I just received my gainward GTX 480, was the high temps a lie?

Ryeong

Ryeong

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I will post benches and load temps later, however this confused me with all the reviews around the internet regarding the "supposedly" high temps.

There are some things i want to make clear first.

1. The Fan-noise.. I currently run at 75% fan speed and the noise is BY FAR less than what my 275's in sli was with 60% speed. However, 100% is totally unbearable. All the fans in my case (H50's fan etc) is in fact making more noise compared to my 480.

2. The heat:

My clocks: OVERCLOCKED!
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Here is my idle temp 30 sec after 75 min's messing around in heaven 2.0 with max tesselation: (75%) fan speed
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Here is my idle temp 1.5 min later: (75% fan speed)
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This is my temps now, 5 min later: (75% fan speed)
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Alright, now. You people need to help me understand this. I know i have VERY good air flow in my case, but why? Is the open-case-bench testing of 480 the reason why reviewers saw such high temps? Was they running at lower fan speed?

I can't even hear my 480 at all, all the other fans in my antec 900 makes more noise overall. How come?

I'll be posting benches comparing my old 275's in sli to 480 and i will post load temps+tesselation benches. :D
 
How about using a program like GPU-Z to show clocks, and then furmark in extreme burn mode to stress/show temps. And all on the same screenshot.
 
how about 3dmark06? although it's really cpu dependant anyway. Looks like the high temps reviewers were getting was from low fan speed?

And i want see you max out the heaven banchmark! go for 16xAF and 8xAA And extreme tessellation! :devil:

Note: Run the heaven one multiple times because first time you benchmark it, it's loading all the stuff from your hdd. second time is more accurate in terms of minimum fps.
 
linkin said:
how about 3dmark06? although it's really cpu dependant anyway. Looks like the high temps reviewers were getting was from low fan speed?

And i want see you max out the heaven banchmark! go for 16xAF and 8xAA And extreme tessellation! :devil:

Note: Run the heaven one multiple times because first time you benchmark it, it's loading all the stuff from your hdd. second time is more accurate in terms of minimum fps.
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Seems like i uninstalled 3D mark 06 a long time ago xD but why does people bother those old benches? there are new and better ones, like the more recent 3D mark.
 
Look what i made with non-photorealistic ray tracing mode :D .. photorealistic takes very long time to render.

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joh06937 said:
how does it look in your rig? post pics!
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Sorry for the bad quality, took the picture with my Sony Ericsson K610i lol..

I'll explain whats on the pics. --->

-The two plastic pipes above the GPU is my H50 cpu cooler.
-The little fan above the GPU is the chipset cooler for my MOBO.
-I have a green LED fan on the side of my case for extra cooling.
-And as you can see, the Gainward GTX 480 is inside with the 3 metal-pipes.

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-Less light.

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My case from the outside.

-The green fan is annoying but did cool down my system by 5c overall, so it was worth it.
-There are two wires behind my case, one is for the PSU whilst the other is the MINI-HDMI cable that Gainward included in the package cus' 480 uses mini-hdmi instead of the usual.

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Again sorry for the quality lol.
 
Gabe63 said:
The cards run hot. I had one, it is not a fairy tale.
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Here is my idle temp 30 sec after 75 min's messing around in heaven 2.0 with max tesselation: (75%) fan speed
tempsf.png


Here is my idle temp 1.5 min later: (75% fan speed)
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This is my temps now, 5 min later: (75% fan speed)
temps3.png
 
Ryeong said:
Here is my idle temp 30 sec after 75 min's messing around in heaven 2.0 with max tesselation: (75%) fan speed
tempsf.png


Here is my idle temp 1.5 min later: (75% fan speed)
temps2.png


This is my temps now, 5 min later: (75% fan speed)
temps3.png
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doesn't take very long for gpus to cool down. you need to take a pic of the temps DURING a benchmark.
 
joh06937 said:
doesn't take very long for gpus to cool down. you need to take a pic of the temps DURING a benchmark.
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The problem is that the reviews stated it was running "hot" when idling such as 55-60c etc. That is completely wrong.

I've used my GTX 480 the whole day, playing crysis, just cause 2 etc. I hit 68c in crysis after 5 hours. And 72c in Metro 2033 after 6+2 hours, 6 when i was playing, 2 when i was eating and watching tv lol. xD

Check my overclock!

Core 810MHz, Shader 1621MHz, Memory 4000MHz
 
Ryeong said:
The problem is that the reviews stated it was running "hot" when idling such as 55-60c etc. That is completely wrong.

I've used my GTX 480 the whole day, playing crysis, just cause 2 etc. I hit 68c in crysis after 5 hours. And 72c in Metro 2033 after 6+2 hours, 6 when i was playing, 2 when i was eating and watching tv lol. xD

Check my overclock!

Core 810MHz, Shader 1621MHz, Memory 4000MHz
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oh ok, i thought you were saying it was uber cool during intensive play.
 
joh06937 said:
oh ok, i thought you were saying it was uber cool during intensive play.
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Oh, no no.

Some additional info:

Room temp = 20c
I have 7 fans in my case running at 100% (quiet fans)
My cpu is water-cooled and therefore doesn't increase the heat within my case.

I have directed all my fans to suck-inn air and exhaust the heat out from the top of my antec 900 for the best air flow.
 
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