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elbeasto
06-10-2010, 02:39 AM
Does anyone know if there's going to be blocks made for these cards?

Oops, same PCB as 470... Sorry bout that. :rolleyes:

Cheers :)
Russ_64
06-10-2010, 05:24 AM
Yes, EK FC470GTX supports the MSI & Zotac GTX465's
elbeasto
06-10-2010, 08:26 AM
Yes, EK FC470GTX supports the MSI & Zotac GTX465's

I'd prefer to get an EVGA because of their warranty.

Would anyone know if the EK 470 blocks fit the EVGA 465?

Cheers
Vapor
06-10-2010, 09:01 AM
As of now, all reference 465s are identical to reference 470s (minus some RAM), and eVGA uses reference designs, so you're good :up:
Church
06-10-2010, 11:02 AM
I'm guessing that it will be same as for 5830/5850/5870/5970 - the lower end the gpu, the less chance of its PCB being reference. +usual less financial sense to buy fullcover block instead of universal one for low end gpus. MCW60/80 FTW! :)
elbeasto
06-10-2010, 11:07 AM
As of now, all reference 465s are identical to reference 470s (minus some RAM), and eVGA uses reference designs, so you're good :up:

Thanks Vapor, this will save me a bit of coin & I guess I can always add another down the track.

I thought they would be, they're basically the same card minus about 100 shaders & 260mb of RAM as you said... :)

The upgrade is due to having two older GTX 260's die on me in a row after installing EK-280 blocks on them. I have no idea what went wrong, the cards looked fine & I didn't get any water on either them.
They were 2 years old I suppose & they'd been worked pretty hard, still... :shrug:
crash5s
07-06-2010, 08:33 AM
I'm guessing that it will be same as for 5830/5850/5870/5970 - the lower end the gpu, the less chance of its PCB being reference. +usual less financial sense to buy fullcover block instead of universal one for low end gpus. MCW60/80 FTW! :)

What about cooling the VRMs and ram. I just had 2 8800's die on me and I'm due for a replacement.
Utnorris
07-06-2010, 03:30 PM
There are two threads right now showing how to use the universal block with the stock sink. It requires no cutting or modification to the original sink if you use the right hold down bracket for the MCW60/80 or if you go with the Koolance GPU-220.