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GTX 480 VS 470

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480gtx, stock cooler
470 twin frozr cooler

Which one is ***? Fed up with the drivers on my 6870!!

I have an 850w silver rated psu, will be getting a sandy i5, and 8gbs of mem.
I am considering dropping another one in for sli in 1 years time, if my 850w can handle 2 480s.

ALL THINGS CONSIDERED-
-heat
-power usage
-FPS
-over-clocking potential
-£ per performance (480 is about £20 extra)

thanks guys!!:D
 
oh and also may consider 570, if it really is worth The extra 45% in cost, for the small 15% increase in performance
 
470 wILL recycle all of the hot air from the GPU around your case. If you have good cooling/airflow this will be fine, but non-venting coolers of this type can cause higher temps, especially inside a cramped case. I personally prefer reference type coolers than expel the hot air from your case.

Performance of the 480 will be ~25% faster at stock & 10-15% faster with both overclocked. If you game at 1920x1200 or higher the extra 256MB VRAM may come in handy. I notice that Metro 2033 & F1 2010 can both use more than the 470's 1.25GB using max settings at this resolution. There are probably other games that can use more than 1.25GB as well.

Which is best will come down to price, the resolution you play at, and the case you use. If you only game at 1680x1050 there will not be much difference. At this res the 470 can handle just about everything on max settings.
 
glen8 said:
I purchased the MSI 470 twin frozr last week.

Idle temps - 34
Load temps - 66

F1 2010 1920x1080 8xMSAA with everything on ULTRA ran between 45-55fps
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WOW that is cool for an nvidia card, ive come from ATI for years and years but been let down by drivers, so i am impressed to see this will run as cool. even if it is putting the local nuclear power reactors on backup

Ive just seen that the price has come down by another £10 and that the 480 has risen by £20... looks like my descision is set. just need to get up to 250 posts so i can get free post and i may order tonight
 
oooh yeah how long you rekkon these prices will be this low? I know you said i wont be able to get one in future so come payday at end of month i might get another for sli if my 850 psu can handle two of them with a small overclock

also i game at 1080p
 
An 850w psu from a decent manufacturer will run 2 x 470's with an oc on them easily enough.
 
well its an XFX 850w, the black edition, which is basically a seasonic m17d (i think?) with a funky paint job. silver rated.

ill take your advice, im not after a massive overclock so hopefully i will be fine.
 
you knjow any easy way of measuring system load? i have a voltmeter (sorry for double post)
 
The xfx should be grand, im running a corsair hx 850w, (think it's a rebadged seasonic as well), my two 470's are clocked at 800/1600/1684, 1.012v. To measure total system load a wall power monitor is what you need.
 
aaqhh ok, is it even worth gettting one? pricey tool?

i thought corsair made their own, seems seasonic get everyone else to sell their psus nowadays. odd.

is 800/1600/1684 with 1.012v much above stock? whats the stock voltage? im guessing the MSI cooler is very good so raising the volts might not make a massive diff to heat
 
Mine are standard gigabytes, (470 oc). 630mhz factory overclocked cards, stock voltage of 0.987, load temps of 81-80c, 3-4c higher than the 750mhz stock voltage overclocks i was running previously. Wall power metres can be had for about £15.00 ono. Im waiting on one being delivered that i ordered just after christmas.
 
Your PSU will definately be able to handle two 480's.

Linus (of LinusTechTips) had one 480 in a i7 extreme, 12GB DDR3 etc etc. only drawing out a max of 525W under load.
 
gingergamer said:
Your PSU will definately be able to handle two 480's.

Linus (of LinusTechTips) had one 480 in a i7 extreme, 12GB DDR3 etc etc. only drawing out a max of 525W under load.
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holy cow thats low... then what the hells everyone complaining about? seriously i hate mass crowds of people spouting bull****. its good to come on these forums, people that actually know what theyre talking about and post results.

i will go for a gtx 470 for now, figure out how to overclock. £170 is so dam cheap, and better than this horrible 6870 ive heard. not a single game can i play without some problem.

been playing underworld recently, even laras butt has dodgy textures.... not pleasing lmao
 
setter said:
Mine are standard gigabytes, (470 oc). 630mhz factory overclocked cards, stock voltage of 0.987, load temps of 81-80c, 3-4c higher than the 750mhz stock voltage overclocks i was running previously. Wall power metres can be had for about £15.00 ono. Im waiting on one being delivered that i ordered just after christmas.
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you mind if i copy your settings? ill be using the msi afterburner kit which ive tried on my 6870, with an epic fail. software looks sweet though, love the graphs
 
By all means try em out, but the same settings may not apply, you may need lower/higher voltage.:)
 
yar i know, just mean for performance.... its good to know a relatively "safe" overlock.... i get carried away lol.

then the gaming becomes more stability testing and i dont end up actually playing anything lol
 
Yep, i know the feeling, spent the best part of an evening testing my current overclocks, left little time for proper gaming.
 
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