Yes it will, says on my EVGA box that a pci-e x16 or pci-e 2.0 slot is required...
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Yes it will, says on my EVGA box that a pci-e x16 or pci-e 2.0 slot is required...
Thanks Moogleys, that is great. I don't like risking it when it isn't my money.
He did want to go for a 470 now and then upgrade the rest when AM3+ boards hit the market but as far as we can tell the shroud would be resting on the mobo chipset heatsink (HP mobo, terrible layout). The MSI 460 avoids that problem due to the open design.
He did want to go for a 470 now and then upgrade the rest when AM3+ boards hit the market but as far as we can tell the shroud would be resting on the mobo chipset heatsink (HP mobo, terrible layout). The MSI 460 avoids that problem due to the open design.
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Look like my nice new EVGA is going to be Rma,d for some reason it is only running standard clocks and not the superclocks that it should be. It even shows up on the EVGA product registration as a GTX 460 EE SC but i,m only getting the standard clock under evga precision. When i try and upgrade the bios using the Superclock one it says my card is not supported....
The Palit arrived just now from OcUK and I definitely will be returning it! Had a quick look at the card and the heatsink plastic cover is very thing, the card itself is very bare, no VRM heatsinks, I thought they solved this in retail and only the review samples had no VRM sinks (reading around anyway).
Anyway, even though the Palit Sonic Platinum is pre-overclocked I would not be confident in its abilities at holding the overclock or applying further overclocking and voltage boosting with the lack of VRM and cheap looking/feeling HSF setup.
The Asus stays for sure! I think there's plenty of room for more clocking in it too but I think the below is a good base point to keep until games need more
(voltage set to 1.087V)
Good luck on your 460 adventures Moogleys!
Anyway, even though the Palit Sonic Platinum is pre-overclocked I would not be confident in its abilities at holding the overclock or applying further overclocking and voltage boosting with the lack of VRM and cheap looking/feeling HSF setup.
The Asus stays for sure! I think there's plenty of room for more clocking in it too but I think the below is a good base point to keep until games need more
(voltage set to 1.087V)
Good luck on your 460 adventures Moogleys!
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I just got my 2nd MSI 1gb Cyclone card to run in SLI.
I'm getting temps of 90+ and 50+ C on the 1st and 2nd gpu under heavy load.
This seems rather high. Can anyone confirm if this is normal?
When running 1 card alone the load temps were 50C maximum.
I'm getting temps of 90+ and 50+ C on the 1st and 2nd gpu under heavy load.
This seems rather high. Can anyone confirm if this is normal?
When running 1 card alone the load temps were 50C maximum.
I have a Storm Sniper case with a 140mm fan on the bottom and a 200mm fan on the front pulling in cool air. Cpu cooled by a corsair h50 water cooler with 2 120 mm fans in a push pull config. Top of the case has a 200mm exhaust fan.
The 2 cards are very close to each other but there's no other choice.
The 2 cards are very close to each other but there's no other choice.
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i think it is mainly due to the gpu's being close together and the top fan not being able to pull adequate air to cool it earlier in this thread someone said similar best way to go sli with tight cooling is the evga's as they exhaust hot air out the back
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should be ordering 2 EVGA GTX460s in SLI next week or the week after so i will post pictures of the beasts when they arrive
ah poo!
Would a spot cooling fan like the antec make a vast difference?
Probably would, if you can get some air blowing into the top card.
Or if your case has a side panel fan slot, put one there blowing over the cards.
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I've got two Gigabyte 1Gs in SLI, I tried a little bit of overclocking ( 740Mhz ) and the top card was hitting 97℃ whilst the lower card was hitting 62℃ - fan speeds set to 70%.
So I tried the cards individually and was able to overclock them to 825Mhz with temps of 69℃ @ 49% fan speed and 63℃ @ 70% fan speed.
Little concerned that in SLI mode the temps of the first card near 100℃. I have a cosmos S case, and have reversed the huge 200MM side fan to blow air out of the case but makes little difference.
I also stumbled across this report which suggests it's not uncommon
No side fan unfortunately as its the windowed version of the Sniper case.
I don't mind throwing some money at sorting it out so water cooling isn't out of the question. It is something I'd rather avoid though as I've never done it before.
I'll try a couple of spot fans to see if that helps. If not I'll go back to using a single card.
That report pretty much sums up whats going on with my cards. Cheers for the link
I don't mind throwing some money at sorting it out so water cooling isn't out of the question. It is something I'd rather avoid though as I've never done it before.
I'll try a couple of spot fans to see if that helps. If not I'll go back to using a single card.
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That report pretty much sums up whats going on with my cards. Cheers for the link
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some info i found with my pair running hot
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18177657
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18177657
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just got my Gainward GTX460GS today!
had a wee go at stalker with the 2009complete mod. If I remember correctly everything was maxed out!
had a wee go at stalker with the 2009complete mod. If I remember correctly everything was maxed out!
Emmm... is it only me that's noticed ... but the 460 GTX Cyclone appears to have had a fair bump up in price! Just as I was thinking about getting one.
Now I know all about supply and demand, but this makes this card now one of the most expensive 460's out there!
Now I wonder if this is being repositioned price wise (with it being so popular), ready for the launch of the HAWK version at some silly price. My guess is around £250, which would be a kick up the rear end (as usual) for us in the good old UK (as the Dollar price I've seen is $249).
Life...
Now I know all about supply and demand, but this makes this card now one of the most expensive 460's out there!
Now I wonder if this is being repositioned price wise (with it being so popular), ready for the launch of the HAWK version at some silly price. My guess is around £250, which would be a kick up the rear end (as usual) for us in the good old UK (as the Dollar price I've seen is $249).
Life...
Just installed two 460 Gigabytes with the nice dual cooler. I can't believe how quiet they are. They are quieter than my old gtx285, can't believe how I put up with that noise, guess I just got used to it 
Anyway these pair are astonishingly quiet.
Crysis is now playable @ native res! Hurrah! SLi fears begone, everything is working great. Still room for improvement AA wise but I guess that's what 470/480 sli is for
Very happy with the purchase.
22.6k Vantage - Stock everything. Will oc 2moro to test the limits.
Anyway these pair are astonishingly quiet. Crysis is now playable @ native res! Hurrah! SLi fears begone, everything is working great. Still room for improvement AA wise but I guess that's what 470/480 sli is for
Very happy with the purchase.
22.6k Vantage - Stock everything. Will oc 2moro to test the limits.
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Madness, who'd buy one of these over the quieter (at load, and probably otherwise) Gigabytes!?
Not worth an extra £23 by a long chalk.