Best $200-$250 GPU
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As for the 470, from what I've seen the 470 and 560 trade blows so they are pretty even stock for stock. However, the 470's stock 607 reference core clock is a real joke. Most easily do 800 on stock volts, some can even make it to 900 on the max capped but pretty much all can do 850. Thats nearly a 50% increase in core clock, the 560 can't do that so I personally think the 470 can out muscle a 560 when both are maxxed out on clocks. Plus the 470 already has more memory amount + bandwidth to begin with so that helps too.
The only downside to a 470 is the heat, they do run pretty warm although I had an MSI 470 twin frozr style fans and it never really went above ~62c at 875 core clock (1.037v) with 100% fan (which was WAY quieter than a reference cooler's 100%) on 100% GPU load.
Russ88765
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I was aiming at the performance comparison of the 470 vs 560, when both are at the exact same clock settings. I have heard their temps are really high even at stock settings, is that twinfrozr the best cooling method outside of liquid cooling to use on them? If you have a good enough power supply, would that also take some of the heat away?
At the same clocks the 470 easily beats the 560 actually.
PSU has no affect on the cards heat factor. Twinfrozr will help keep the card cool, but puts all the heat into the case instead which raises ambient in the case quite a bit. It was a great solution for me because I run caseless
Yeah watercooling is the best thing for a 470/480
PSU has no affect on the cards heat factor. Twinfrozr will help keep the card cool, but puts all the heat into the case instead which raises ambient in the case quite a bit. It was a great solution for me because I run caseless
Yeah watercooling is the best thing for a 470/480