Windows 7 - Help with my 480

I agree with chev65, you may need more GHz on the processsor, could be a bottle neck?? something is amiss though as I get a 7.8 score with my GTX480 and i7-860 with it running @ 3.3GHz. Could be a power supply issue, they need alot, the temps are normal, I get 48c @ idle and around 75c-85c under load. BTW a EVGA highflow bracket has made about a 5c improvement.

His CPU won't be a bottleneck, chev just means to get the most out of it and the best performance it's best to overclock it.

also go here Bench - GPU - AnandTech :: Your Source for Hardware Analysis and News

this is a benchmark and comparison site for CPU, GPU etc

this link has the 480 v 4870, should give you an idear on what to expect.

I get 7.7 with my GTX 470.

And, yes, those scores seem pretty normal for those settings. I agree on it being an unfair comparison, though.

Well anywhere between 7.6 and 7.8 for them.

I re-ran the windows assessment and it give me 7.1, as for over clocking the processsor i wouldn't know where to start, is that hard to do for someone thats not that good with computers?

Hello Dazbutz I have the same thing with my screen while im Playing Bad Company 2 and after talking to some Freinds they Have also had the same problem. Its almost like theres a Program Running in the Background but I know theres not, so Im thinking Graphic Drivers

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Heaven Benchmark v2.1

FPS:95.7
Scores:2412
Min FPS:61.2
Max FPS:164.9

Hardware

Binary:Windows 32bit Visual C++ 1500 Release May 21 2010
Operating system:Windows 7 (build 7600) 64bit
CPU model:Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz
CPU flags:3800MHz MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE41 SSE42 HTT
GPU model:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 8.17.12.5947 1536Mb

Settings

Render:direct3d11
Mode:1280x1024 fullscreen
Shaders:high
Textures:high
Filter:trilinear
Anisotropy:4x
Occlusion:enabled
Refraction:enabled
Volumetric:enabled
Replication:disabledTessellation:disabled
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Scores:1053
Min FPS:26.3
Max FPS:103.0

Hardware

Binary:Windows 32bit Visual C++ 1500 Release May 21 2010
Operating system:Windows 7 (build 7600) 64bit
CPU model:Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 870 @ 2.93GHz
CPU flags:3086MHz MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE41 SSE42 HTT
GPU model:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 8.17.12.5896 1024Mb

Settings

Render:direct3d11
Mode:1440x900 fullscreen
Shaders:high
Textures:high
Filter:trilinear
Anisotropy:4x
Occlusion:enabled
Refraction:enabled
Volumetric:enabled
Replication:disabled
Tessellation:normal

19" screen with resolutions 1280x1024 Windows Experience Index still only scores my 480 7.1 tho the benchmark was a little better.

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Hardware

Binary:Windows 32bit Visual C++ 1500 Release May 21 2010
Operating system:Windows 7 (build 7600) 64bit
CPU model:Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHz
CPU flags:1998MHz MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE41 SSE42 HTT
GPU model:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 8.17.12.5896 1536Mb
Settings

Render:direct3d11
Mode:1280x1024 fullscreen
Shaders:high
Textures:high
Filter:trilinear
Anisotropy:4x
Occlusion:enabled
Refraction:enabled
Volumetric:enabled
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Think i will try getting my I5 overclocked, i just can't understand why Windows Experience Index scores my 480 only 7.1 with these resolutions.
Btw will i need a better cooler than the standard intel i5 one that came with the proseser if i find some one to overclock it?