Last week we took a look at the EVGA GeForce GTX 470 Hydro Copper FTW and I was pretty darn impressed with the capabilities of the GeForce GTX 470. Granted, that particular card is the top dog overclocked version from EVGA and not your vanilla reference edition. Keeping with the tradition of testing the top dog from companies, we have GIGABYTE's top dog of their GeForce GTX 470 line. Today's sample is the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 470 Super Overclocked Edition (GV-N470SO-13I).The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 470 Super Overclock Edition completely breaks away from the reference design. The PCB (printed circuit board) is quite different and the cooling couldn't be more different. We will take a look at some of these differences later in the article. Whether you are looking at a reference NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 or the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 470 Super Overclock Edition, both are built around the Fermi Technology from NVIDIA and use the NVIDIA GF100 chip.The NVIDIA Fermi technology, as we have seen to date, is a fairly impressive piece of technology -- especially when it comes to tessellation heavy applications. Legit Reviews has taken several in-depth looks at the NVIDIA Fermi architecture over the last few months since the release of the first NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470, but if you are looking for a refresher on the specifications of the reference NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 you can find that information below.