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asus gtx480 or gigabyte gtx480 SE

beasty6

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hey guys,

i want to buy a gtx 480 and have seen that the asus refrence card and the gigabyte gtx 480 SE card areboth at 199.99 at the momment but i have heard a lot about the gigabyte cards playing up a lot recently and need RMA

shall i take the risk or just stick with the refrence ??

beasty
 
Think the problem was with SOC, not the SE. Something about the SOC card not having enough voltage for the factory-overclock of 820MHz, or the core not up to it with that clock speed.

But do bare in mind while the SE is about £15 cheaper than the SOC...if you end up with a card that's a poor overclocker, you are stucked with it...but for the SOC, if it has any problem with is factory overclock of 820MHz, you can RMA it for a replacement...so it's something that worth thinking about.
 
beasty6 said:
hey guys,

i want to buy a gtx 480 and have seen that the asus refrence card and the gigabyte gtx 480 SE card areboth at 199.99 at the momment but i have heard a lot about the gigabyte cards playing up a lot recently and need RMA

shall i take the risk or just stick with the refrence ??

beasty
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AFAIK its only the SOC Gigabyte cards that have issues with unstable overclock. IMO go for the non-o/c'ed Gigabyte SE card. Runs cooler than the referance Asus card. I'd have gone that way if the offer was out when i took the plunge.:rolleyes:

Great cards tho all of them for £200.:D Mines just a bit noisey sometimes.:eek:
 
Rubbish stock cards? Err, whatever. They're better in my opinion - less chance of getting a dud and actually exhaust the hot air out the back rather than fill your case with it! I know which I'd rather have (not the gigabyte).
 
IvanDobskey said:
Rubbish stock cards? Err, whatever. They're better in my opinion - less chance of getting a dud and actually exhaust the hot air out the back rather than fill your case with it! I know which I'd rather have (not the gigabyte).
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I think it was a "tongue in cheek" comment aimed at me.... hence the wink.

Happy with my Asus TBH. Good clocker! Runs everything inc Furmark @ stock volts @ 825/1650/4000. Just had to tweak the fan for Furmark. Fan is noisey in Furmark, bearable in games.
 
Indeed, each to their own.

The stock cooler is good if you have poor air circulation in your case.

For me the heat in the case is a non-issue, I have a 200mm fan that just gets rid of it all no problem.

So personally I'd prefer to have the quieter giga SE cooler.

As for the 'getting a dud', as has been repeated numerous times, that is only the SOC's, and they aren't broken, they still work fine, just not at their advertised OC's. The SE's on the other hand have been 100% fine.
 
Gigabyte, the only issue with the SOC is, they aren't binned, so the odd one won't do fine, up the voltage, whatever, or RMA and get a good one, same cores on all the cards. THe choice should be between asus and the gigabyte SE or whatever its called, the non OC version, utter utter waste of extra money, and considering the gigabyte has a quiet cooler and the Asus doesn't, easy choice is easy.

Heat in the case with a single card, non issue. As a hint I ran two overclocked 5850's with non exhausting coolers, cpu temps(in an admittedly good case) went up maybe 2c, my overclock stability did not change, if it did I'd knock it down 100, maybe 200Mhz, you're talking about gaming. Better gpu, better gpu overclock is hugely hugely more influencial on your gaming performance than a CPU overclock. I'd be literally shocked if you found an Asus with reference cooler that overclocked better than the Gigabyte, I'd assume the gigabyte is good for a FAR higher overclock still with very quiet cooling = better fps in the end than the asus.
 
Go for the gigabyte and the noise wont hurt your ears i have the SOC 480 from gigabyte and it is 100% stable (must have a good one)

I sent the asus back as i bought that first but 100c and fan speed at 100% and it sounded like my machine was taking off it had to go back and got the gigabyte instead

some SOC cards are glitching at OC 820Mhz core speeds whilest the SE dont as they are at stock 700Mhz Plus they are much better built in my opinion (slightly longer than stock 480s)
 
can i ask the best way to test an SOC for a bad one, i have just ordered one and a 750w PSU it will be here tomorrow,and plan to fully test it,If its a faulty one its going back
 
heaven benchmark and occt
though i had glitching in occt but not heaven or any games i play at all but in occt i see some tearing (put it down to occt not the card ) if you see a lot of tearing and suchlike use msi afterburner to downclock it to 700MHZ and see if it still does it ,
 
I have the Asus one under high end water and it clocks like a dog. Max I can get it to is 850/1700/1850 @ 1.1V. I'm not sure if I was unlucky or whether they are generally like this. If I could purchase again I would have brought the Gigabyte one.
 
OCCT is a great test for stability

put it this way my 480 SOC was up to thousands of errors within 20-30 seconds

vs my 570 - which managed 20 minutes without a single error out of the box

and if a bit overclocked too far - would give a few errors after 5-10 minutes, so you can tell thousands of errors within seconds means not stable at all
 
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