* 25/02/2011 EXTENSION! * DEAL OF CENTURY: Asus GeForce GTX 480 1536MB Graphics Card with 2 FREE

Mr Krugga · 29 Jan 2011 at 20:06

Zefan said:
What a great post.

Thanks very much for that information Mr Krugga, I have that exact Corsair PSU and I really don't want to spend a fortune getting another one! OcUK don't seem to stock the modular Corsair's anymore

Thank you. There's quite a lot of misleading information regarding power supply units and I thought that pointing out some common misconceptions would be helpful for some in this thread.

OcUK does stock modular Corsair PSUs, they do seem a little overpriced though (HX range starts with 650W at over £100...).

Look at HX and AX over here if you're interested - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=123&subid=1084&sortby=priceAsc.

I hate to say it but most of these PSUs can be had for £10-20 less from competitors.

Robert · 29 Jan 2011 at 20:23

Are there any of these left for pre-order?

atheos · 29 Jan 2011 at 20:24

Robert said:
Are there any of these left for pre-order?

I would say so.

I just ordered mine a while ago.

mufc802 · 29 Jan 2011 at 21:13

Is it worth upgrading a 4890 which I've owned for over a year to this? Does anyone know that website to compare graphics cards also?

RavenXXX2 · 29 Jan 2011 at 21:23

Yateszy said:
Is it worth upgrading a 4890 which I've owned for over a year to this? Does anyone know that website to compare graphics cards also?

Here you go.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/175?vs=158

Flare · 29 Jan 2011 at 21:44

Don't know whether to go for this or a 560 (coming from a BFG GTX 280 OC), hmm.....

RavenXXX2 · 29 Jan 2011 at 21:55

1GB v 1.5GB of vram says 480 to me.

Flare · 29 Jan 2011 at 22:02

RavenXXX2 said:
1GB v 1.5GB of vram says 480 to me.

Yeah i suppose.
I wasn't actually thinking of upgrading but with it being such a good deal and with there being no warranty on my BFG it seems like a good idea. Also i was thinking about getting another monitor, an SSD and OC'ing my Q6600 so it seems like that would be a nice upgrade

Ezyryder · 29 Jan 2011 at 22:08

480 is the better card, due to VRAM (unless you play at low res).

elpedro · 29 Jan 2011 at 22:22

Ezyryder said:
480 is the better card, due to VRAM (unless you play at low res).

Just to point out very few games will go over 1GB VRAM usage, even at 2560*1600. I play at 1080p with a 768MB GTX 460 with no issue whatsoever. Playing the likes of Crysis with 4xAA no sweat.

Gerard · 29 Jan 2011 at 22:24

elpedro said:
Just to point out very few games will go over 1GB VRAM usage, even at 2560*1600. I play at 1080p with a 768MB GTX 460 with no issue whatsoever. Playing the likes of Crysis with 4xAA no sweat.

Crysis a that res does go over the 1gig limit by a few meg.

Flare · 29 Jan 2011 at 22:36

really can't decide if it is worth me upgrading. I might just go for it and if it doesn't make a huge amount of difference i could just sell it and probably get more for it then i paid! Win win!

elpedro · 29 Jan 2011 at 22:37

Gerard said:
Crysis a that res does go over the 1gig limit by a few meg.

From all the benchmarks I've seen at 1920*1200, the 768MB GTX 460 is never restricted by its VRAM, that's with AA applied.

I'd assume anyone with a 30" monitor would be going for a 1GB minimum graphics card. Any resolution below that, 95% of time you won't need 1GB.

bhavv · 29 Jan 2011 at 22:41

Gerard said:
Crysis a that res does go over the 1gig limit by a few meg.

Which will reduce overall FPS by 2. Big deal?

Buckster · 29 Jan 2011 at 22:47

I'm into games like FSX and Arma 2 - where Brute Force works quite well

hence I'm going to go for the 480

Gerard · 29 Jan 2011 at 22:48

bhavv said:
Which will reduce overall FPS by 2. Big deal?

Or could introduce hitching into the game since the cards exceeded its ram limit.

bhavv · 29 Jan 2011 at 22:50

Gerard said:
Or could introduce hitching into the game since the cards exceeded its ram limit.

I used to run modded oblivion ages ago on a pair of 512 mb 3850s, and the Vram usage was around 700-900 meg, but without any such hitching or choppiness.

I suppose I'd never notice not having enough Vram with the speed of two cards that I've always had

RavenXXX2 · 29 Jan 2011 at 22:53

elpedro said:
Just to point out very few games will go over 1GB VRAM usage, even at 2560*1600. I play at 1080p with a 768MB GTX 460 with no issue whatsoever. Playing the likes of Crysis with 4xAA no sweat.

Yeah at 1680x1050 crysis 4xAA goes over 1GB, you must really enjoy stuttering gameplay with large FPS drops.

bhavv said:
Which will reduce overall FPS by 2. Big deal?

lol you think that's all that happens when you exceed your Vram limit, why go 2GB card when we cans settle for a 768 or 512mb card, even if a game goes over the vram limit by 1GB the penalty is only a 2 fps drop lol. Fact is going over Vram limit will induce large FPS drop akin to lag and hitching. The speed of the GFX card has got nothing to do with it.

bhavv · 29 Jan 2011 at 22:57

RavenXXX2 said:
Fact is going over Vram limit will induce large FPS drop akin to lag and hitching. The speed of the GFX card has got nothing to do with it.

Ok. I've yet to see anything like that happen on a 1 Gb card.

Also I never said the difference of going 1 Gb over your Vram limit would be 2 FPS, but the difference of going 100-200 mb over is completely minimal.

But if Vram is such a huge issue to you, then why not reccomend a 2 Gb GTX 560 over a 1.5 Gb GTX 480?

RavenXXX2 · 29 Jan 2011 at 22:59

Yeah not one for smooth gameplay I guess.

bhavv said:
But if Vram is such a huge issue to you, then why not reccomend a 2 Gb GTX 560 over a 1.5 Gb GTX 480?

Because 1.5GB is enough obviously, if you game at eyefinity/suround res then yeah 2GB would be a better choice.

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*** 25/02/2011 EXTENSION! *** DEAL OF CENTURY: Asus GeForce GTX 480 1536MB Graphics Card with 2 FREE

* 25/02/2011 EXTENSION! * DEAL OF CENTURY: Asus GeForce GTX 480 1536MB Graphics Card with 2 FREE