Just got my GTX 480

[JonM33]

Not really that much louder. While I'm playing games, speakers turned on, can't hear my PC at all under my desk.

Still loud.

 

[Everlong]

I really don't see how that corresponds to what I said as he doesn't have the PC set up in anywhere near the way I do. Mine's in a case under a desk. His is open on a desk with the microphone shoved up against the fan.

Turn your fan to the same speed, open your case and stick your ear against the fan and you'll hear the same thing.

Mine's at 65% constant. There is a big difference in sound as soon as you hit 68%.

 

[Airbot]

LOL

 

[chev65]

Well, I got my new high flow bracket today, and it lowered my GTX 480 idle temps by a whole whopping 2C.

I remember when these came out for the GTX295, they were over rated for cooling back then also.

In reality case flow has more to do with keeping these high perf cards cool than anything else. The combination of the two, improving case flow and the bracket will make a bigger difference.

 

[JonM33]

I really don't see how that corresponds to what I said as he doesn't have the PC set up in anywhere near the way I do. Mine's in a case under a desk. His is open on a desk with the microphone shoved up against the fan.

Turn your fan to the same speed, open your case and stick your ear against the fan and you'll hear the same thing.

Mine's at 65% constant. There is a big difference in sound as soon as you hit 68%.

So yours is in a case under a desk, that means it will be warmer and louder.

 

[Everlong]

I really don't see how that corresponds to what I said as he doesn't have the PC set up in anywhere near the way I do. Mine's in a case under a desk. His is open on a desk with the microphone shoved up against the fan.

Turn your fan to the same speed, open your case and stick your ear against the fan and you'll hear the same thing.

Mine's at 65% constant. There is a big difference in sound as soon as you hit 68%.

So yours is in a case under a desk, that means it will be warmer and louder.

I said a constant 65%, never goes lower, never goes higher. I idle at 40C, and the hottest I've seen it go is 80C when I ran Furmark.

That's only 4C warmer than your card in Furmark.

 

[JonM33]

I said a constant 65%, never goes lower, never goes higher. I idle at 40C, and the hottest I've seen it go is 80C when I ran Furmark.

That's only 4C warmer than your card in Furmark.

I don't run synthetic tests (Furmark, 3DMark, PCMark, etc). I stick to real world. Hottest mine gets is about 63C after hours of gaming. This isn't really about my video card though. It's just that the GTX 480 is hot and loud.

 

[smarteyeball]

Ah, mine sits at a cool 36C.

Pretty sure because we're using dual monitors. These fermis run a lot hotter because of the high idle clock speeds with dual monitors. It wouldn't be that hot with just one monitor.

Both camps increase temps with the amount of monitors. Each monitor adds about 2-3c (that I've noticed on my cards anyway)

It's just that the GTX 480 is hot and loud.

So is my overclocked 5970 :huh:

 

[Airbot]

As far as fan noise goes, my 480 isn't much different at comparable fan speeds than my Radeon 5770 is.

 

[JonM33]

It's just that the GTX 480 is hot and loud.

So is my overclocked 5970 :huh:

Heh heh! With a pair of GPUs I would think so.

 

[Brink]

The EVGA GTX 480 backplate is finally listed now, but none available to order yet.

EVGA | Products

 

[Airbot]

Too bad they don't give you it for free like the bracket.

Set mine up for auto notify.

 

[Brink]

That would be nice. Just waiting on the notification to order.

 

[freaky88]

the card looks so simple yet its so powerful

 

[grimreaper]

ohh man, isn't she a beauty wow GTX480 mmmmm

 

[Sanvean]

Just ordered my 470 backplate, 480s sold out quick.

 

[Everlong]

Bah, neither the bracket or the backplate are on the Euro site yet.

 

[Airbot]

Just put my order in for mine since they're available now, in the U.S at least.

 

[chev65]

Everyone has a GTX 480 except me...

 

[freaky88]

Everyone has a GTX 480 except me...

dont worry...i have a 9800gt