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the AMP! edition seems to be MIA, the 3000F cooler isn't out yet and the Gelid cooler won't fit all 470's because the mounting is screwed up
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Best gpu for around £300 to £350?
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no such option
the AMP! edition seems to be MIA, the 3000F cooler isn't out yet and the Gelid cooler won't fit all 470's because the mounting is screwed up
Cheers for all the responses 
I think the 480 seems like the best decision at the moment in my price range. The 470 is extremely good value though.
The only thing to really decide on is which manufacturer to go with? I'm set on the MSI as it has a very good price and I know they're a reputable manufacturer. However if anything does go wrong with the card, I'd ideally like to be able to ship it back to a department in the UK if possible. I only know of Asus having a returns dept in the UK. Do any of the others?
I think the 480 seems like the best decision at the moment in my price range. The 470 is extremely good value though. The only thing to really decide on is which manufacturer to go with? I'm set on the MSI as it has a very good price and I know they're a reputable manufacturer. However if anything does go wrong with the card, I'd ideally like to be able to ship it back to a department in the UK if possible. I only know of Asus having a returns dept in the UK. Do any of the others?
only £10 less though, also uses more power and has lower minimums
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only if you have a SLI capable board.
but if you go for the 480, u can then get another one later, which would be more difficult if you alreayd has 2 460's
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Always go for a single card setup, unless you are going to buy 2 of the highest end single card at the time and by single card I mean single GPU card. No point buying x2 460's as a year or two down the line you wont be able to upgrade.
Single GTX 480, uncontested at this price point im afraid.
Single GTX 480, uncontested at this price point im afraid.
This. As I said in my first post I don't really want to go down the multiple gpu route again. Sli and xfire are great, when they work. The thing is not all games support it and if they do it's quite hit and miss as to how well they utilise both gpus from game to game. Just want to keep things simple from now on.
Anyways back to my other post, which manufacturer?
Sweet
what sort of overclocks would I be looking at on a reference 480 as well? e.g. is a 750Mhz core clock easily doable with stock volts and decent temps? Just trying to get my bearings as I know my 4870X2 was reference and very hot so I never went near it with any overclocks.
Sweet
Easily, mine does 800MHz on stock volts no issues
Sweet
I only have my card as reference, but I can manage 825 / 2000 on stock volts. I haven't pushed the memory further as I like to have stable memory. I can get to 850mhz stable fairly easily by upping the voltage, but the heat output of the card spikes massively with even a little extra voltage, so I'm sticking to stock volts.
I'm on stock air cooling btw. From what I understand I've dropped fairly lucky, but most 480s will hit 800mhz core at stock volts.
Max temps I have seen are 93C in furmark (at 825/2000 stock volts), and 88C in-game (crysis). The room is fairly warm and case ventilation is not great. At 88C the fan is at around 70%, and isn't so noisy. Not exactly quiet but a big step up from 100% (which is what you'll get by pumping extra volts through it).
Gone from being a lifetime single card user to a sli setup. Haven't seen any issues yet with loads of titles. Things seem to have come a long way
Touch wood.
pretty much the same as me, i can get mine to 825/2000 on stock volts
any higher and i need to up the voltage.
althou i only needed a small volt increase to get to 850.
i cant get the memory speed to go much higher without problems thou
What i would do is look on HWBOT and look what cards are getting (Vantage Aquamark etc) You will soon see whats about the best. Remember everything has its downsides.
TBH unless your going to be BMing all the time you will not see any dif, if you bought a 460/5850 or 480/5870. They all look and perform about the same to the human eye. Pick a colour Red or Green then pick a number £300+ on a GPU you will not be disappointed.
The only thing i would say is if your going Green make sure your case cooling is good and your PSU is upto the job. No point buying a card you cant run to its maximum potential.
TBH unless your going to be BMing all the time you will not see any dif, if you bought a 460/5850 or 480/5870. They all look and perform about the same to the human eye. Pick a colour Red or Green then pick a number
£300+ on a GPU you will not be disappointed.The only thing i would say is if your going Green make sure your case cooling is good and your PSU is upto the job. No point buying a card you cant run to its maximum potential.
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