Is a 480 worth it?

[littlepuppy]

My "LAN" rig at the moment has 1gb 460.. I also use this rig as a folder when im not a LANS (970 cpu)

Would it be worth getting a 480 with the voucher?

currently it has a SOC 460..

Im thinking 235 with the discount for the 480...

Maybe circa 150 on a certain site for the 460 so 85 quid for the upgrade....

How long would this card last, or would it be a noisy power hungry beast that as an "upgrade" doesnt make sense as it will be folding 24/7.....

Thanks in advance...

LP

 

[Michaeljcox24]

Noisy with the stock cooler, good card with aftermarket. Still a big performance up from a 460 though.

 

[RavenXXX2]

Yes worth it. Regarding noise if you have good case airflow it is not an issue unless you run furmark. Poor case airflow than an aftermarket cooler would be required to keep noise low.

 

[littlepuppy]

Got good case airflow..... Will have 1 120mm blowing straight over it......

How noisy will it be do you think?

 

[RavenXXX2]

At stock clocks not loud at all, my 480 at stock clocks with 1.025v never goes above 60% fan, and that's not loud at all.

 

[Dark_Angel]

Performance wise, are they a better bet than the 570, since they've got more ram they could be more 'future' proof.?

 

[RavenXXX2]

Same performance as a 570. And yeah if we do get a very ram intensive game any time soon then the 480 has the edge with higher capacity memory.

 

[littlepuppy]

Off to the inlaws now, will chew it over my mince pie.....

 

[ashatron]

Isn't it more cost effective and better performance to buy 2 460 gtx cards.
Totalling around £200-£250.

 

[Cycrow]

Isn't it more cost effective and better performance to buy 2 460 gtx cards.
Totalling around £200-£250.

not really considering hes getting a discount, and selling old card.

if u read the post, hes paying about £85 for the upgrade, which would be cheaper than getting a 2nd 460.

plus u'll be on a single card instead of running sli which some ppl have problems with.
and can always upgrade to SLI in the future

 

[Marvin]

At stock clocks not loud at all, my 480 at stock clocks with 1.025v never goes above 60% fan, and that's not loud at all.

Maybe I've been spoiled by watercooling, but I don't find a GTX480 at stock clocks quiet at all (I ran one card aircooled and one watercooled (original) while I was waiting for my FT02 to turn up so I would rebuild the loop etc).

Having said that, my V2000 that it was in at the time didn't have a huge amount of airflow for the GPUs, so I guess it depends on your case/fan set-up.