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

TaKeN said:
Any chance of these ending up at £200 again? ;)
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I think you have probably missed the boat on that, I'm so glad i didnt, this card is a beast for £200, has made a night and day difference in game for me, and it aint all hot and noisey either, it gets less hot than my old gtx275 (usually about 75 in games like BFBC2 gtx275 would hit 80+, and about 42 idle (with 30% fan speed)
 
which would you prefer though a 480 at these prices or a 570 @ £239 still in stock (seen a competitor selling these at this price today) ? Tempting at that price.
 
Who's using OCCT to test their overclocks?

I can get 900+ on the core with relatively low volts and the card will seemingly be stable if tested with the Heaven bench and a few games.

If I test using OCCT, though, it'll badly artifact within seconds. That tells me the overclock isn't stable. It was the same storey with my old gtx 480, too.

Controversial I know, but I wouldn't class anyones OC stable, including mine, until it's ran at least an hour of OCCT error free. I'm a tad OCD when it comes to stabilty, though. :o
 
Im thinking about getting one of these and selling my ATI 5770.

Would it work with my hiper 580 watt PSU? At the moment I just have a 6 pin connector to my 5770
 
I would honestly not run it on that. Not because I don't think it will be able to power it, but because I wouldn't want to run hardware worth that much with a power supply that is known to drag other components with it on the way to PCB heaven.
 
Zefan said:
...I wouldn't want to run hardware worth that much with a power supply that is known to drag other components with it on the way to PCB heaven.
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Really? Ive had the same PSU for years (around 5 I think) and its never broken anything. It cost me £85 at the time I think so thought it was a good PSU

Think i remember reading this review about it "This PSU isn't all just good looks, its performance is also solid. Voltages were all within spec, though a little high under a light load. Efficiency was about typical for any high-end power supply"

http://www.extremeoverclocking.com/reviews/cases/Hiper_TypeR_580W_1.html

What PSU would you recommend for this type of graphics card? Although I dont really fancy spending another £100 on a PSU but suppose I will have to if mine would blow it up! What is the manufacturer minimum and recommended PSU for the GTX480?

Thanks
 
I'm using a 600W OCZ , this one actually:-

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-031-OC

Has been fine even with the card O/C'd to 810 core and my 2500k O/C'd to 4.4Ghz

I'm not saying I'd recommend that PSU though, just showing a 600W PSU is capable of handling this, if I was buying a new PSU now I'd definitely get one at least 800W and probably more to allow enough headroom for SLI, best to be prepared and leave options open :)
 
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