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Robert · 3 Feb 2011 at 15:06

Do I order another one...

Hmm.

[timko] · 3 Feb 2011 at 15:06

Monkeh said:
I'm hoping it'll be a nice jump up from the 4870 it replaces.

Yes, judging from this...

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/176?vs=158

Smak · 3 Feb 2011 at 15:09

Thanks 555BUK for response!

OK ordered! Going to keep the 560 soc pre-order as it's not due till the 15th and see what I think to noise and temps first.

My lad is gonna freak when he see I've got a 480 for him lol!

Bradmax57 · 3 Feb 2011 at 15:15

[timko];18382860 said:
Not really. Whenever the DPD guy round my area gets here early I always see him park up and simply waits until the start of the given 1hr window. I suppose I could go out there and get it off him early but if he can't be bothered to come over early then I'm not going to go out there and do his job for him either, especially if it's raining

they cant deliver early which is why he sits there, there scanning equipment doesnt allow it, the driver here rants on about it all the time, i think its a good idea for residents etc but for businesses that have someone around say 9-5 that could sign for it

[timko] · 3 Feb 2011 at 15:24

Bradmax57 said:
they cant deliver early which is why he sits there, there scanning equipment doesnt allow it

That's good info. Now I know I don't have to feel guilty watching him trudge through the rain after he waits there for 5+ mins

fiveub · 3 Feb 2011 at 15:26

If you want to have further information on your delivery, feel free to use the Customer Services section on the forums and we are able to help.

kitch9 · 3 Feb 2011 at 15:32

K, I'm currently impressed, its as I thought it appears upon initial testing. The later batches do run better.

Got card installed it, checked vid in afterburner found it to be 1.062v, the thing idles at 36c, so I ran heaven for 20 mins, checked my watt meter and my rig was pulling 440 watt from the wall. (i7 920@ 4.0ghz, 6gb ram loads of fans.) Temps around 78C!

Chuffed with that whacked voltage up to 1.125v, and clocks up to 850mhz/1700 and re-ran test, temps maxed at 83C, wattage 480 and no artifacts happy days.

Testing ongoing....

strumpusplunket · 3 Feb 2011 at 15:34

^^ Nice info!

How do you find the noise? What does the fan spin up to under Heaven load?

mattjd · 3 Feb 2011 at 15:35

SO I have mine coming tomorrow.

My PSU says 648W Max on the 12v rails. There are 3 12v rails saying 18amps max for each one. Would this be ok? Like using one rail for the 6 pin and another rail for the 8pin?

Zefan · 3 Feb 2011 at 15:35

kitch9, thanks for that. Let us know how high you manage to get it!

[timko] · 3 Feb 2011 at 15:39

kitch9 said:
so I ran heaven for 20 mins, checked my watt meter and my rig was pulling 440 watt from the wall. (i7 920@ 4.0ghz, 6gb ram loads of fans.)

What card did you have before and how much wattage did that pull on the same test?

kitch9 · 3 Feb 2011 at 15:52

[timko];18383165 said:
What card did you have before and how much wattage did that pull on the same test?

2x Palit 460 Sonic Platinums, 550 wattish....

Bradmax57 · 3 Feb 2011 at 15:54

woohooo mines just arrived, driver cursing as usual lol

oh and 10 mins till its home time

kitch9 · 3 Feb 2011 at 15:56

Click to enlarge.

Screenshot after 20 mins of heaven, voltage maxed out in afterburner just to see how hot I can get the thing....

Topped out at 85C as you can see with auto 60% fanspeed, not too loud at all....

Zefan · 3 Feb 2011 at 15:58

That screeny is a little small to be able to see anything but it all sounds good so far!

strumpusplunket · 3 Feb 2011 at 16:00

^^ Wonderful!!

Thanks.

I won't sleep tonight now. I feel like I'm a kid a Christmas again...

[timko] · 3 Feb 2011 at 16:13

Zefan said:
That screeny is a little small to be able to see anything but it all sounds good so far!

Click on his link and when that page loads up, click on the image again to enlarge. It will only enlarge to fit the width of your browser so that means if you're on a 2560 x 1600 display and your browser is sized at around a quarter then that's how big Imageshack will size it to for you. Either maximise your browser window or just click this link and click on the image again for full size...

http://img808.imageshack.us/img808/5331/480tst.jpg

It is actually a 1920 x 1080 image

mattjd · 3 Feb 2011 at 16:23

[timko];18383475 said:
Click on his link and when that page loads up, click on the image again to enlarge. It will only enlarge to fit the width of your browser so that means if you're on a 2560 x 1600 display and your browser is sized at around a quarter then that's how big Imageshack will size it to for you. Either maximise your browser window or just click this link and click on the image again for full size...

http://img808.imageshack.us/img808/5331/480tst.jpg

It is actually a 1920 x 1080 image

Where did you get that Nvidia windows 7 gadget?

Bobmunkhouse · 3 Feb 2011 at 16:30

I have been doing a google and looks like my Q6600 @ 3Ghz would be a bottle neck for this card.....what do you think?

kitch9 · 3 Feb 2011 at 16:31

mattjd said:
Where did you get that Nvidia windows 7 gadget?

https://bitbucket.org/factormystic/hud-time/wiki/Home

There you go.

Just got back from 30 mins of BFBC2 in 3d with clocks at 850/1700 at 1.138v temps didn't go over 79C

TSMC must have really sorted their issues, this things overclocked to 580 performance levels and REALLY good temps, they are much better than I thought. I was hoping before it came for these clocks at around 90c whilst gaming and I'm nowhere near. I've got around 60-70 watt less power draw than I was expecting too....

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

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