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Provided you are not sensitive to noise the performance for the money is sensational.
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Provided you are not sensitive to noise the performance for the money is sensational.
[TW]Fox;18387079 said:
im with you on that one, its silent using custom profile on idle but playing a game its just daft, im gonna order a 470 msi i think, having said that there not silent either but that was in a much smaller case than i have now
3Dmark11 comparison showing my 580 overclocked @ 930core/4400mem vs this ASUS 480 @ 860core/4200mem.
Not much in it considering one costs almost twice as much as the other.
Not much in it considering one costs almost twice as much as the other.
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up the voltage rerun 3dmark see if you get a performance increase
keep doing that till you reach the point where its at the maxium score
i think your throttling your card alittle
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[TW]Fox;18387079 said:
Would it be loud enough to annoy even with a headphones on?
Nope, I game with headphones, can't even here the card and my case is on my desk.
Had a quick 20 mins on Dead Space 2, looks fantastic, according to afterburner the temp hadn't increased at all, I didn't notice the fan speed increase above idle, seems it doesn't even break a sweat with that game. Off to bed very happy tonight, honestly didn't expect to be able to overclock this due to temps/fan noise but got another 15% out of it very easily with seemingly no impact on noise or temps, cracking stuff 
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[timko];18385799 said:
The black part goes into the card and both the white plugs go into spare white power connector cables from your PSU?
On a PSU spec, those white parts would be connected to which bit? both the 2 x 6pin PCI-Express? what happens to my 9500GT i want to keep in my system. i was going to keep my 9500GT for support for more than two monitors.
Yeah never replaced a graphics card before. Getting a new PSU as well more concerned about remembering where all the wires go lol.
"20+4pin Power
4+4pin ATX12v
8pin ATX12v
2x 6pin PCI-Express
2x 8pin PCI-Express (4x PCI-E Total)
9x 4pin Molex"
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Cheers was wondering as my case sits on desk right beside me (Antec 902) so I'm kinda used to a bit of fan noise.
Try OCCT GPU error check at 800MHz / 1.025mv and see what happens. My 480 seems stable at those settings, but to be OCCT stable it takes 1.075v.
@555BUK Nope don't use over the top stability testing software that puts an unrealistic load on the GPU. I can tell you now that I'm 100% certain I would artifact in that software, but I don't suffer stability problems in any games so why should I up the volts just to keep OCCT happy.
I get stick for running 1680x1050 heh.
I really need a new monitor now, this 19" 1280x1024 one just isn't doing the GTX480 any justice
I get stick for running 1680x1050 heh.
Yes, that's correct.
No, the white molex plugs on the cable go into the standard 4pin molex connections on the PSU. This GTX 480 needs one 6pin and one 8pin PCIe power (see below) so you won't need that 2 molex to one 6pin PCIe "Y" cable.
As for the 9500GT, put the 480 in the slot the 9500 is currently using and move the old card "down" into another slot. It will function just fine.
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hmmm, seems Nvidia drivers are very bad for my old Anarchy Online I play, infact I am getting 1/3rd of the fps of my old 4870 at most 
[timko];18387369 said:
Cheers for that mate!
Do the connectors only fit into one place i pressume so should be fairly easy to work out which is which?
Looking at my current PSU which a mate connected up for me, all sorts of wires everywhere, some black connectors plugged into white connectors, and then white connectors connected to white ones, very confusing for someone who doesnt know much about hardware unfortuntly.
Ah right, i thought that cable in the picture was standard and was needed to power the card.
Regarding the 9500GT do i need to move it down, or can the BIOS change the primary display? My motherboard only has two PCI-e slots, wasnt sure if the GTX 480 would burn my 9500GT depending on which side the fan is!
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meh this is totally un playable, will give it a day of trying things and if no improvement its off to the MM for the 480 :/
You can't really connect any of the plugs into the wrong place unless you use a hammer to force them in. They have added notches, odd shaped heads etc to ensure that each type of plug only goes into specific places. No need to worry about it so much.
Since this is your first PSU transplant, I would right down the number of things currently plugged into the old psu, preferably along with the type of plug each device etc it's plugged into.
Then check that list as you connect the new PSU up one plug at a time. Make sure you've connect up at least as many plugs on the new PSU as you unplugged from the old one. That way you can't miss any. The final count will be 2 units higher since the 480 takes up one 6 and one 8pin PCIe power.
As for the location of the graphics cards, if your motherboard as two full 16x lanes (which you probably don't know) then it won't matter which way round it goes. However, in the more likely event that your motherboard has a 16x primary and an 8x or 4x secondary slot then you definitely want to move the 9500 down. Do you know the make and model of your motherboard? If not it doesn't really matter, just put the 480 into where the 9500 is now and you won't have to worry about it
hmmm, seems Nvidia drivers are very bad for my old Anarchy Online I play, infact I am getting 1/3rd of the fps of my old 4870 at most
Yeh lol. I'm getting this aswell using the latest nvidia drivers. A lot less fps in anarchy than when I was using my gtx280. I might try some older drivers. And see if it sorts it. Dosnt bode well for anarchy online though. Hope they hurry up and finish new graphics engine
Oh I wouldn't say card is loud either. At least at idle. I've not really pushed it much though yet. Will at the weekend.
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