Galaxy GeForce GTX 470 GC version! – Pre-Overclocked, Innovative HSF Design

Ah, Galaxy… Have you heard of the name? Sometime ago, before disappearing, it was once distributed in the Indonesian local market. Lately, one of the distributors has taken the initiative to bring the brand back to Indonesia. Thanks to that, now we can also consider Galaxy’s selection of custom-made VGAs when shopping for a graphics card.

We received a sample of their GeForce GTX 470 GC version!, a graphics card with non-reference PCB layout that is fitted with a custom HSF. Being a pre-overclocked version, it should also be faster compared to reference models. Before proceeding to the benchmarking session, let us first examine the technical specifications.

Specification

	NVIDIA GTX 480	NVIDIA GTX 470	Galaxy GeForce GTX 470 GC version!
Fabrication Process	40 nm	40 nm	40 nm
Transistors	3.2 Billion	3.2 Billion	3.2 Billion
Die Size	–	526 mm2	526 mm2
Core Clock	700 MHz	607 MHz	625 MHz
Stream Processors	480	448	448
Shader Clock	1401 MHz	1215 MHz	1250 MHz
Texture Units	60	56	56
ROPs	48	40	40
Memory Type	GDDR5	GDDR5	GDDR5
Memory Size	1536 MB	1280 MB	1280 MB
Memory Clock (effective)	3696 MHz	3348 MHz	3348 MHz
Memory Interface	384-bit	320-bit	320-bit
DirectX Version	11	11	11
Shader Model	5	5	5
Power Connectors	8-pin + 6-pin	2x 6-pin	2x 6-pin
Min Recommended Power Supply	600 W	550 W	550 W
Bus Support	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Max GPU Temperature	105 °C	105 °C	105 °C

According to the above table, the Galaxy GeForce GTX 470 GC version! comes with a slight overclock on the core frequency, which is clocked at 625 MHz rather than the reference specification of 607 MHz. At 1250 MHz (versus the standard clock of 1215 MHz), the shader frequency is overclocked as well, since it’s linked to the core.