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Three-fan peak Fermi from Sparkle's workshop

The manufacturer did not leave the reference clocks alone either, so we are faced with a tuned copy.

The most powerful Fermi-based Geforce, the GTX 480 has received a lot of negative criticism for its consumption as well as its noise level under load. The latter was repaired by Sparkle with a three-fan cooler called “Accelero Xtreme” where 5 heat pipes conduct a huge amount of heat from the graphics processor to the ribs on which three 92mm fans were mounted. This gives the card a much quieter operation, and what's more, the manufacturer found the new cooling so good that it even raised the clocks, so the GPU / Shader / Memory 700 / 1.401 / 1.848 MHZ instead of the reference clocks 752 / 1.504 / 1.900 MHz is set by Sparkle. The outputs can monitor two DVI and one Mini-HDMI port.

Three-fan peak Fermi from Sparkle's workshop

The manufacturer has not yet announced anything about the expected market launch date or the price tag.

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