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

varkanoid said:
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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What V's is the card being given?

Also have you got dual monitor setup?

I personally would not let my card hit 100c as i consider that to dangerous for my liking
 
so this would be fair boost coming from a 5770 ?
it should run most new games (dirt3 ,bf3 ) at nice settings and fps and cream older games? monitor is 16*10.
 
KiNETiK said:
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.
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This is right. But believe me, we, "moaners", don't enjoy this nor we are after artifacts for the sake of it. We fired up a game or two, we saw "things", ran a few tests, identified the problems, rma'ed, waiting for our new cards to play maxxed out games and hopefully to uninstall all stress/burn tools... :)
 
varkanoid said:
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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Glad you have no errors. I would worry though about these temps, high enough given you're not with dual monitor setup. Also, I see you've got the SE edition, not the SOC. I guess SOC owners can't compare, but your test is useful for reference, no doubt.

Thanks and enjoy your card!
 
When I spoke to OCuk support last weekend they told me that the return rate was about 10%, not the worst they have had, but not great either. Of course this is what OCuk see, people are also sending them back to Gigabyte. Others are over-volting, or down-clocking and not getting them exchanged. So I suspect the actual failure rate (failure being not what it said on the tin) has to be rather higher.

I was told to send my card back to OCuk (even though it was JUST outside the 28 days, I had been doing tests for days so this might have been the reason), I asked what kind of turn around I might expect and they said "on a card that new, about 3 days".

Well they got the card yesterday, today I got an email saying they had recieved it, and I have also got another email. This email says they are sending it back to the manafacturer for a repair or replacement. First off, WTF WHY? If it was bound for Gigabyte anyway, why did I have to send it to OCuk? It's not only added time it's going to take to get the card back, but Gigabyte tell you to only send the card. OCuk told me to send the whole box back, so it cost me extra! I was never told it was going back to Gigabyte so why is it? And will I get my box and bits back?

I shall be calling them tomorrow.
 
JJ Joey said:
I can't decide between this and two 5850's in crossfire. Arghhh...decisions, decisions. :confused:
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The 6950 flashed to the 6970 is the competitor to this 480 .

DTWD said:
I was told to send my card back to OCuk (even though it was JUST outside the 28 days, I had been doing tests for days so this might have been the reason), I asked what kind of turn around I might expect and they said "on a card that new, about 3 days".

Well they got the card yesterday, today I got an email saying they had recieved it, and I have also got another email. This email says they are sending it back to the manafacturer for a repair or replacement. First off, WTF WHY? If it was bound for Gigabyte anyway, why did I have to send it to OCuk? It's not only added time it's going to take to get the card back, but Gigabyte tell you to only send the card. OCuk told me to send the whole box back, so it cost me extra! I was never told it was going back to Gigabyte so why is it? And will I get my box and bits back?
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Chap they should refund the P+P back to you as its faulty and they should send the box back to you to (i would be ****** if they didnt and it was me)
 
I finally managed to send my card back to OCUK yesterday afternoon. Then this afternoon I got an email saying my replacement had been shipped! Really impressed with the service... Hopefully when it arrives on Monday it'll actually work too :D
 
As for temps, mine was never anymore than 88 (actually bobbled between 87-88 on a hot day and 86-87 on a "cooler" day) on full load in Furmark/OCCT.
 
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