775MHz for the GPU and ~1548MHz on the shaderdomain, up for the reference 607/1215MHz! They weren’t so lucky on the memory front though… For the full story and result head over to Guru3D.

Overclocking GeForce GTX 470 with extra GPU voltage

nVIDIA releases first WHQL GTX400 Series driver

nVIDIA has released the first WHQL driver for the GTX400 Series. ForceWare 197.41 release highlights:

This is a WHQL-certified driver update for GeForce GTX 480 and GeForce GTX 470.

Bundled Components:

• Installs PhysX system software version 9.10.0129.
• Installs HD Audio driver version 1.0.9.1.

Technology and API Support:

• Supports CUDA Toolkit 3.0. See CUDA Zone for more details.
• Supports OpenCL 1.0 (Open Computing Language).
• Supports OpenGL 3.2.
• Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology* on DirectX 9 and OpenGL.

Download – WinVista / Win7 32bit | WinVista / Win7 64 bit | WinXP 32bit | WinXP 64bit

Note: This release only supports GeForce GTX470 & GTX480 products.

Koolance announces watercooling blocks for GTX400 Series

Koolance has announced two new blocks for nVIDIA’s GTX470 & GTX480 cards. The new blocks cool the GPU, the VRM and the memory modules also. Dimensions are 15.9 x 14.6 x 1.6 cm and they weigh 680 grams. The VID-NX470 costs 110USD and the VID-NX480 will make your wallet 120USD lighter. You can order them from Koolance check here & here.