hmm, was considering 2 x 6850 in CF, would I be better off with one of these or 2? game at 1920x1200 res
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hmm, was considering 2 x 6850 in CF, would I be better off with one of these or 2? game at 1920x1200 res
Soldato
this is too hard to resist, so i had to buy one! i hope this does 900core. would have got two if my mb supports sli (damn p45! dont really want to "downgrade" from my gigabyte p45t extreme back to my evga 750i f t w). wonder how the performance compare to my gtx 470 at 820core, 1650ram?
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Soldato
Mine shipped earlier 
Thanks Gibbo!
Thanks Gibbo!
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Tempted to get this but my current 4870 is still able to keep up quite well at 1920x1080.. soo :/
Can anyone tell me if my 650w PSU could handle this monster card?
Phenom II X4 940 @ 3.6ghz
5400rpm and 7200rpm HDDs
4gb DDR2 Kingston HyperX
My 4870 is due for an upgrade very soon and this is very tempting.
Dunno if the stocks will still be available next month though...
Phenom II X4 940 @ 3.6ghz
5400rpm and 7200rpm HDDs
4gb DDR2 Kingston HyperX
My 4870 is due for an upgrade very soon and this is very tempting.
Dunno if the stocks will still be available next month though...
Soldato
the SOC overclocked one will be quicker but I don't think by more than 5% and pretty sure that at anything at 1920x1200 and above the margin will be less.
Soldato
The SOC can be over 10% quicker than a standard 480 and a standard 480 is faster than a standard 6970
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/292?vs=309
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Ordered. I have a Corsair HX620.
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Bought one of these today for my new PC I'm building; it replaces a 9* series ATI card I got back in 2001. Should be a pretty good upgrade!!!!
Remember the card requires a 8 pin connector.
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Soldato
Jet installed mine and got a xfx 750 psu. Very impressed by both! ocuk were just about to put the shutters down when I got there bet that annoyed them having to find my parts 
It's a little loud compared to what I'm use to but that's expected. This thing is massive compared to my old 460. Now to test some games
Going to put my old psu and 460 on mm now
It's a little loud compared to what I'm use to but that's expected. This thing is massive compared to my old 460. Now to test some games
Going to put my old psu and 460 on mm now
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No, you are boarderline, u will need a 750w to stand a chance of working.
Read my post from earlier. I rung ocuk about and they said no!.
Soldato
to be fair they are covering thier ass incase it blows up. Also the added bonus of getting to you spend more money at OCUK
depending on how good this 650w psu is it should be fine
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On the PSU front, do you reckon an 850w Coolermaster Silent Pro would be sufficient for the 480 SOC, or is it worth spending an extra £25 for the 1000w Coolermaster Silent Pro?
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to be fair they are covering thier ass incase it blows up. Also the added bonus of getting to you spend more money at OCUK
depending on how good this 650w psu is it should be fine
That had also crossed my mine but I just brought another 5850 and wait until the 590 or the 7xxx comes out lol.
My psu is antec 650w.
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Hi all
i have just bought the asus 480 and man is it running TO HOT , I got it today and am thinking if i am allowed to take it apart and re tim the GPU with the TX 3 compound i have or will this viod my warentee because IF IT WILL void my warentee i will just send it back as i dont want the heat it produces
65c idle and 95c and climing at load at witch point i shrunk it down (mafia 2) and upped the speed of the fans speed to 60 in msi afterburner and MAN ITS LOUD then the temps drop to 85 etc at load and 60 idle
I have a 480 in there with a arctic cooler fitted ( had no warentee on that one so i fitted a aftermarket cooler) and that runs at 35 to 40 idle and 65 to 70 at load with the fan set at 44%
there is a small gap between the 2 cards and i could put the new ASUS one in the 3rd slot but that would only be 8x pci-e instead of 16x (i know that wont bottle neck me much at all) but i would still get that heat
I have a HAF x case and the cpu is watercooled so i have good air flow
so my question is
WILL RE APPLYING THE COMPOUND VOID THE WARENTEE
Cheers all
i have just bought the asus 480 and man is it running TO HOT , I got it today and am thinking if i am allowed to take it apart and re tim the GPU with the TX 3 compound i have or will this viod my warentee because IF IT WILL void my warentee i will just send it back as i dont want the heat it produces
65c idle and 95c and climing at load at witch point i shrunk it down (mafia 2) and upped the speed of the fans speed to 60 in msi afterburner and MAN ITS LOUD then the temps drop to 85 etc at load and 60 idle
I have a 480 in there with a arctic cooler fitted ( had no warentee on that one so i fitted a aftermarket cooler) and that runs at 35 to 40 idle and 65 to 70 at load with the fan set at 44%
there is a small gap between the 2 cards and i could put the new ASUS one in the 3rd slot but that would only be 8x pci-e instead of 16x (i know that wont bottle neck me much at all) but i would still get that heat
I have a HAF x case and the cpu is watercooled so i have good air flow
so my question is
WILL RE APPLYING THE COMPOUND VOID THE WARENTEE
Cheers all
Soldato
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so should i return it>>??
I was thinking of paying a little extra and getting the gigabyte one with the oc pr factory and then using slot 1 and 3 which would be 16x and 8x
I have the asus P6X58-D mobo
the reason i went for this card is that it is 2 bay size and would allow me to use pci-e 1 & 2
if i return it and go for the gigabyte i would HAVE to use slot 1 & 3
I was thinking of paying a little extra and getting the gigabyte one with the oc pr factory and then using slot 1 and 3 which would be 16x and 8x
I have the asus P6X58-D mobo
the reason i went for this card is that it is 2 bay size and would allow me to use pci-e 1 & 2
if i return it and go for the gigabyte i would HAVE to use slot 1 & 3
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