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****Official Nvidia Refurb Thread****

chaotic_uk said:
they are not toasty at all well mine is not , it does not get as hot as the 6970 i have ;)
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Taken from Bit-tech review of GTX 480.


Sucking down all that power has clear consequences for the card’s thermal output, and while the GTX 480 idles at a balmy 20°C above room temperature in our 22°C air conditioned labs with a low and utterly un-intrusive fan noise to match, things change for the worse at full load. The GPU temperature rapidly rises to a heady 94°C – 72°C above the ambient room temperature, where the fan speeds up to whatever speed necessary to keep the GPU from getting any hotter.

The result is a graphics card that runs extremely hot at full load, and that coupled with the unique external heatsink it could easily be rebranded the GTX 480 Griddle Edition - the heatsink in our test rig, which, bear in mind is a roomy Antec Twelve Hundred, hit 67°C, which is enough to burn your skin. Nvidia recommends spacing the cards at least two expansion slots apart in an SLI configuration and even then we suspect there will be raft of watercooled editions of the GTX 480 to counteract the massive thermal demands of the GPU.
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smit101 said:
Taken from Bit-tech review of GTX 480.
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the asus gtx480 i have never goes above 78-80c (gpu temp) in crysis2 in dx11 ultra settings @ 1080p so they must have used a non retail version , i know later versions had a modded bios to help with temps etc .
i must have one of these 480's and i can even touch the heatpipes without getting burnt :rolleyes::p
 
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How exactly are these refurbished? Properly reballed or whatever or just HIS-style, stick under some heat and hope it lasts? (many rumours of this back in the 4xxx days, I was stung by 3 HIS 4870 refurbs which died in the space of a few weeks so it wouldn't surprise me)

I'm rather skeptical to be honest.
 
spleenharvester said:
How exactly are these refurbished? Properly reballed or whatever or just HIS-style, stick under some heat and hope it lasts? (many rumours of this back in the 4xxx days, I was stung by 3 HIS 4870 refurbs which died in the space of a few weeks so it wouldn't surprise me)

I'm rather skeptical to be honest.
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Well at least you've got the 12 month warranty, if they are suspect then failure should occur within that period i'd have thought.
 
smit101 said:
Taken from Bit-tech review of GTX 480.
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They weren't all made the same.

The later 480's were less leaky, and therefore less hot as they sucked less power. 40NM process simply got better.

That's the reason the 580 came about as they could remove all the power control stuff from the chip that was no longer needed.
 
kitch9 said:
They weren't all made the same.

The later 480's were less leaky, and therefore less hot as they sucked less power. 40NM process simply got better.

That's the reason the 580 came about as they could remove all the power control stuff from the chip that was no longer needed.
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How do we know which version these refurbs are though? in a deal that's also selling 9800's and 260's I think we can assume it's all pretty old stock.
 
The 480s can run hot,but will be fine in decent case with good airflow.

Its only until you overclock the 480 and add more voltage where the temps get silly,thats from my experience anyway.
 
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