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

[bomberboysk]

So you run your card at 75% all the time and then tell us it doesn't run hot? Noone in there right mind would have there cards fan at almost full blast all the time. Way too loud for the normal user. Can you do some test's on stock speeds with the fan on auto. Just like someone that bought the card, installed the drivers and started playing their game. (average user)

I always run my cards at 100%....then again, between my bong cooler, air con(in summer, window fan in winter), network equipment fans, etc its really not noticeable. I dont really mind fan noise anyhow though, especially now that i've built my simbox(blocks out alot of ambient noise).

 

[Ryeong]

I always run my cards at 100%....then again, between my bong cooler, air con(in summer, window fan in winter), network equipment fans, etc its really not noticeable. I dont really mind fan noise anyhow though, especially now that i've built my simbox(blocks out alot of ambient noise).

100% that's a bit too much for me. 75% worked just fine for me, and i don't like noise (to a certain extent). However, 100% was not bearable even with headphones on. That's also something which i found very surprising.. The noice increase from 30%-75% isn't much, but once you reach 80-85% the noise increase are much higher than 40-75%. I couldn't hear the noise with headphones on at 85%, yet 100% was so noisy i just couldn't bear with it even with MAX volume on my headphones and speakers.

 

[bomberboysk]

100% that's a bit too much for me. 75% worked just fine for me, and i don't like noise (to a certain extent). However, 100% was not bearable even with headphones on. That's also something which i found very surprising.. The noice increase from 30%-75% isn't much, but once you reach 80-85% the noise increase are much higher than 40-75%. I couldn't hear the noise with headphones on at 85%, yet 100% was so noisy i just couldn't bear with it even with MAX volume on my headphones and speakers.

Well, like i mentioned earlier my environment isnt the quietest in the world(my delta fans are only maybe ~10db louder than the rest of the room). Although, my chipboard simbox if i shut the door, it drops sound levels to that of an average room, no fan noise(unless my deltas are running right above my head on my rig, since its on top my simbox), no water noise, no compressor noise from air conditioning, nothing.

 

[spynoodle]

I always run my cards at 100%....then again, between my bong cooler, air con(in summer, window fan in winter), network equipment fans, etc its really not noticeable. I dont really mind fan noise anyhow though, especially now that i've built my simbox(blocks out alot of ambient noise).

^Same here. For some reason fans just don't bother me at all. I can hear them right next to me buzzing away like a jet engine and I just totally tune it out.

 

[ScottALot]

Normally, Ryeong is a little agressive, but I think you guys are giving him a hard time... he is, of course, partial to nVidia, but he seems to be giving honest answers and not editing posts to "Ok" so mods don't see it. Hell, he got a 480 on his hands instead of upgrading to a new CPU socket, and he wants to show off the greatness.

 

[Gabe63]

ScottALot,

I am not worried about the mods seeing what I wrote, I am sure they can. In the end I decided the argument was not worth it.

The way you wrote your post you are implying my points were not honest because I edited them out. Unless you are trying to drag me back in please leave me out of it. I concede that the card does not run hot.

I have more to say but it would just lead to more arguing, please leave me out of it.

 

[Ryeong]

ScottALot,

I am not worried about the mods seeing what I wrote, I am sure they can. In the end I decided the argument was not worth it.

The way you wrote your post you are implying my points were not honest because I edited them out. Unless you are trying to drag me back in please leave me out of it. I concede that the card does not run hot.

I have more to say but it would just lead to more arguing, please leave me out of it.

If you compare the standard temps to other cards, it do run hot. If you compare it to the thermal temps it does not.

69c in FurMark after heavy overclocking is 46c away from the thermal temp, that is not hot for the card itself.

Heck, most people has CPU's that reach temps MUCH closer to the thermal temps. Let's say 70c under max stressing, that's only 25c away from the thermal temps for a Dual and Quad core 0-stepping..

58-60c was the max temps i saw with 480 after many, many hours of gaming in Metro 2033 with everything maxed out which should stress the card a lot. That is not hot. It is hotter than 5870, but that should be very acceptable when being 55c away from thermal..

 

[Aastii]

58-60c was the max temps i saw with 480 after many, many hours of gaming in Metro 2033 with everything maxed out which should stress the card a lot. That is not hot. It is hotter than 5870, but that should be very acceptable when being 55c away from thermal..

You said that it hit 72 before I agree that isn't massively high for a GPU, but if mine was running that hot, I'd be after an aftermarket cooler because that would be too high. I know you can't do that until some decent ones come out for it, but it is still too high. When using a 5000 series I've not seen it hit above 60 at any point.

 

[Ryeong]

You said that it hit 72 before I agree that isn't massively high for a GPU, but if mine was running that hot, I'd be after an aftermarket cooler because that would be too high. I know you can't do that until some decent ones come out for it, but it is still too high. When using a 5000 series I've not seen it hit above 60 at any point.

72c was with Auto fan speed wich is a no-go even for the 5000-series. (didn't fully test the furmark on auto)

Edit: 70c in FurMark is pretty good for this card. I won't need an aftermarket cooler or anything, it works just fine and is designed to run much hotter than 70c.. Well, if i can buy one and overclock even more i wouldn't hesitate. I'll buy another one for sli in maybe 4 months or so..

Edit: It will never hit 70 in gaming though. Max temp in gaming was 62c after many hours..

 

[Aastii]

72c was with Auto fan speed wich is a no-go even for the 5000-series. (didn't fully test the furmark on auto)

Edit: 70c in FurMark is pretty good for this card. I won't need an aftermarket cooler or anything, it works just fine and is designed to run much hotter than 70c.. Well, if i can buy one and overclock even more i wouldn't hesitate. I'll buy another one for sli in maybe 4 months or so..

Edit: It will never hit 70 in gaming though. Max temp in gaming was 62c after many hours..

I said in another thread that from testing a 5850 it never pushed over 50 even when stressing and that was on auto.

The 400 series deffinately run hotter than the ATi's, you can't deny that, but it would seem that either you got a cool chip, your setup has decent ventilation or the many benches were somehow gimped

 

[Ryeong]

I said in another thread that from testing a 5850 it never pushed over 50 even when stressing and that was on auto.

The 400 series deffinately run hotter than the ATi's, you can't deny that, but it would seem that either you got a cool chip, your setup has decent ventilation or the many benches were somehow gimped

Yea, true.

I spendt a lot of time trying to get the best air flow from different guides etc. I've pushed all the fans in my Antec 900 to suck-inn air and push all the heat up and out from the fan on top. Also, i have installed a fan on the side of my case to suck in additional air, and my CPU is watercooled by H50.

I wish i had a bigger case so i could water-cool everything in my case. Antec 900 isn't big enough for that, even if it has two holes mounted on the back of the case for pipes. It's enough for 2 480's, but not 3.. I really don't see much gain in going 3-way sli anyways so i'll only stick to 2-way once i can afford another 480.

the heat is ok for me until it hits 85c (thus the max i've seen so far on 75% fan speed is 70 in FurMark and 62 in actual gaming)

But, my testing is not complete yet. I noticed that when i changed from adaptive to performance in the nvidia power management, the heat went up 2-3c. My overclock is also very huge, so i'll see how the temps do.

 

[JLuchinski]

I'm to lazy to read through the whole thread, but did you test temps before overclocking? I also yield cooler temps by pointing all my case fans inward and having the side fan blowing out in my crappy Xaser 2 case. But thanks for the honest benches, I'd be to lazy to do it myself, I want a 480 bad but every pay day bill seems to get in the way Still happy with the 4870 though, plus there's no point in getting that card until I build a CPU, I threw my cousins GTX 285 in my system and noticed a little better quality but not much increase in frame rates, huge bottleneck.

 

[Ryeong]

I'm to lazy to read through the whole thread, but did you test temps before overclocking? I also yield cooler temps by pointing all my case fans inward and having the side fan blowing out in my crappy Xaser 2 case. But thanks for the honest benches, I'd be to lazy to do it myself, I want a 480 bad but every pay day bill seems to get in the way Still happy with the 4870 though, plus there's no point in getting that card until I build a CPU, I threw my cousins GTX 285 in my system and noticed a little better quality but not much increase in frame rates, huge bottleneck.

In fact, no, i went straight to overclocking when i got my card. I usually do that.. xD

Yea, you should upgrade your CPU. But, there is no point in buying anything Fancy such as i7 or so yet. A Quad will be enough for a long, long time.