480 vs 480 soc

[tet72]

Is it worth paying the extra 50 quid for the super over clock? Here are the 2 cards i'm looking at

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-079-GI&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1750

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-124-GW&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1750

 

[tet72]

It really is.

For £200 you get the stock GTX 480 - which is a fast card, but with the stock cooler it is hot and really quite loud.

For £250 (for the Gigabyte SOC) you get a much faster card (core clock 820MHz vs 700MHz stock) and the custom cooler used by gigabyte is much better than the stock one - as a result it is much quieter than the stock card under load (have a look at this).

Other cards worth a mention at this price range are the GTX 570 and the HD 6970.

Thats made me mind up thanks andi

 

[tet72]

if you have owned a gtx480 you would find that the 6970 is louder than the gtx480 and hotter .

back on topic: just depends if you have the extra cash spare

sticking with the 480 soc chaotic thanks m8

 

[tet72]

You'd have to be mad or deaf to use the stock 480 cooling

nothing worse than sitting next to a air craft hanger

 

[tet72]

now now enough of the AMD vs Nvidia........ Nvidia are just better LOL jk.............. But seriously they are

Defo go for the SE or the SOC the cooler is worth its weight in gold on that card i have the SE oc'ed higher than the SOC and its much much quieter than my cpu cooler

Are SE cards easy to overclock?

 

[tet72]

Also i se the SE is back down to 229 (it was at 249 for a while) Given the amount of SOCs i have seen on here go belly up my weapon of choice would be the 480 SE i even run mine on a 550W PSU as im to lazy to change my psu and its fine

thanks for the advice m8 u've just saved me 20 quid on me new rig

 

[tet72]

Well this has filled me full of confidence. 1 Minute i'm getting the se the next i'm getting the soc. This site is as mad as a box of frogs. Thx for the advice lads and lasses.