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Talk to me peeps I am very tempted!
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**NVIDIA GTX 480 IS BACK - TRULY INCREDIBLE PRE-ORDER DEAL!**
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Talk to me peeps I am very tempted!
I said it somewhere earlier but a 480 is Ultra settings, a 5870 is not.
Mostly down to vram as 1gb simply isn't enough for ultra @ 1080p with 4xfsaa.
A 480 on the other hand does have enough vram and is also around 15% faster than a 5870.
It's about the cheapest way you're going to max out BF3 mate let's put it that way.
Edit. If you have a Gelid it's an absolute and utter no brainer mate. Tame the beast and it won't make a sound.
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Thanks Andy. Got a mate interested in my 5870 to crossfire with his. Will chat to him on vent tonight and see how much he will offer me. 
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The Gelid is a great addition. I have one on my asus 480. At 50 percent its pretty much silent and in kombuster at stock clocks, under volted the card never goes above 78 degrees.
I'm considering another 480 and undervolting it, but unsure on getting another gelid as itll bump the price up making the 480 not such a good deal.
I'm considering another 480 and undervolting it, but unsure on getting another gelid as itll bump the price up making the 480 not such a good deal.
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Also dont forget kombuster is 100% load, games generally dont get anywhere near 78 degrees
im ashamed to say that i read that and immediately glanced to the side to see your location
Yeah Kombustor and Furmark are stupid apps IMO. Firstly they don't test the memory at all and secondly they put a stupid amount of strain on your GPU. More than any game will, that's for sure.
That was why Nvidia and AMD introduced throttles. As using synthetic loads to show how hot a card can get (or rather not get given that they will never get that sort of load in a game) was BS.
Can't say I blame them really.
That was why Nvidia and AMD introduced throttles. As using synthetic loads to show how hot a card can get (or rather not get given that they will never get that sort of load in a game) was BS.
Can't say I blame them really.
Yeah I'd agree, although the 480 wins in terms of power I'd probably go 6950 for these reasons.
Now if Gibbo could get GB 480 SOC again at this price then there really would be a stampede
In all honesty I would rather have the 480 for drivers alone.
Whilst Nvidia deserve a slap on the wrist for some awful drivers over the past six months they really don't hold a candle to AMD. I mean, they were bad enough when they were ATI but now they're worse IMO.
The 7970 is just about worth putting up with for its sheer all out speed, but if I was given a choice between two cards that were exactly the same speed? I would take Nvidia all day.
It's not just that. Try turning on Physx and maxing out Batman AC. Or Metro (and there's a new one on the way too).
Physx alone makes it worth having. And the 480 isn't that much hotter or louder than a stock 6950 or 6970. Even my Lightning was bloody obnoxious when it wanted to be.
The 480 may be "old generation" but they are still DX11, CUDA, Physx and everything that Kepler will have. Not like there's anything missing from them that you can get on a 6950 apart from Eyefinity either.
I'm glad these didn't come up when I had the cash for my new card. My board is MATX and I would have likely cooked them
As for hot? man, if people want to talk about hot cards let's get on the 260, 280, 295, 590, and the hottest loudest and greediest of them all the 6990.
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Erm you can use your CPU for physx lol, so that's that benefit out the window 
Erm you can use your CPU for physx lol, so that's that benefit out the window
And crush it. Given that Physx is not optimised for a CPU at all.
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A third party cooler will cost another chunk of money though mate plus the hassle of installing it. Each to their own though, im just saying if I was about to drop near £200 on a GPU I would consider newer options or a used option for half the price
, and at least wait until HD 7870 2GB in the next few days, the specs suggest HD 6970 performance @ stock and immense overclocking capability, probably will overclock past GTX 580 performance...
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What better features and newer technology?
Last time I checked, GTX480 would win me over in terms of features it offers over an equivalent AMD card.
It runs hot and is loud but I would watercool it anyway so that isn't much of an issue. Lack of VRAM could be at my resolution though.
I always love when people claim a graphics card is not audible over the case noise.
Even my 6950 with a relatively quiet Twin Frozr III cooler is audible in IDLE, not to mention it sounds like a low power hoover at full load.
I couldn't hear my PC (except for a low noise of the pump in the background) if it wasn't for the graphics card.
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What better features and newer technology?
The HD 7870?
28nm
DX 11.1
PCI-E 3.0
MLAA anti aliasing
2GB of Memory compared to 1.5GB
Obvious lower temps and better overclocking capability
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Kepler cards will also have better features then the GTX 480.
Imho if somene is considering spending near £200 on a new GPU it's worth waiting to see how 78XX and the first Keplers perform....
GTX 480 really is showing it's age these days, Hot, power hungry and loud. HD 6950 2Gb or GTX 560ti/570 or 78XX/Kepler would be a better option imo...
Each to their own though...
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I know it seems silly but after switching directly form a 6970 to a gtx 465 the colours arent as nice.. Before the picture colour was just... nice and shimmery and colourfull and correct, now no matter how much I fiddle about the the settings it doesnt feel the same, feels a bit washed out and dull, or if I up the vibrancy just not right... Am I the only one who can tell the difference?
No. Radeons are more vivid IMO. But it's not a deal breaker to me.
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i) lower temp/power consumption/better overclock is basically feature of what 28nm offers.
ii) PCI-E 3.0 is pointless, as even fastest card like 7970 doesn't get any better gaming performance on it...unless people were crossfiring.
iii) dx11.1 again means nothing for gaming term.
Grunt wise, the 78xx cards are gonna be quite a long way behind the GTX480, considering they are said to be slower than the 6950, and at a higher price. Also, the GTX480 is actually faster than the 6970/GTX570.
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Close yes, but still faster nonetheless (since GTX570 is pretty much a GTX480 with lower power consumption and heat and higher core and memory clock, but with less VRAM), and the 6970 will fall quite a bit behind the GTX480/GTX570 on BFBC2 and BF3 on 4xAA.
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In the link I posted the HD 6970 beats the GTX 480 in more benchmarks than it loses.
It also beats the GTX 480 in 2 of the 3 BFBC2 benchmarks with 4xAA.