would a 480 be cooler and quieter than a 295?

[Langlest]

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after seeing the benchmarks for the 480 im tempted to replace my 295 with one but i cant seem to find anywhere that compairs the temps and noise of my card and the 480

 

[Gerard]

Well my single pcb 295 loads at about 75c and in my case (fortress 2) i can barely hear the fan. The vids hardocp showed of the 480 show that it runs very hot (90c+) and very loud.

 

[Langlest]

ahh ok thanks i think ill skip the 480 then

 

[Biffa]

see title
after seeing the benchmarks for the 480 im tempted to replace my 295 with one but i cant seem to find anywhere that compairs the temps and noise of my card and the 480

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2010/03/27/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-1-5gb-review/10

 

[Mullins]

My dual PCB 295 is about 90c under load in dx10 games such as metro 2033, bfbc2 etc. and as such runs at 100% fan speed which is really loud, this is with a large case and good airflow.

The videos here seem to sound slightly quieter to me than my dual PCB 295, but I dont think there is much in it.

Performance wise they seem to be very close to each other aswell, so doubt it would really be worth upgrading to a gtx 480 purely for noise reasons unless you especially wanted to be able to play in dx11 mode for the newer games.

 

[Langlest]

thanks for the links guys, i must have missed that comparison chart

it was mainly because of the noise and stability of a single pcb over a dual, they get higher minimum framerates if im correct?

i think ill wait a while tho and see how it goes

 

[kylew]

Why not just get 2x 5850s or a 5970? GTX480 is an absolute joke.

 

[Biffa]

Single pcb 295 is much cooler than the dual pcb model I have noticed.

 

[Langlest]

Why not just get 2x 5850s or a 5970? GTX480 is an absolute joke.

i would but i hate not having options enabled in games & the added nvidia effects in just cause 2 are excellent maybe when im sick of the game ill think about going over to ati

Single pcb 295 is much cooler than the dual pcb model I have noticed.

how would i tell what model i have?

 

[cmndr_andi]

how would i tell what model i have?

The dual PCB version looks like a big box, this is what it looks like.

The Single PCB version has a fan in the centre and the shroud is slightly more curved. This is what it looks like.

Hope that helps.

 

[Langlest]

thanks mate, yep i have the dual so that must be why mine gets so loud when playing games