Just got my GTX 480

[blackroseMD1]

my EVGA 480 came with a mini-to-standard size HDMI cable.

Hmm...maybe I'll go that route then. I really prefer Nvidia to ATI. Hopefully availability increases between now and this weekend.

 

[Zen00]

The 5970 is still $200 more expensive than the Fermi. If ATI doesn't lower that price soon, I don't think they're going to be selling many anymore.

 

[smarteyeball]

The 5970 is still $200 more expensive than the Fermi. If ATI doesn't lower that price soon, I don't think they're going to be selling many anymore.

Not here in Aus It's between $0-$100 difference, brand/model dependent etc prices here fluctuate badly.

In fact the 5970 I was just looking at just went up $25 in price in the last 10 mins. FFS

 

[Airbot]

Hopefully availability increases between now and this weekend.

Availability smability. I didn't think I could get one either, but if you watch the listing of them on newegg, they'll show they are available for about 20 minutes or so, off and on. Once they are shown, you have about a window of 2-3 minutes to get it without it saying not available when it's in your cart. Complete the transaction fast.


Just check every once in a while during the day.


In fact, they have a EVGA 480 , and the superclocked EVGA one available on newegg right at this minute.

And an MSI 480..

 

[blackroseMD1]

Availability smability. I didn't think I could get one either, but if you watch the listing of them on newegg, they'll show they are available for about 20 minutes or so, off and on. Once they are shown, you have about a window of 2-3 minutes to get it without it saying not available when it's in your cart. Complete the transaction fast.


Just check every once in a while during the day.


In fact, they have a EVGA 480 , and the superclocked EVGA one available on newegg right at this minute.

And an MSI 480..

I'll look this weekend. I'm thinking about waiting on the GPU upgrade and getting a new mobo and an i5 or i7 this weekend instead, then get the GPU at the end of the month. Decisions, decisions...

 

[XGUNTHERC]

If anyone wants to buy my Gigabyte GTX 480 I'll charge $499 plus shipping. I wont charge a penny over. Not like those ebay loosers asking $700..

Only wanna sell the Gigabyte though guys.

Also my Gigabyte came with the Mini HDMI to HDMI like all other Fermi cards, but it was a thin and silver ended wire, my eVGA 480 came with a Much fatter, better quality, larger Guage Mini HDMI to HDMI and it was Gold tipped like most more expensive better cables are.. just a FYI

PM me if you want my Gigabyte GTX 480..

 

[smarteyeball]

PM me if you want my Gigabyte GTX 480..

lol, I see this post after I snap and place an order for a 5970...

I'm curious though, why sell the Giga? Lower OC potential?

 

[XGUNTHERC]

No I'm selling the Gigabyte because I can only afford to keep one of these cards. I already bought the waterblock and I'll be running just one. I'd rather have eVGA because they have the best warranty in the Business.. They allow overclocking, overvolting, adding 3rd party fans. I could send it to eVGA with a screw missing and fried cuz I overclocked it to much and they'll replace it. NO other company will do this. So for watercooling if I break it. They'll replace it.

I actually didn't know this til AFTER i bought the eVGA but the only other company that allows 3rd party fans and waterblocks, is eVGA. They will let you RMA a card as long as there's no Physical damage, so if I replace the fan and stock parts they'll allow a return. PNY, Zotac, Galaxy. if you do anything to it, the warranty is gone.

So gigabyte is a good brand to have also for the fact they allow that stuff.. But yea, the Giga actually overclocks pretty well.

 

[smarteyeball]

Well, that's fair enough.

I doubt you'll have much trouble selling it

 

[Airbot]

In fact, they have a EVGA 480 , and the superclocked EVGA one available on newegg right at this minute.

And an MSI 480..

Still have these available right now if anyone wants to grab one.

 

[smarteyeball]

True, but Gunthers already applied the better paste which is a boon for anybody not interested in messing around with that.

 

[wickedout]

I have a question. How are the temps? I read those GPU's heat up very hot. Any truth to that?

 

[smarteyeball]

It varies - however as a whole, they can run a little hot.

 

[adt]

Is it worth it upgrading from a GTX 285 to a 480?

 

[vatz]

Im still waiting for an evga 470 the things are rarer than a bloody unicorn in the UK

 

[Everlong]

Im still waiting for an evga 470 the things are rarer than a bloody unicorn in the UK

Just keep watching scan.co.uk. They had a bunch in at the start of this week, but they went pretty quick.

Scan will get them in more than other etailers as scan are an official Nvidia partner.

 

[vatz]

Im looking twice a day lol i guess I missed the evga bunch. They still had some zotacs and msi's this morning but there gone now too. hell there selling so fast there were some zotacs on there an hour ago that are gone now.

 

[XGUNTHERC]

look more than twice a day, I'd email scan and ask when they post the new deliveries on the site, what time in the day. They should know if you get the right tech support.

and yes these cards run a little warm. But not much warmer than a GTX 280, or the 285. the 295 is hotter, and the 5970 is about the same. ALLL the reviews you guys saw saying these things reach 96c.. was all crap. Yea with the fan set to AUTO, running furmark extreme heat benchmark (the only program that will get that much heat out) can get over 90c. but just manually set the fan to something like 75% and they wont go over 80c.. witch makes them Just as cool temperature wise as anything from ati.. The reviewers were a little harsh.

I use eVGA precision and just set fan speed manually. Right now in SLI my 480's are idling at 41c and 45c and yesterday while benchmarking my highest temp was 81c highly overclocked and with a little extra voltage. so heat's really not an issue

and yes the 480 is just shy of double the performance of the 285. I'd sell that and get a 480. Its a large increase in performance, but it's also DX11, and it plays physx games better than any card with a dedicated physx card. it really is pretty solid. This 480

 

[XGUNTHERC]

Here we go.. a few more Good benchies. This is 3DMark Vantage on Extreme, so it really taxes the system. it was choppy before on 260's but smooth as butter on my 480's.

This is 3DMark Vantage Extreme Preset With Physx enabled.

 

[mpcrsc562]

Here we go.. a few more Good benchies. This is 3DMark Vantage on Extreme, so it really taxes the system. it was choppy before on 260's but smooth as butter on my 480's.

This is 3DMark Vantage Extreme Preset With Physx enabled.
http://img511.imageshack.us/i/480slivantagextreme.png/

Good bench. Noticing the temps on the right... very reasonable and not anything like the reviewers were griping about.