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OCUK Geforce 480

lake2k

lake2k

lake2k

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Hi does anyone no what the temps are like on these compared to the other brands as i heard they get extremely hot under load not sure what they like on idle.

Am thinking of changing over from an ATI 5870 to one of these for performance and better tessalation and other direct x 11 support.
 
These will be the same as reference GTX480s so they will also be extremely hot under load and hot idle as well. It's not worth changing from a 5870 though, it'll be pretty much a sidegrade.
 
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My 470 idles at about 31-40 degrees, the 480 may be a little higher but not massively so. Ignore kylew, he never has a good word to say when it comes to nvidia. The load temps can be high so the fan profiles need tweaking with afterburner for sure but it's not as bad as some people make out. I run a 800mhz overclock from 607 stock, most games stay under 70degrees with the fan ramping up to 60%ish. When benching crysis, dmc4 tho you can get into the 90's fairly quick unless you whack the fan up to 80%+.

Basically it doesn't feel much worse than my old 280, the heat issue is overrated however there's no doubt they run hotter than the 58xx series.
 
Calm yourself down "rouddodger" try not to sound so butthurt :rolleyes:. You have a 470, this guy's asking about a 480 for one, a 470 is a downgrade from a 5870 anyway.

It's quite common for a GTX480 to get in to the 90s while playing games.

As for everything else, it still doesn't change the fact that it's not worth swapping a 5870 for a GTX480.
 
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I agree with the above. Unless your going to go sli at some point where the 480 is superior to the 5870 in crossfire, then I'd stick with a single 5870 for less noise, heat, cost, and almost the same performance as the 480.

Also while the 480 does tesselation better it's not really a concern. Take a look at what's coming out in the next 12 months and you will see most games are console ports. I don't think tessellation is going to factor in somehow.
 
rounddodger said:
Basically it doesn't feel much worse than my old 280, the heat issue is overrated however there's no doubt they run hotter than the 58xx series.
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Not much difference when compared to my former 280 either, temps so far have never reached above 83c whilst playing games. My brothers ASUS 470 runs similar temps, so I don't put much faith in comments suggesting 470's run cooler.

As for OP question; stock 480's are all the same bar the stickers and each cards slight voltage variation dependent on your luck. Keep the 5870 and wait for the next round of refreshes, or better yet wait till spring/summer next year.
 
All this talk with it getting extremely hot is a bit over done i think.

I own a 480 and it is sitting idle at 43c, gaming is around 75c under load and the most i have seen mine go using Furmark is 83c.

Use MSI Afterburner, do your own fan profile and you will be laughing.
 
What brand you gettin these temps on i looked at ocuk and zotac amp the price seems steep for that one and worried that would use 3 slots which would prevent me using my xfi pci soundcard as i am using a asus p6t motherboard
 
kylew said:
It's quite common for a GTX480 to get in to the 90s while playing games.
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Agreed

kylew said:
As for everything else, it still doesn't change the fact that it's not worth swapping a 5870 for a GTX480.
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Disagree, myself and rjk have proven this to be false. The 480 shows noticable gains in performance in game, benchmarks and not to mention folding (if its your thing).
 
kylew said:
Calm yourself down "rouddodger" try not to sound so butthurt :rolleyes:. You have a 470, this guy's asking about a 480 for one, a 470 is a downgrade from a 5870 anyway.

It's quite common for a GTX480 to get in to the 90s while playing games.

As for everything else, it still doesn't change the fact that it's not worth swapping a 5870 for a GTX480.
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Gotta say after playing games on the GTX 480 and seeing benchmarks the GTX 480 seems to give more fluid frame rates. Plus minimum frame rates never seem to get anywhere near as low as they do on a 5870 which probably explains why games feel so fluid on the NVIDIA card. :)
 
Just for the record... I ran 5970s that constantly hit 85c under load with an OC which isnt too brilliant. My 5850s hit 78c under load with an OC.

Im now looking over a 480, its clocked at 875/1750/4350 and is currently sat in vantage loop at 72c.... I honestly dont see why people see these as being so awful hot running. They are no noisier than a 5870 with ref cooler either....

Ive dropped 2x 5970s in a bid to get 2x 480s... figured I would try one first and I must say I am very impressed indeed.

One thing I have also noticed... minimum frames on the single 480 out shine dual 5970s, dual 5870s and dual 5850s... they out shine the single cards too! Everything just feels better built and having drivers that are stable and dont crash every 5 minutes under heavy load is also a welcome sight!



Andy
 
Andrew Moore said:
Just for the record... I ran 5970s that constantly hit 85c under load with an OC which isnt too brilliant. My 5850s hit 78c under load with an OC.

Im now looking over a 480, its clocked at 875/1750/4350 and is currently sat in vantage loop at 72c.... I honestly dont see why people see these as being so awful hot running. They are no noisier than a 5870 with ref cooler either....

Ive dropped 2x 5970s in a bid to get 2x 480s... figured I would try one first and I must say I am very impressed indeed.

One thing I have also noticed... minimum frames on the single 480 out shine dual 5970s, dual 5870s and dual 5850s... they out shine the single cards too! Everything just feels better built and having drivers that are stable and dont crash every 5 minutes under heavy load is also a welcome sight!



Andy
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which brand of 480 is that?
 
I've gotta say the Zotac AMP is a good price atm, especially when you consider I paid the same sort of price for a reference POV card on release.
 
lake2k said:
What brand you gettin these temps on i looked at ocuk and zotac amp the price seems steep for that one and worried that would use 3 slots which would prevent me using my xfi pci soundcard as i am using a asus p6t motherboard
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Mine is a Zotac (not the amp one).

As for people playing games with it in the 90's then they got a cooling problem.
 
lake2k said:
is there really a big difference in coolin we the zotac to make it worth the extra cash and sacrifice of extra slots
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Check this review out, add 5-10 c to the temps to compensate for his being in an open bench system.






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Woah !! that AMP edition kicks butt !!

Great review that, gives peeps a good idea of temps and noise... it's a shame the reviewer has all that gear yet can't afford a license for his Windows 7 OS :P
 
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