GTX 480 or....

ShortAlieN

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OK, so I got a Gigabyte GTX 480. The only reason I picked this card up is because it cost me next to nothing. I already have a MSI GTX 460 Hawk which I really like, I know they are both last generation and the 480 is, well... something to be desired. Yes it works and puts a beating to my poor lil 460, but the 460 is a nice card, where as the 480 might as well cook my breakfast on. I'm putting a new water cooling setup in my rig within the next couple of weeks and was thinking about going a couple of different ways with this thing.

So here is what I'm thinking about doing:

1: Stick the 480 in and use the 460 for physics card and leave the cooling solutions as they currently are.

2: same as #1 except water cooling the 480

3: Sell the 480 and buy another 460 for a matching set to run in SLI

So what do you guys think. Personally I'm not inclined to get into this 480 for too much more, but the performance is nice. A couple of 460 hawks in SLI would be quite nice as well. So, I leave it up to you. Let's see who can be really persuasive.
 
For option 2 you nearly rid yourself of the heat problem that comes with your 480 as well as those terrible fans. Although that would only be beneficial in games that support PhysX

For option 3 you will have great performance with 2 same cards especially hawks, but remember that there are problems with games and SLI compared to games and a single powerful card.

For option 1, do you really want to keep the stock 480 cooling especially if you're having another GPU next to it? I think not
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leaning toward the water cooled 480. Have kind of an itch to water cool this thing and see how much performance I can squeeze out of it. Have to do some homework tonight I guess and see what something is going to cost for that.
 
well. after spending a few hours tinkering with the 480 I have a few thoughts...

Ouch... it is a scorcher. 55% Fan 63C at idle.

Holy crap... overclocks like a champ. wonder what it can do with water cooling.

so the next couple of weeks will be interesting.

EDIT: Wow... this thing gets really really really hot. I mean I have heard about it, but damn.
 
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