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***10% DISCOUNT - On Gigabyte GTX 480 SE Graphics Card - with special voucher code INSIDE!!***

It seems my comment caused a bit of a stir, so allow me to be clear :D

Benchmark results I've seen put average frames of a GTX 480 clocked at 800MHz or more within 5% of the 580's average FPS performance. The actual results were from the SOC version and came within 3% over 10 tests.

I was merely saying I've had a modest overclock of 800MHz from my 460, which is a stop-gap, as when I built my PC the 470 and 480 were hot, noisy motherbleepers, and the 500 series wasn't out yet. If I could get anywhere close to that, say, 775MHz-ish, by just bumping the core clock up in Afterburner I'd be more than happy to save the £37.50 over the SOC version.

I wasn't implying the 480 was as good as the 580, because it's not, and I understand that an overclocked 580 would leave it behind, but at factory settings on the SOC and 580, in the real world, you won't notice the difference.

*Dons Ace Ventura costume* - This house is clear :D
 
Hi Guys, I am almost very tempted by this card (would mean an upgrade to windows 7 ) especially with crysis 2 round the corner but want to know if it will run fine with my overclocked i7 on a 750w PSU?

I bought a machine 2 years ago, around the same time, as bday present and with my birthday coming up next week have started thinking hey why not...

Current spec is:

i7 920 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) - clocked to 3.6Ghz and mounted on Asus P6T Deluxe cooled by Noctua NH-U12P Cooler

G.Skill 3GB (3x1GB) DDR3 NQ PC3-12800C9 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel

BFG GeForce GTX 260 OCX 896MB

Western Digital Caviar Blue 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache
Samsung SpinPoint F1 750GB SATA-II 32MB Cache
Western Digital RE2 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache

Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter

Powered by: Zalman ZM750-HP Heatpipe Cooled 750W Modular Power Supply

Maybe a bit overkill on the info but just want to sure.

Also anyone know the cheapest way/place other than the naughty way, to get a copy of windows 7?

thanks in advance.

Leewom ;)
 
Thanks for replies fellas

now I just need to battle with my mind over the cost...a lunch time decision methinks....

Just to throw it out there, would anyone be interested in a BFG GeForce GTX 260 OCX 896MB? I know its an old card but has done me very proud ;)
 
leewom said:
Also anyone know the cheapest way/place other than the naughty way, to get a copy of windows 7?
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You can pick up an OEM copy of 7 Home Premium for around £70. With OEM ones I think you just need to phone Microsoft and let them know if you upgrade your motherboard, and that'll allow you to use it on the new system as far as I know.
 
Snagged. Was umming and arrring over the SOC, but this for £40 less, and same cooler and PCB... yus pls :D

And just in time for Crysis 2 as well 8)
 
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HeX said:
From pics it looks exactly the same. Just lower clocks.

*shrug*

TBH I'm not rightly fussed, £40 less swung it for me.

Just hoping my 620W Corsair is up to it :o
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From what I've read it's the same card if it makes you feel any better :D

A 620w PSU should be more than enough. A friend of mine is running an EVGA SC 570, a 9800GTX as a PhysX card, an i5 2500K overclocked to 4.0GHz and about a bajillion hard drives on a Corsair HX 520w PSU and it's drawing nothing like 520w. Power requirements are (usually) blown way out of proportion.
 
A 620W Corsair PSU will be fine, remember that the 620W is its max. I use a 850W PSU, my system doesn't draw anything over 400W, but its nice to keep some headroom and to know my PSU isn't straining away.
 
I had a look around earlier (not that it matters) - and couldn't work out one way or the other whether the SE is:

(1) A reference GTX480 - as a Rev 2 (for that SKU) with the Windforce Cooler

(2) the same as the SOC - but non-overclocked

I'm guessing it doesn't have the green LEDs etc of the SOC (who cares) - but I did wonder whether it had the 14 phase VRM Power (6 on standard 480) of the SOC

all I could find on the internet was that that SKU Rev. 1 was a GTX480 reference, and Rev 2 had the Windforce - but could find nothing else out

anyone else ?
 
Buckster said:
I had a look around earlier (not that it matters) - and couldn't work out one way or the other whether the SE is:

(1) A reference GTX480 - as a Rev 2 (for that SKU) with the Windforce Cooler

(2) the same as the SOC - but non-overclocked

I'm guessing it doesn't have the green LEDs etc of the SOC (who cares) - but I did wonder whether it had the 14 phase VRM Power (6 on standard 480) of the SOC

all I could find on the internet was that that SKU Rev. 1 was a GTX480 reference, and Rev 2 had the Windforce - but could find nothing else out

anyone else ?
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I ******* care!
My SOC seems to be dead and if the SE doesnt have the leds im going to ask for a replacement instead of getting a refund and an SE
 
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