Your 480!

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Hi Guys,

I have found mixed reviews on this graphics card i personally think it has been fantastic since i bought it a few weeks ago, i just want to know how everyone else is getting on with theres.

The noise is a bit louder than other cards but its not THAT BAD, and heat mine never goes above 80c? How do your cards perform?

 

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fantastically, until I blew one of mine up one night lol.

How did you manage that? lol

 

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i have found with decent airflow in your case than the 480 performs nicely, im about to mod my CM scout to have a bit better airflow and have to instake fans hitting the heat pipes on the card so hopefully it will lower the temps a bit so there is a bit more room for an overclock, i dont want to watercool it because i find it too expensive for a whole kit

 

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Card is sweet, had no problems. Added a after market cooler and droped about 20C.

On stock volts, had it up to 800. Was planning to OC it, but haven't got round to it

Got any Pics? Love to see it

 

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Not on me, can post some once I'm home. Lime green colour

Nice cant wait to see it

 

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It looks exactly like This

Yeh i know that haha but it would be nice to see it in a system i doubt ill change my stock cooler as my new fans for the case come soon and the mod i have done should significantly decrease temps

 

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Not many factory cards come shipped with a cooler that has heat pipes bursting from the side along with a griddle to cook your bacon and eggs on.. well thought out

It cooks bacon! This card gets better and better!

 

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Im not sure what to OC mine to atm im only running at 800mhz and havent touched anything else, anyone recommend anything?

 

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Anyone else found that the GamerOSD randomly closes and minimises to the tray when trying to configure an OC?

Should i just download MSI Afterburner?

 

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Well i am hoping with my new case fans which im getting on saturday and my new airflow design/Mod to my CM scout that temps should drop by quite a lot so more room to OC!

 

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The 6950 was the other card I was looking at (my mobo is Crossfire) but the games I play on the GTX normaly does the same or a couple more FPS, also there allways the chance of the BIOS flash going wrong then I'd be £210-225 out of pocket, but thanks for listing the power draw, gives me a idea how much they use real world

The 6950 has a dual BIOS so if it gets bricked you can switch it to the other one, but i think you made the right choice if you went for the 480 due to a lot more companies creating games with PhysX you wouldnt think it but the difference is amazing

 

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That's true! I think you made the right choice anyway haha! Nvidia seem way ahead at the moment!

 

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Out of interest, what fans are you going for? I'm looking at the Akasa Apaches.
Rick.

TBH im not sure, i have been looking at the Apaches but im going to overclockers on the weekend so i will ask them which is best for Airflow and sound

 

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Haha what case you got? Ill ask to see which are the best for airflow, what size fans you looking to get and ill post back here tomorrow