Looks like the best way to keep fermi very cool apart from water cooling, all so the lower power draw of the fan knocks over 30 watts of the power consumption, supposedly released soon, OCUK got any idea when stock will hit?
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You can "usually" get them in red, black and probably one other color too and they actually look far better in person than they do in photos.
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The shroud should apparently be taken off, otherwise the fan scrapes against it. A huge design flaw
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The zotac cards come with one of these coolers.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-034-ZT&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1750
£440 for the AMP! edition, that is £60 over the standard Zotac.
The cooler on its own costs £33 though, get the cheapest GeForce 480 available (Point of View with 3 years warranty elsewhere) for £352 and the total comes to £380.
£440 for the AMP! edition, that is £60 over the standard Zotac.
The cooler on its own costs £33 though, get the cheapest GeForce 480 available (Point of View with 3 years warranty elsewhere) for £352 and the total comes to £380.
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But the extra £27 is for the big pre overclock. Not only that but they only use the highest binned chips for this card.
Is there really anyone on OcUK who buys pre-overclocked cards for the sake of having them pre-overclocked? I would have thought we all are overclockers anyway and if one cards overclock well above the pre-overclocked settings, I don't see the reason why you'd want a pre-overclocked card anyway 
Regarding the binning process, I don't think it really matters with the top end cards anyway?
Regarding the binning process, I don't think it really matters with the top end cards anyway?
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I got the Zotac AMP! edition 480GTX as I didn't want to invalidate the warranty and swapping GPU coolers can be a PITA.
The shroud did not hit the fans on my one, on some review samples it did. I've clocked mine to 835Mhz, and its pretty quiet.
The shroud did not hit the fans on my one, on some review samples it did. I've clocked mine to 835Mhz, and its pretty quiet.
Ive been tempted to order the Gelid icy cooler as im fed up at waiting for 3rd party coolers to released for the Fermi.
The only thing that is holding me back is the fan speed?
Im not sure if the fan speed can be controlled when the Geild cooler is fitted or if it runs at a certain Idle/Load speed?
Has anyone got one of these coolers or know about the fan speed with the Geild?
The only thing that is holding me back is the fan speed?
Im not sure if the fan speed can be controlled when the Geild cooler is fitted or if it runs at a certain Idle/Load speed?
Has anyone got one of these coolers or know about the fan speed with the Geild?
I've got 2 of them. 
It runs at 100% all the time unless you use the enclosed adapters to plug them into a fan controller. I did exactly that and have then running quietly whilst still keeping the temperatures within safe limits.
It runs at 100% all the time unless you use the enclosed adapters to plug them into a fan controller. I did exactly that and have then running quietly whilst still keeping the temperatures within safe limits.