Max power usage for a single GTX480 is around 320watt so double that for your graphics cards, add the rest of your system and factor in about %10-15 redundancy.
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***THE OFFICIAL GTX480/470 END USER REVIEW THREAD***
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Max power usage for a single GTX480 is around 320watt so double that for your graphics cards, add the rest of your system and factor in about %10-15 redundancy.
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dunno if my psu will power 2 480s, will be close i guess.
hmm with bbfc2 dx9 is now somehow now the worst performing 
and also looks like ****, dx11 only makes the shadows nice but that's just a little too much to make it a bit nasty framerate wise, the sweetspot really is dx10, 4xaa in 3D for me, seems to be averaging 40-45fps overall
need to really clock this card, not looked into that yet, what's the average i should be looking at without voltage tweaks, 775 core and what memory? i got a [email protected] that should be ok yeah? cos whenever i've checked cpu gaming benchmarks the gains to be had for clocking over 3.4 were extremely minimal
and also looks like ****, dx11 only makes the shadows nice but that's just a little too much to make it a bit nasty framerate wise, the sweetspot really is dx10, 4xaa in 3D for me, seems to be averaging 40-45fps overallneed to really clock this card, not looked into that yet, what's the average i should be looking at without voltage tweaks, 775 core and what memory? i got a [email protected] that should be ok yeah? cos whenever i've checked cpu gaming benchmarks the gains to be had for clocking over 3.4 were extremely minimal
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hmm with bbfc2 dx9 is now somehow now the worst performing
need to really clock this card, not looked into that yet, what's the average i should be looking at without voltage tweaks, 775 core and what memory? i got a [email protected] that should be ok yeah? cos whenever i've checked cpu gaming benchmarks the gains to be had for clocking over 3.4 were extremely minimal
im running 750mhz at 1025mv. for 800mhz it took 1050mv to keep it stable, but the fan would ram right up to cool things down.
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I got hold of my Asus GTX 480 on Wednesday, here is my thoughts on it.
A few pics of the card in my htpc -
I will be ripping the stock cooler off this weekend and adding an EK water block which was meant to arrive today but I missed the delivery.
Cool
I used to run SLi with 2x GTX275 in the same HTPC case. It's really isn't that bad cooling wise.
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l131/Gripen90/PC/inside3.jpg
No I wouldn't say that. I could just hear my GTX280s even at 1300rpm albeit they weren't making that much noise at all. The GTX470s I can't hear at all at that speed.
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Interesting.
What res you running @ bee ?
Do you have BLOOM And HSAO on ?
I'm running a 5850 @1920 x 1200, 4 x aa / 16 x af.
bloom off and hsao off. But everything else max.
And with them settings, it runs smooth. part from when it gets nuts.
Can't use 8 x aa or have hsao on, (hsao take away the smoothnes) as this kills my performance.
I run at 1680x1050 8AA / 16AF
Bloom off, HSAO on, all settings maxed.
everything is really smooth, haven't booted fraps to check fps
Trubritars got a new toy.
http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=/&gl=GB#/watch?client=mv-google&v=yjBuKrGETqo
http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=/&gl=GB#/watch?client=mv-google&v=yjBuKrGETqo
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Cheers.
I posted that other link from my phone, explains the weirdness.
He gets very excited when he says "quad sli" lol
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anyone got any screen of temps in gpu-z while running some benchmarks on the 470 with stock speeds and fan rpm?
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Cool
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l131/Gripen90/PC/inside3.jpg
No I wouldn't say that. I could just hear my GTX280s even at 1300rpm albeit they weren't making that much noise at all. The GTX470s I can't hear at all at that speed.
Its one of the better htpc cases for gaming. What did you do with all your HDDs?
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To be fair I think most gamers have their PC's on the desks like I do, so the fan noise would be more pronounced there, nice vid nonetheless.
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Lian Li Armoursuit PC-P80B, yeah my desk is big enough. 
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Not really - its subjective, the video camera gain will home in any any noise, "peak for peak" that creaky chair is louder
If I was him I'd invest in a new bl00dy chair not a video card Done a quick video containing different fan speeds.
The dodgy camera I used is making the clicking noise, not my system
LOL at 90% being "a little intrusive"