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***10% DISCOUNT - On Gigabyte GTX 480 SE Graphics Card - with special voucher code INSIDE!!***
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Sorry to sound stupid and jump in this thread but the latest Total War has got me considering an upgrade. Would this be the best I can get for £200?
My current system is a non-clocked Q9450 with a GTX280 powered by a Corsair HX620. Any issues you forsee?
ps3ud0
My current system is a non-clocked Q9450 with a GTX280 powered by a Corsair HX620. Any issues you forsee?
ps3ud0
Soldato
Sorry to sound stupid and jump in this thread but the latest Total War has got me considering an upgrade. Would this be the best I can get for £200?
My current system is a non-clocked Q9450 with a GTX280 powered by a Corsair HX620. Any issues you forsee?
ps3ud0
Yes
Soldato
Gah, card has arrived, but I'm stuck at work and can't play with it for like 8hrs 
*sniff*
*sniff*
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Bought.
As an after thought, how long are these cards? Any issues fitting in a Antec 900?
As an after thought, how long are these cards? Any issues fitting in a Antec 900?
Soldato
11"
Soldato
Card in, and its lovely, its certainly same PCB as the SOC, has the same power regs, including green lights, only thing its missing is the higher clocks and the bios button.
The cooler is great, very quiet for such a high end card.
The cooler is great, very quiet for such a high end card.
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3 weeks ago i was wondering what card series to go for as i wanted decent performance with low noise when under high load; i settled with the GTX 560Ti series. A week back i was deciding what brand to go for; i settled for the MSI Twin FrozR GTX 560Ti. A couple of days on, about to purchase, i come across this offer and i'm now in two minds about what to do.
The 480 series originally impressed me but then i saw the temperature/noise levels and, well, it deterred me completely. Now this has popped up and i am hearing whispers of it being a lot quieter: The e-mail advertisement i received a few hours ago even went as far as saying it was "silent". But how quiet is this piece of kit? Is it comparable to the 560Ti series or is it still in the same league as the original 480s?
Noise isn't a problem for myself, rather everyone else around me. I don't want to have a hair-dryer running in the background whilst my family/friends are trying to watch TV or communicate with each-other! Likewise i don't want to be sitting in a typical empty living room scenario and hear a wind-tunnel in my Desktop; bound to hear airflow, yeah, but i would like to know if this noise is part of the background or if it's a very clear annoyance. I'm just not sure what to think of this card! D:
The 480 series originally impressed me but then i saw the temperature/noise levels and, well, it deterred me completely. Now this has popped up and i am hearing whispers of it being a lot quieter: The e-mail advertisement i received a few hours ago even went as far as saying it was "silent". But how quiet is this piece of kit? Is it comparable to the 560Ti series or is it still in the same league as the original 480s?
Noise isn't a problem for myself, rather everyone else around me. I don't want to have a hair-dryer running in the background whilst my family/friends are trying to watch TV or communicate with each-other! Likewise i don't want to be sitting in a typical empty living room scenario and hear a wind-tunnel in my Desktop; bound to hear airflow, yeah, but i would like to know if this noise is part of the background or if it's a very clear annoyance. I'm just not sure what to think of this card! D: