Testing out the GTX480

[NCspecV81]

Nothing extreme yet. 980x @ 4.5ghz and GTX480 @ 940/2300 on crappy water

Crappy water = 980x and gtx480 sharing the same loop with a dtek gpu block/ek supreme hf full copper / nickle on a swiftech mcr-drive dual fan rad.

Volts on the gpu were 1.138v - Stock VID of the gpu is .987v

Crysis results - 1920x1200 - 0xAA - 4xAA - 8xAA



Dirt2 Max settings DX11 - 1920x1200 - 4xAA (sorry didn't screen cap this one)

*edit* ran it again to get a cap!



FC2 - Max Settings - DX10 - Ultra High - 1920x1200 - 4xAA



RE5 Max settings DX10 - 1920x1200 - 8xAA - Fixed Benchmark



Hawx Max settings DX10.1 - 1920x1200 - 8xAA



SF4 - Max Settings - 1920x1200 - 8xAA



3DMark03 - Sorry I couldn't make it public



Vantage - Forgot to disable PhysX =o\



MSI Kombuster - 20 minute run

[NCspecV81]

Also, forgot to mention if you want to see single, sli, trisli vs. a family of 5870's overclocked go here http://www.overclock.net/graphics-ca...70-vs-sli.html

Sorry there's way too much info for me to retype here.

[cowie]

i think maybe 10-15c cooler you would go close to 1000

[Vampiyer]

Impressive OC on that GTX 480. I wonder what it will do with another radiator and a better GPU block.

I never knew Tri-Fire scaled so well - I've seen it scale horribly on some review sites. What about Quad-Fire (Dual 5970's) clocked at maybe 950 on the core (or whatever you're able to achieve)?

If it scales well, then quad-fire might be the better deal (over tri-fire).

[ottoyu34]

Those are nice clocks! great job

[absoluteczech]

jealous

[Helloworld_98]

i think maybe 10-15c cooler you would go close to 1000

it's only at 52C full load already, the amount your asking it to drop would be as if it was in high idle temps.

@OP, I'm amazed at the volts you needed for your 480 to get that high seeing as dangerden got 913MHz @ 1.025v, although their temps were also in the low 60's.

[hetsaq]

Very nice clocks on that card.

[owned666]

can u go any higher or did u hit the wall ?

[audioave10]

Those numbers are fairly impressive.

[Andrea deluxe]

any photo of that :banana::banana::banana::banana: hardware.?

[johnp1983]

stunning numbers! Great work.

[doomwill]

Dizimator , GTX 480 + water coler + overclocker twin Asus = Monter truck champion.

[NCspecV81]

These cards have a very sharp curve of stability. Highest obtained clock speed on the gpu core on air has been 982.5. Highest memory clock 2708mhz whilst being on air. However, those are max validations.

[QuadDamage]

That is how my card looks like except i'm using a crappy Zalman CPU block from the reserator X, i'm maxing out at around 920Mhz but my card shares the water with my exceptionally hot i7 at 4.5Ghz. 50C was the highest temp i saw it hit in Furmark. I could prolly hit slightly higher clocks if i had pumped around 1.15V in its ass or so.

I think you should ditch that Delta fan, i'm running a bare coldplate with no extra fans and it never gets hot at 900/1800/2100 that's my 24/7 clocks.

BTW, decent clockage bro.

[owned666]

These cards have a very sharp curve of stability. Highest obtained clock speed on the gpu core on air has been 982.5. Highest memory clock 2708mhz whilst being on air. However, those are max validations.

is that better than a full water block heatsink

[justin.kerr]

lol better as is value or performance?
performance no

[owned666]

lol better as is value or performance?
performance no

thx

the only reason i said if its better is because it looked thicker

these days gpu blocks have elevated squiggly lines unlike cpu blocks

[NCspecV81]

lol better as is value or performance?
performance no

I would have to disagree. I've always had better temps with a gpu only block on the vs. a full cover.

[kill_a_wat]

very jealous

[Onoff312]

I would have to disagree. I've always had better temps with a gpu only block on the vs. a full cover.

Same any comparisons between gpu only and full cover the gpu only will most likely always win on gpu core temps.

[saaya]

why did you bench with settings that gave you 100+ fps? :P
such a highend card only makes sense if you max out AA and resolution, so go on, push that AA some more

very impressive clocks!

[railmeat]

nice setup :O

[malik22]

would a Swiftech MCW60-R V2 fit on the 480?

[dasa]

would a Swiftech MCW60-R V2 fit on the 480?

looks like it
http://www.overclock.net/water-cooli...x-480-sli.html