Gigabyte Super OC GTX 480's - VERY LOW PRICES!

ToucHDowN · 6 May 2011 at 11:58

Bayk said:
48th Week of 2010 here.

I guess, no problems?

therutz · 6 May 2011 at 12:05

very hard to read sig when in red (didnt see it TBH)

sounds like you just had a bad'n there, They sending you a refurb or Brand new card do you know ?

ToucHDowN · 6 May 2011 at 12:06

therutz said:
very hard to read sig when in red (didnt see it TBH)

sounds like you just had a bad'n there, They sending you a refurb or Brand new card do you know ?

They said they're sending a brand new card. I can only keep their word though since how else could I tell?

Bayk · 6 May 2011 at 12:09

No i RMA'd it was getting artefacts everywere.. wouldnt even let me change the Volts on the card.. sigh using Gigabyte OC guru or w/e its called..

but yea should arrive there today

therutz · 6 May 2011 at 12:09

new box UN opened and the smell hmmmmmmmmmm the smell of new products you cant mistake it

Edit: OCuk must be getting pretty narked off with all the cards coming back as well as gigabyte must be pretty naffed of to as it seems 1 in god knows how many are ok

ToucHDowN · 6 May 2011 at 12:13

Bayk said:
No i RMA'd it was getting artefacts everywere.. wouldnt even let me change the Volts on the card.. sigh using Gigabyte OC guru or w/e its called..

but yea should arrive there today

ok, it seems a lot of us are expecting replacements in the weekend. Please don't forget to report back with bios number, s/n, findings, etc.

Thanks.

therutz · 6 May 2011 at 12:17

Hay i can read it now its yellow

nice one

Bayk · 6 May 2011 at 12:17

Will do, looking forward to see'ing what errors they actually find aswell

arc@css · 6 May 2011 at 12:18

Bayk said:
No i RMA'd it was getting artefacts everywere.. wouldnt even let me change the Volts on the card.. sigh using Gigabyte OC guru or w/e its called..

I initially had problems, or so I thought, until I uninstalled Gigabyte overclock guru, then all was fine.

therutz · 6 May 2011 at 12:22

i could never get Gigabyte OC guru to work in first place so just use MSI afterburner instead

I have heard nothing but bad things about it tbh so never bothered trying a 2nd time

Bayk · 6 May 2011 at 12:23

yea i uninstalled it didnt notice a difference tbh, so then reinstalled

ToucHDowN · 6 May 2011 at 12:24

Bayk said:
Will do, looking forward to see'ing what errors they actually find aswell

Ok, so let's try to reproduce & compare our results when our cards arrive.

Let's test:

1. Unigine Heaven maxxed all settings.
2. OCCT 3 (old version) for 10min initially (errors tend to appear during the first seconds). If passed, test it for 30min.
3. OCCT 4 (beta version), as above.
4. During all tests we can have GPU-Z open to monitor temps.

Then we can come back here and report errors, temps, bios number, revision number (printed on the PCB), serial number and driver number.

Bayk · 6 May 2011 at 12:32

Deal

whipgeez · 6 May 2011 at 12:37

so what changes have been made for occt 4 beta? occt 3 gpu test seemed good for detecting errors

scorpionUK · 6 May 2011 at 13:10

whipgeez said:
sounds like these cards aren't worth the hassle

great card if you get a stable one but the chances seem too high you'll get an unstable one

how can this percentage(going on this thread) of these cards be unstable and still make it to sale?

Remember that we would expect a disproportionate contribution to this
thread from people having problems with faulty cards (many with cards that are fine will just be using them).

KiNETiK · 6 May 2011 at 14:46

whipgeez said:
sounds like these cards aren't worth the hassle

great card if you get a stable one but the chances seem too high you'll get an unstable one

how can this percentage(going on this thread) of these cards be unstable and still make it to sale?

Because people with a problem are more likely to shout about it than people that don't have issues. For each person here who is moaning about something there will be a lot more happy users who are too busy enjoying playing games at full detail with high frame rates to be posting. I've had a 480 SOC for a few months and have nothing but praise for it. I don't waste time trying to benchmark the ass off it and running it through stress tests for hours watching for an artefact, I play games and enjoy.

AzZ · 6 May 2011 at 15:10

Those who RMA'ed their cards have you sent it back to Gigabyte or OcUK?

Cleeecooo · 6 May 2011 at 15:12

I sent mine to GB

therutz · 6 May 2011 at 15:28

chaotic_uk said:
so whats the highest temps people are getting from the soc/se ?

85c full load 70c in portal 2 and up to 80c in crysis 2 average (480 SOC)

varkanoid · 6 May 2011 at 15:40

ToucHDowN said:
Ok, so let's try to reproduce & compare our results when our cards arrive.

Let's test:

1. Unigine Heaven maxxed all settings.
2. OCCT 3 (old version) for 10min initially (errors tend to appear during the first seconds). If passed, test it for 30min.
3. OCCT 4 (beta version), as above.
4. During all tests we can have GPU-Z open to monitor temps.

Then we can come back here and report errors, temps, bios number, revision number (printed on the PCB), serial number and driver number.

Just thought I would have a go. I got my card today and overclocked it. Man it is hot when it runs. My case is fairly well ventilated ambient temp at mo is reporting 25c (sensor near GTX it is 44c) and MSI/GPU-Z report idle as 52c

Gigabyte GTX 480 SE Rev1.1
800mhz / 1600mhz / 3800mhz
Nvidia 270.61
1050xxxxxxxxxxx serial

1. 1920 x 1080 all maxed. Score 694. Max Temp 81c. Fan Speed 47%

2. OCCT 3 GPU OCCT test default settings.

10 mins - 98c / 87% fan
30 mins - 101c / 89% fan

3. OCCT 4 Beta would not run at all kept crashing before loading

NVidia Driver 270.61

no errors or artifacts

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