Stop gap card opinions

[WesleyBurns]

EVGA GeForce GTX 480 (£179.99)
or
EVGA GeForce GTX 560Ti "448 Edition" (£209.99)

Which is a better stop gap card in your opinion? I want to use it for a few months until the better keplers are out.

Also i dont have 450+ to wait and blow on whats comming out soon.

 

[Ciff1]

Simple really the cheapest. Put an aftermarket cooler on the 480 @ oc you get a 580. But you'll probably be over the price of the 560.

 

[Doomedspeed]

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 480 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (015-P3-1480-KR) £179.99
1 x Gelid Icy Vision Rev 2. VGA Cooler (Nvidia GTX 5XX and ATI HD6XXX Series Support) £28.99
Total : £220.38 (includes shipping : £9.50).

 

[pgi947]

Op should get free shipping, making it around the same price as the ti, makes the 480 a no brainier really.

 

[eyetrip]

Does the Gelid Icy use up 3 slots?

 

[WesleyBurns]

Thanks guys, can get free shipping, comes out at £208.98 with free shipping. Like the idea of the Gelid Icy, only 26 dBA max.

I was worried about the noise of the gfx 480 from what i have read, but looks like that will fix it.

As eyetrip said, Does the Gelid Icy use up 3 slots?

 

[Titchy]

Deffo the 480 mate.

 

[baldmonk]

yeah 3 slots and ive seen tests and reviews where that gelid has gone way above the db stated above its also not the coolest from what ive seen

 

[straxusii]

6870/6850 are also great bang for the buck and come in £95-£150

6850 gets you half the performance of a 7970 (according to TPU) for £95

The 480 is also great getting you 3/4 the performance of a 7970 for £185

 

[Gregster]

480 for me if you can put up with the noise.

 

[dave_beast]

The 480 is also great getting you 3/4 the performance of a 7970 for £185

Haha, no, 1/2 if you're lucky.

 

[straxusii]

Haha, no, 1/2 if you're lucky.

I'm just talking at stock and taking the TPU review, if you overclock your will get far more out of a 7970 than a 480 of course

Edit, looking at Anand bench also seems to show the 480 about 3/4 the 7970 at stock

 

[rolypolyman]

yeah 3 slots and ive seen tests and reviews where that gelid has gone way above the db stated above its also not the coolest from what ive seen

Well the one I have on my 470 is very quiet and idles at 28c. I just cannot get it any hotter than 60c.