EK-FC480 GTX Testing

[eternal_fantasy]

Just received my EK GTX 480 full cover water block straight from Slovenia! It was a troubled journey from the other side of Europe to the UK as the Icelandic Volcano of Doom made air freight impossible last week...

Anyway here is a teaser of the box! :D

http://gallery.me.com/jeffrey_lee/100108/_BMP2472/web.jpg
http://gallery.me.com/jeffrey_lee/100108/_BMP2473/web.jpg

More to come later today or tomorrow! :up:

[facboy]

dare i ask, where did you get your 480gtx from?

[dasa]

such a tease
it will be very interesting to see how it clocks under water for you

my mcw60 here is awaiting the arrival of a gtx480

[eternal_fantasy]

dare i ask, where did you get your 480gtx from?

OcUK, first batch of Zotac on the 14th.

[johnp1983]

signed... waiting for 470 blocks for my Zotac. :)

[kone]

can't wait the test, my ek blocks are on the way. :D

[xguntherc]

I'm interested to hear also as I have a DD nickel 480 block coming

[ottoyu34]

Very Nice! let's see the inside.

[facboy]

boo! :p:

i am (probably foolishly) waiting on evga stock. prolly should pre-order a zotac.


OcUK, first batch of Zotac on the 14th.

[owned666]

3 blocks on the market
koolance DD and EK

which one will be the king ?

[xslix]

look new cardboard box how much is that box lloll

[luke997]

Great, quality stuff! I bet you can't wait to put it on :)
I got 2 for my SLI today (same as you, Nickel + Acetal) as well, such a joy to unpack :D

Also got the Dual serial SLI link with 2x GeForce adaptors but shame as I will not assembly until late May / early June.
(anyways still waiting for my order with the 2x Asus GTX 480 since 27/03...)

[eternal_fantasy]

Amazing feedback! Thanks guys :D

Here's some more pictures of what's inside:

http://gallery.me.com/jeffrey_lee/100108/_BMP2479/web.jpg
http://gallery.me.com/jeffrey_lee/100108/_BMP2480/web.jpg
http://gallery.me.com/jeffrey_lee/100108/_BMP2481/web.jpg

I'll be quite busy tonight so will try to put out some numbers before I go to bed. :up:

[dho]

Wow this is such a terrible tease! Get it on there and let's see what it can do! :up:

[Blacky]

More More More!!! pic with the card already mounted plz plz plz :)!!

[NKrader]

http://stalkingelmo.net/random/funny_pics/MOAR.jpg

[-TYPHOON-]

will there be also a Backplate for the GTX480 like the HD5870??

[H20Cooled]

Not sure we need a backplate as there is nothing to cool on the back all the critical cooling points are on the front.

[ottoyu34]

Even more inside... Will you open the block up? :P

Thanks in advance for the tests

[eternal_fantasy]

Right.. Just done installing my MIPS Classified and the EK 480... here's some pics of the block installed. :)

http://gallery.me.com/jeffrey_lee/100108/_BMP2482/web.jpg
http://gallery.me.com/jeffrey_lee/100108/_BMP2484/web.jpg
http://gallery.me.com/jeffrey_lee/100108/_BMP2485/web.jpg
http://gallery.me.com/jeffrey_lee/100108/_BMP2487/web.jpg
http://gallery.me.com/jeffrey_lee/100108/_BMP2488/web.jpg
http://gallery.me.com/jeffrey_lee/100108/_BMP2493/web.jpg


And here's a performance teaser...!
http://gallery.me.com/jeffrey_lee/100108/Idle/web.png

Room/water temp in screen shot, and setup in sig. More to come soon! :D

[eternal_fantasy]

Stock clocks Furmark run:

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd126/eternal_fantasy_86/Load700mhz.png

[=[PULSAR]=]

Looks like great temps with 28C ambient. What does the loop its on consist off?

[Airbrushkid]

That card and block are sexy as hell.

[eternal_fantasy]

=;4353271']Looks like great temps with 28C ambient. What does the loop its on consist off?

EK-FC480 GTX - MIPS Classified Nickle/POM - 2 x Vadim quad radiators - 8 x Scythe Gentle Typhoon 1450 - Laing D5 Vario -- All inside a Lian Li case that I gutted and am using as a water-cooling-station-sort-of.

Not quite sure what speed the fans are spinning at though.. I think about 500RPM by the sound(lack) of it.

[=[PULSAR]=]

Nice pretty beefy water loop mine is pretty similar except dual D5's with EK dual top:up:

[kone]

Is 2x quad radiators - 8 x Scythe Gentle Typhoon 1450 with MB block and GTX480?

[eternal_fantasy]

=;4353282']Nice pretty beefy water loop mine is pretty similar except dual D5's with EK dual top:up:
I have a separate CPU loop already so 1 pump per loop is plenty enough. :D

For me it's Silence>performance>Bling :up:


Is 2x quad radiators - 8 x Scythe Gentle Typhoon 1450 with MB block and GTX480?

Essentially yes, although the GTs are spinning at around 500RPM and revs up and down depending on water temp.

[eternal_fantasy]

Here is another run with a slightly cooler room temp:

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd126/eternal_fantasy_86/NewLOAD700.png

Will start overclocking tonight. :D

[owned666]

Here is another run with a slightly cooler room temp:



Will start overclocking tonight. :D

what a tease :)

please go higher than 940 mhz (go as high as u can)

[eternal_fantasy]

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd126/eternal_fantasy_86/LOAD850-2200.png

[eternal_fantasy]

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd126/eternal_fantasy_86/LOAD900-2200.png

[dasa]

very nice looks like im in with a fair chance of getting 900mhz then
much left in it?

[owned666]

go higher :) volt is ur friend :clap:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=250020

http://www.overclock.net/gallery/data/500/9402400gtx480.JPG

[rioja]

what is better to heat the card - furmark or kombustor?

[Malik]

Temps are great ... with 2x quad rads every monster card will be cold. Question is how about 3x120 rad etc. orrr 1 loop with all stuff ;)

[H20Cooled]

furmark is not a good program on the new cards, it pushes them way to far. ATI actually has built in limits when running furmark so as to protect the card. evga has a new OCing tool that will test the card fully with out pushing it beyond what is safe

[justin.kerr]

Block looks great!
but in that loop, damn those temps seem high? just the way that Fermi rolls?

[eternal_fantasy]

what is better to heat the card - furmark or kombustor?
Furmark does stress the GPU harder then Kombustor, and thus generate more heat from the GPU. However I feel that the load generated by Kombustor on the GPU are closer to what you are likely to see when running actual games, whereas Furmark, and running it for prolonged periods of time to prove "stability", is more of an E-Peen enlarger.



Temps are great ... with 2x quad rads every monster card will be cold. Question is how about 3x120 rad etc. orrr 1 loop with all stuff ;)
The fans on the 2x quads are spinning at around 400RPM though... I love how I can game at 900Mhz core on the GTX480 and not hear a thing. :D



furmark is not a good program on the new cards, it pushes them way to far. ATI actually has built in limits when running furmark so as to protect the card. evga has a new OCing tool that will test the card fully with out pushing it beyond what is safe
I do agree that Furmark is not great at setting playable clocks/volts for the GPU. I could still see artifacts in for example 3DMark Vantage when Furmark runs 100% stable for long periods of time, and had to increase the core voltage further.


Block looks great!
but in that loop, damn those temps seem high? just the way that Fermi rolls?
I'm sure if Nvidia didn't include the IHS on the GPU we would see much better temps like those on the ATI. But yes, Fermi is that hot even under water, and are destined to be watercooled to unleash it's full potential. Also nothing scales performance wise as great as the 4XX series when overclocked. :D

How often can you say your GPU water block is worth every penny from the performance and sanity gained? :rofl:


Here is a screen shot of my latest Furmark run, inspired by the "GTX480 EVGA Hydro Copper O/C & Temp Test results" thread. :up:

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd126/eternal_fantasy_86/FurmarkExtreme1H1.png

[blazarcher]

EK-FC480 GTX - MIPS Classified Nickle/POM - 2 x Vadim quad radiators - 8 x Scythe Gentle Typhoon 1450 - Laing D5 Vario -- All inside a Lian Li case that I gutted and am using as a water-cooling-station-sort-of.

Not quite sure what speed the fans are spinning at though.. I think about 500RPM by the sound(lack) of it.
Hey man your setup is eerily similar to what I am planning on doing with my Lian Li V2100B... What case are you using xD

[Lu523]

Thanks for posting your results. I have a 470 on the way. May have to get an EK block for it. I have been real happy with the ones on my 3870's.

[Ghigo]

Used the included pads or thermal paste on pads spots ? :)

[avddreamr]

Wow that's crazy, I wonder if this can be considered a valid performance preview of what to expect out of the stock cards when they hit a die shrink at the end of the year.
Damn close to 1ghz, should be crazy fast. I wonder how close a single card overclocked to hell and back is going to be to to an sli setup at stock clocks.... maybe 70 percent of the performance?

[Cannyone]

Temps are great ... with 2x quad rads every monster card will be cold. Question is how about 3x120 rad etc. orrr 1 loop with all stuff ;)

That is my question...? I mean I might be able to chain a second 320 off the back, but I'd still need to keep one loop.

Do you have any figures indicating the pressure dropped by this block?

[barcode]

very nice thread - as it is currently difficult to find tests with a GTX480 and the EK waterblock..

i have since 2 weeks 2x EVGA GTX480 in my cubbard - waiting for the coolers to come..

QUESTION:

what do you guys think - is the card as overclockable in SLI as single? 900MHz on a SLI would be nice to have :-) my chill is more than enough (MoRa with 9x 120mm Fans + 2x 140mm Radi)

as i want to get out now my ATi HD5970 (also with EK Block) - had too much troubles, no physx, and mine is less overclockable than other tests that i have seen of it..

next week my ordered "DARK POWER PRO p8 1200W" will arrive too.. really looking forward to build in all the stuff :D

[mit78]

i am curios if is possbile to fit mcw60r in gtx 480,this days i want to try that.