All owners of EVGA GTX470s (and now GTX480s) can get one free High Flow bracket per card, which is claimed to lower temperatures by as much as 5C. You just have to pay $4.95 for S&H.
http://www.evga.com/articles/00556/
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All owners of EVGA GTX470s (and now GTX480s) can get one free High Flow bracket per card, which is claimed to lower temperatures by as much as 5C. You just have to pay $4.95 for S&H.
http://www.evga.com/articles/00556/
Yay, $5 to fix something that never should've been like that in the first place.
Hey, they are trying to do the right thing..Quote:
Originally Posted by cegras
Do you own the card?
This is a good good customer service. Others should learn to do the same.
Yeah this is really good service coming from EVGA, another first class support to their track record.
Definitely a thumbs up for customer service, considering the product was functional as is this is simply above and beyond on their part and is something you just don't see happen very often.
I grabbed 2 for my cards...
I'd payem another $4.95 if they would ship me the sexy pcb cover plates too :P
So if I don't own something I'm not allowed to point out that they've bungled on the heatsink solution and now they're releasing an addendum for more money?Quote:
Originally Posted by Movieman
it's not evga's faultQuote:
Originally Posted by cegras
The way I see it, the problem is a NV reference design issue. eVGA have come out with a modded solution and are giving it to card owners for $5 shipped for 1 or more. So whats the issue exactly? They sell water blocks too that nvidia doesnt make or design for better cooling also.
For $5 i have an excuse to take my cards apart and reapply TIM and swap out the brackets :P
hmmm... do 480 owners get this benefit also?
http://www.evga.com/products/moreInf...eries%20Family
They should work on either card possibly, they have 480's with high flows so maybe they need stock first or something.
That's what I was thinking, it's definitely a nice option for those who want it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Movieman
Last time I checked, EVGA isn't obliged to give you, or anything this bracket. Unless the card overheats under normal use, they haven't "bungled" anything.Quote:
Originally Posted by cegras
First of all the stock solution is just fine and second they are not charging for the upgrade.Quote:
Originally Posted by cegras
Dont own a 470 but Im curious how much of a difference this would make?
Nah, feel free to comment.. You didn't understand why I asked.Quote:
Originally Posted by cegras
If you'd said yes I was going to paypal you the $5.00 to stop the whining!:rofl:
wondering the same thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by WhiteFireDragon
Oh psh, I read before I buy. If I had to buy this generation, I would've bought a 5850.Quote:
Originally Posted by Movieman
It's not about money though, I'm certainly not motivated by penny pinching.
Looks like a nice add on to the 470s and 480s. Too bad I don't have Evga though. :p:
Wouldn't this simple piece of metal cost less than a dollar to ship and manufacture?
Same here, if they offer something, they should also post some comparison if its worth to get it, even for this small fee.Quote:
Originally Posted by slaveondope
its semi worth it, I turned my 8800GTX and 285's back braket into 'high flow' and it did make a difference. Also so does making sure there is no wires or obstruction within 5 inches of the back of your computer. Besides little kids sticking their fingers into the back of your machine, there is really no reason to put a protective grating on an airflow outlet if no amount of reaching will hit the fan.
Everything i ever get from EVGA they ship UPS...UPS isnt exactly the cheapest service out there. If they were to ship them USPS first class, even me personally with no business rates costs me $1.60 or so to ship sub 1oz bubble mailers of things like thermal interface material.Quote:
Originally Posted by 96redformula
Also, i applaud EVGA for doing the right thing...same thing back when the GTX 260/280 was released and then there was that price drop, and evga gave owners evga bucks or cash back on their purchase. The $4.95 s&h is more or less what it costs them...they already ate the cost of having the hi flow brackets produced for cards that were already manufactured. It was not their fault that the nvidia reference cooling design sucks.
Just like some of their other components, I'm not surprised but thats why after my first evga mobo I'm never going back. They have quick customer support but so do a lot of other companies.Quote:
Originally Posted by cegras
I think this only applies to 470 owners at the moment, but I believe that they will make the same promotion available to 480 owners soon (probably a few weeks after the SC+ versions start shipping).
Bump: EVGA has extended the offer to owners of GTX480s as well.
Mine are coming.. Has anyone tested these things yet to see if they work?
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Originally Posted by WhiteFireDragon
Yes. I just ordered one. Every degree of temp drop counts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fitseries3
I just got mine today but I haven't put it on yet (don't think I will as my card is watercooled ATM) but from what I have been reading on the EVGA forums a 5C drop seems pretty realistic.
a little bracket like this reduces the overall core temps be 5C? that's a little hard for me to believe right now.
Mine arrived today so I did a little test:
http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/8...compareson.jpg
As you can see there is little little difference between the two brackets. Can this "hi-flow" bracket really reduce temps 5C? We'll see.
SETUP
Card: eVGA GeForce GTX 480 SuperClocked (Stock speeds: core 725, memory 3800, shader 1450)
Driver: 257.21
Rest of the system: Check out my sig
Here's a picture of the system layout:
Please note that there is a physX card (9800 gtx+) installed right next to the GTX 480 so my results maybe little higher than most of you.
http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/8...stemlayout.jpg
While I am at it, I also decided to check my good ol' 9800gtx+ which now serves as a physX card in my system.
http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/7534/9800before.jpg
Waddaya know! It didn't have a hi-flow bracket either (Are those wood screws I am seeing?). So, to test whether eVGA bracket bogus or the real deal, I have decided to create my own hi-flow bracket for the 9800gtx+. If this works, it should work for both cards (right?).
10 minutes quality time with my dremel and I got a home-made even higher-flow bracket.
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/1273/9800after.jpg
TESTING METHODOLOGY
Average room temp 75F (23C)
Idle temps were measured after the system idled for 30 mins (temperatures settled for at least 10 minutes).
Load temps measured after a single 3dmark06 run. Temps taken right after the 3dmark06 run completed.
Temps were measured with eVGA Precision.
(I know my testing approach is very crude but we're measuring a relative performance here)
RESULTS
*Drumroll
GTX 480:
Low-flow: idle: 57c - load: 82c
Hi-flow: idle: 55c - load: 82c
9800 GTX+:
Low-flow: idle:63c - load*: 65c (*not actually load since it wasn't being utilized)
Higher-flow: idle: 62c - load: 65c
CONCLUSION
1- It's bogus. The so-called Low-flow bracket will not give you 5c in most cases.
2- Save yourself 5 bucks. Do-it-yourself bracket will not cost you anything. If you have the right tools, the process is easy and will not involve any risk to your card.
3- Even if you take the bracket off you won't get any difference in temps.
So there you have it.
dosnt modding the bracket remove your lifetime warrant. i think that the igh flow official looks better
It does but I don't care because I am xtreme! :p: :p: :rofl:Quote:
Originally Posted by zanzabar
If the card breaks, he can just order the high-flow bracket, put it in and RMA.
LegitReview found just 1° better than the original bracket :shrug:
Which confirms my findings. Even when you take the bracket off completely (I tried this with my 9800gtx+, you won't get anything more than 1c drop.Quote:
Originally Posted by Olivon
We really need a new design to cool down this card. What I noticed is the cooling system is almost the same since 8800gtx.
what are they supposed to change that will still make it 2 slots, short of going liquid i dont see any way that they can make it better and 2 slots. i would like to see the flow difference on the 2 brackets
Not owning a 470 or 480 I'm unfamiliar with the details of the cooling solution, but making a effective solution is very simple. Copper block for the GPU with heatpipes, many, THIN aluminium fins, NO plastic shroud, half decent fan. Look at that, I've just specified a decent and fairly cheap HSF.
how much space can it take up. how much heat can it introduce into the case. how much can it weigh. how much can it cost. you're right about being unfamiliar with the details!Quote:
Originally Posted by Ket
Ket - the solution you described is very similar to the existing GTX4xx heatsinks. I would rather Nvidia use a vapor cooling system like ATi uses in the HD5970.
I hear people are pulling the shroud and attaching either an 80mm or a 120mm fan to the heatsink fins and that does a better job air cooling.. but takes up at least one more slot... I'm thinking about watercooling again on mine.. damn top card runs 20c warmer than the bottom one.. it's pretty starved for air when comparing the wind coming out of each one.. too bad my case doesn't have the extra slot on the bottom so I can use the last pci-e slot on my UD5 for the other 470 :(
I have a 120mm fan blowing at the side of my GTX480.. stock fan barely ever spins up.
what these designers need to do is plan for sandwiched cards in SLI config.. so let them breath from the sides and butt end more.. or make the intake on theface recessed a bit so it can get some damn air in when these cards are packed together..