My new system with GTX480 Benches!

Tweak486Dx2 · 08-01-10, 10:51 AM

All test run at factory settings, basically just installed them and ran them.

This was my first system build in about 4 years, def smokes my old Q6600 System that had dual 8800GT's.

Crysis still doesnt play like it should.

Opinions please? Suggestions? THanks all!
3DMARK2006

VANTAGE

Ronbert · 08-01-10, 11:02 AM

Congrats on the new system, she looks like a monster man!

Tweak486Dx2 · 08-01-10, 11:07 AM

Thanks! For some reason I expected it to be faster though.

Tweak486Dx2 · 08-01-10, 11:11 AM

Im really not liking the heat from this 480. I think it really needs to be watercooled to even be really overclocked. It just gets wayyyy to hot to fast. It doesnt help either that im in hot hot hot florida and my office temp is about 80 degrees with the air full blast.

Ronbert · 08-01-10, 11:24 AM

Ambient temps are a bitch, I think as clockers we always expect more out of our machines so it's not uncommon hehe.

If you have the means to water cool it I would just for less heat over all and noise but I know water cooling stacks up like none other price wise.

Tweak486Dx2 · 08-01-10, 11:27 AM

Do they sell kits these days just to watercool video cards? I dont have the time like I used to to build a custom loop. ALthough I still have some oldschool heatercores in the attic from my old Athlon XP days.

EarthDog · 08-01-10, 11:36 AM

Set up a more agressive fan spinup profile... Just leave it at 50% (inaudible to me) until 55C. After 55C have it spin up to 75C and it should be around 80C.

Tweak486Dx2 · 08-01-10, 11:42 AM

At 100% it reaches mid 90's though. Usually when I play games I just ramp it up to 90% and leave it.

EarthDog · 08-01-10, 12:25 PM

Wow it does? Poor case airflow?

Ronbert · 08-01-10, 09:13 PM

I have to agree with Earth, what kind of space are you working? Even for a new nvidia card that's pretty steep.

Tweak486Dx2 · 08-01-10, 10:14 PM

480's run hot. Usually under load they hit around 95. Espicially in hot hot florida! My case is the Xclio wind tunnel, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811103011

These card run super hot, http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1258/11/

All the cards in reviews on the net run about the same temps as mine, at first I thought I had bad TIM. Idle temps are around 55 on mine, load is mid 90's. Overclocked its peaks at 100++

EarthDog · 08-02-10, 05:43 AM

Thats weird as my 470 didnt peak above 80C in my review of it unless it was overclocked (or furmark) THe person that did the 480 portion, his was on auto and hit 90C.

http://www.overclockers.com/gtx-470-mini-review/

Badbonji · 08-02-10, 09:23 AM

In the UK my GTX295 hits 103C at 100% fan speed overclocked, and mid 90s at stock speeds. Yet to test my new HD5970...

Tweak486Dx2 · 08-02-10, 07:17 PM

Yea did u see the guys Youtube video of frying an egg on a 480?? Its great! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASu3Xw6JM1w

EarthDog · 08-02-10, 07:39 PM

They did that with an HD2900 a couple years ago too... lol.

Badbonji · 08-03-10, 02:09 PM

That is epic! Useful for students on a tight budget? :P

_s3v3n_ · 08-03-10, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Badbonji

That is epic! Useful for students on a tight budget? :P

Great idea !!!

Tweak486Dx2 · 08-06-10, 05:08 PM

Just added another 480 to my system! Will post benches shortly!

Tweak486Dx2 · 08-06-10, 05:21 PM

Im thiniking this is a good score?

GosuWar · 08-06-10, 06:14 PM

Hey, ignore my sig if it has an old pc in it. Anyways, I just rebuilt a brand new pc. Here are my specs:

Asus Rampage III Gene Mobo
Corsair 2x2 Gig Ram
Intel i7-930 OC'ed to 3.2 Ghz w/ Corsair H50 Water Cooler
GTX 480 OC'ed to 801 mhz core & 995 memory, shaders @ 1602.

Anyway, I ran over 10 different benchmarks in Heaven 3D, because I don't believe Vantage supports DX11 nor Tesselage, but I could be wrong. After running stock & OC, I noticed a 200 point increase in score on that program. I'm not sure what I would get in Vantage, but overall if you're running at 1560-1590 for shaders I should probably beat your GPU score at least.

One thing I noticed is how you said your 480 gets hot real quick. I haven't really seen mine go above 75 w/ Fan @ 44%, and when I OC & run fan @ 100% it doesn't go above 61% load & idles at 35. This is after running artifact scans for 5-10 minutes + several Heaven 3D Benchmarks.

I have an Antec 1200 case which is pretty much the best case out there for cooling right now w/ a Micro-ATX mobo. I have 3 120 mm fans in the front for intake, a rear 120 mm exhaust and another 120 mm fan for intake w/ my cpu-cooler radiator hooked up to it. I also have a 120 mm side fan for exhaust and a 200 mm fan on top for exhaust. So I have really good air flow, and maybe that makes all the difference.

I'm curious to see what some of your Heaven benchmarks would be if you don't mind running that and posting pics. I'll do the same if you'd like. Also, i'm kind've new to OC, but was wondering about Sli setups and what kind've performance boost I could get if I had another 480 GTX.

Anyways, i'm turning back to stock as there's really no need to have anything OC'ed unless you're running benchmarks or need it for a game, all my crap runs maxed out stock lol.

-OwChS

08-01-10, 10:51 AM	Thread Starter #1
Tweak486Dx2 Member Join Date: Jan 2007	My new system with GTX480 Benches! All test run at factory settings, basically just installed them and ran them. This was my first system build in about 4 years, def smokes my old Q6600 System that had dual 8800GT's. Crysis still doesnt play like it should. Opinions please? Suggestions? THanks all! 3DMARK2006 VANTAGE __________________ New System. i7 930 @ 4300Mhz @ 1.300Vcore. 6 Gigs of Gskillz MSI X58 PRO-E 2x MSI Geforce GTX 480 SLI still test max clocks. GT 240 Dedicated PhyX Card. Corsair H50 with twin Noctua 120mm Fans. 2x500 GIG in raid 0 X-Fi Extreme Gamer. Ultra 1000W Psus ACER GD235HZ 120Hz monitor.
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08-01-10, 11:02 AM	#2
Ronbert Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Wisconsin	Congrats on the new system, she looks like a monster man! __________________ AsRock™ Extreme4 Intel™ i5 2500k + 3.3GHz Hyper 212+, Lian-Li Case WD 1TB Caviar Black 7200RPM Windows 7 HB 64x G.Skill™ Ripjaws 2x2GB 1600MHz Lim. Edition Patriots 2x4GB 1600MHz Corsair 850W TX GTX 670 - 2GB HEATWARE
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08-01-10, 11:07 AM	Thread Starter #3
Tweak486Dx2 Member Join Date: Jan 2007	Thanks! For some reason I expected it to be faster though. __________________ New System. i7 930 @ 4300Mhz @ 1.300Vcore. 6 Gigs of Gskillz MSI X58 PRO-E 2x MSI Geforce GTX 480 SLI still test max clocks. GT 240 Dedicated PhyX Card. Corsair H50 with twin Noctua 120mm Fans. 2x500 GIG in raid 0 X-Fi Extreme Gamer. Ultra 1000W Psus ACER GD235HZ 120Hz monitor.
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08-01-10, 11:11 AM	Thread Starter #4
Tweak486Dx2 Member Join Date: Jan 2007	Im really not liking the heat from this 480. I think it really needs to be watercooled to even be really overclocked. It just gets wayyyy to hot to fast. It doesnt help either that im in hot hot hot florida and my office temp is about 80 degrees with the air full blast. __________________ New System. i7 930 @ 4300Mhz @ 1.300Vcore. 6 Gigs of Gskillz MSI X58 PRO-E 2x MSI Geforce GTX 480 SLI still test max clocks. GT 240 Dedicated PhyX Card. Corsair H50 with twin Noctua 120mm Fans. 2x500 GIG in raid 0 X-Fi Extreme Gamer. Ultra 1000W Psus ACER GD235HZ 120Hz monitor.
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08-01-10, 11:24 AM	#5
Ronbert Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Wisconsin	Ambient temps are a bitch, I think as clockers we always expect more out of our machines so it's not uncommon hehe. If you have the means to water cool it I would just for less heat over all and noise but I know water cooling stacks up like none other price wise. __________________ AsRock™ Extreme4 Intel™ i5 2500k + 3.3GHz Hyper 212+, Lian-Li Case WD 1TB Caviar Black 7200RPM Windows 7 HB 64x G.Skill™ Ripjaws 2x2GB 1600MHz Lim. Edition Patriots 2x4GB 1600MHz Corsair 850W TX GTX 670 - 2GB HEATWARE
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08-01-10, 11:27 AM	Thread Starter #6
Tweak486Dx2 Member Join Date: Jan 2007	Do they sell kits these days just to watercool video cards? I dont have the time like I used to to build a custom loop. ALthough I still have some oldschool heatercores in the attic from my old Athlon XP days. __________________ New System. i7 930 @ 4300Mhz @ 1.300Vcore. 6 Gigs of Gskillz MSI X58 PRO-E 2x MSI Geforce GTX 480 SLI still test max clocks. GT 240 Dedicated PhyX Card. Corsair H50 with twin Noctua 120mm Fans. 2x500 GIG in raid 0 X-Fi Extreme Gamer. Ultra 1000W Psus ACER GD235HZ 120Hz monitor.
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08-01-10, 11:36 AM	#7
EarthDog Senior PITA Member Overclockers.com Editor Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Stuck in Maryland...	Set up a more agressive fan spinup profile... Just leave it at 50% (inaudible to me) until 55C. After 55C have it spin up to 75C and it should be around 80C. __________________ Should I R0 my SSD? / SandyBridge / Ivybridge Overclocking Guide / AMD Overclocking Guide / Power Supply Guide SSD Reliability/Write Endurance / JOIN THE BENCHING TEAM! / Bulldozer Overclocking Guide / Forum Etiquette Want to see your writing featured on the overclockers.com Front Page? PM me, I can help! "We have more information and more ways of accessing it than ever, yet seem increasingly less inclined to do so."- Michael Wilbon
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08-01-10, 11:42 AM	Thread Starter #8
Tweak486Dx2 Member Join Date: Jan 2007	At 100% it reaches mid 90's though. Usually when I play games I just ramp it up to 90% and leave it. __________________ New System. i7 930 @ 4300Mhz @ 1.300Vcore. 6 Gigs of Gskillz MSI X58 PRO-E 2x MSI Geforce GTX 480 SLI still test max clocks. GT 240 Dedicated PhyX Card. Corsair H50 with twin Noctua 120mm Fans. 2x500 GIG in raid 0 X-Fi Extreme Gamer. Ultra 1000W Psus ACER GD235HZ 120Hz monitor.
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08-01-10, 12:25 PM	#9
EarthDog Senior PITA Member Overclockers.com Editor Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Stuck in Maryland...	Wow it does? Poor case airflow? __________________ Should I R0 my SSD? / SandyBridge / Ivybridge Overclocking Guide / AMD Overclocking Guide / Power Supply Guide SSD Reliability/Write Endurance / JOIN THE BENCHING TEAM! / Bulldozer Overclocking Guide / Forum Etiquette Want to see your writing featured on the overclockers.com Front Page? PM me, I can help! "We have more information and more ways of accessing it than ever, yet seem increasingly less inclined to do so."- Michael Wilbon
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08-01-10, 09:13 PM	#10
Ronbert Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Wisconsin	I have to agree with Earth, what kind of space are you working? Even for a new nvidia card that's pretty steep. __________________ AsRock™ Extreme4 Intel™ i5 2500k + 3.3GHz Hyper 212+, Lian-Li Case WD 1TB Caviar Black 7200RPM Windows 7 HB 64x G.Skill™ Ripjaws 2x2GB 1600MHz Lim. Edition Patriots 2x4GB 1600MHz Corsair 850W TX GTX 670 - 2GB HEATWARE Last edited by Ronbert; 08-02-10 at 07:23 AM.
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08-01-10, 10:14 PM	Thread Starter #11
Tweak486Dx2 Member Join Date: Jan 2007	480's run hot. Usually under load they hit around 95. Espicially in hot hot florida! My case is the Xclio wind tunnel, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811103011 These card run super hot, http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1258/11/ All the cards in reviews on the net run about the same temps as mine, at first I thought I had bad TIM. Idle temps are around 55 on mine, load is mid 90's. Overclocked its peaks at 100++ __________________ New System. i7 930 @ 4300Mhz @ 1.300Vcore. 6 Gigs of Gskillz MSI X58 PRO-E 2x MSI Geforce GTX 480 SLI still test max clocks. GT 240 Dedicated PhyX Card. Corsair H50 with twin Noctua 120mm Fans. 2x500 GIG in raid 0 X-Fi Extreme Gamer. Ultra 1000W Psus ACER GD235HZ 120Hz monitor.
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08-02-10, 05:43 AM	#12
EarthDog Senior PITA Member Overclockers.com Editor Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Stuck in Maryland...	Thats weird as my 470 didnt peak above 80C in my review of it unless it was overclocked (or furmark) THe person that did the 480 portion, his was on auto and hit 90C. http://www.overclockers.com/gtx-470-mini-review/ __________________ Should I R0 my SSD? / SandyBridge / Ivybridge Overclocking Guide / AMD Overclocking Guide / Power Supply Guide SSD Reliability/Write Endurance / JOIN THE BENCHING TEAM! / Bulldozer Overclocking Guide / Forum Etiquette Want to see your writing featured on the overclockers.com Front Page? PM me, I can help! "We have more information and more ways of accessing it than ever, yet seem increasingly less inclined to do so."- Michael Wilbon
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08-02-10, 09:23 AM	#13
Badbonji Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Birmingham, UK	In the UK my GTX295 hits 103C at 100% fan speed overclocked, and mid 90s at stock speeds. Yet to test my new HD5970... __________________ i7 3770K 4.5GHz 1.2V \| Phanteks PH-TC14PE \| 16GB TeamGroup Elite 1600MHz \| GIGABYTE G1.Sniper M3 \| EVGA GTX680 SC 1254/1500MHz \| M4 256GB + 150GB Raptor \| Corsair HX+ 850W \| Antec 1200 i7 965 \| 8GB OCZ Gold 1600MHz \| GIGABYTE Extreme X58 \| HD5450 \| M4 64GB + 7TB \| OCZ 500W P9500 3.13GHz \| 4GB 1000MHz DDR2 \| Mobility HD4850 550/900MHz \| 500GB
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08-02-10, 07:17 PM	Thread Starter #14
Tweak486Dx2 Member Join Date: Jan 2007	Yea did u see the guys Youtube video of frying an egg on a 480?? Its great! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASu3Xw6JM1w __________________ New System. i7 930 @ 4300Mhz @ 1.300Vcore. 6 Gigs of Gskillz MSI X58 PRO-E 2x MSI Geforce GTX 480 SLI still test max clocks. GT 240 Dedicated PhyX Card. Corsair H50 with twin Noctua 120mm Fans. 2x500 GIG in raid 0 X-Fi Extreme Gamer. Ultra 1000W Psus ACER GD235HZ 120Hz monitor.
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08-02-10, 07:39 PM	#15
EarthDog Senior PITA Member Overclockers.com Editor Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Stuck in Maryland...	They did that with an HD2900 a couple years ago too... lol. __________________ Should I R0 my SSD? / SandyBridge / Ivybridge Overclocking Guide / AMD Overclocking Guide / Power Supply Guide SSD Reliability/Write Endurance / JOIN THE BENCHING TEAM! / Bulldozer Overclocking Guide / Forum Etiquette Want to see your writing featured on the overclockers.com Front Page? PM me, I can help! "We have more information and more ways of accessing it than ever, yet seem increasingly less inclined to do so."- Michael Wilbon
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08-03-10, 02:09 PM	#16
Badbonji Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Birmingham, UK	That is epic! Useful for students on a tight budget? :P __________________ i7 3770K 4.5GHz 1.2V \| Phanteks PH-TC14PE \| 16GB TeamGroup Elite 1600MHz \| GIGABYTE G1.Sniper M3 \| EVGA GTX680 SC 1254/1500MHz \| M4 256GB + 150GB Raptor \| Corsair HX+ 850W \| Antec 1200 i7 965 \| 8GB OCZ Gold 1600MHz \| GIGABYTE Extreme X58 \| HD5450 \| M4 64GB + 7TB \| OCZ 500W P9500 3.13GHz \| 4GB 1000MHz DDR2 \| Mobility HD4850 550/900MHz \| 500GB
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08-06-10, 05:08 PM	Thread Starter #18
Tweak486Dx2 Member Join Date: Jan 2007	Just added another 480 to my system! Will post benches shortly! __________________ New System. i7 930 @ 4300Mhz @ 1.300Vcore. 6 Gigs of Gskillz MSI X58 PRO-E 2x MSI Geforce GTX 480 SLI still test max clocks. GT 240 Dedicated PhyX Card. Corsair H50 with twin Noctua 120mm Fans. 2x500 GIG in raid 0 X-Fi Extreme Gamer. Ultra 1000W Psus ACER GD235HZ 120Hz monitor.
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08-06-10, 05:21 PM	Thread Starter #19
Tweak486Dx2 Member Join Date: Jan 2007	Im thiniking this is a good score? __________________ New System. i7 930 @ 4300Mhz @ 1.300Vcore. 6 Gigs of Gskillz MSI X58 PRO-E 2x MSI Geforce GTX 480 SLI still test max clocks. GT 240 Dedicated PhyX Card. Corsair H50 with twin Noctua 120mm Fans. 2x500 GIG in raid 0 X-Fi Extreme Gamer. Ultra 1000W Psus ACER GD235HZ 120Hz monitor.
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08-06-10, 06:14 PM	#20
GosuWar Registered Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: New Jersey	Hey, ignore my sig if it has an old pc in it. Anyways, I just rebuilt a brand new pc. Here are my specs: Asus Rampage III Gene Mobo Corsair 2x2 Gig Ram Intel i7-930 OC'ed to 3.2 Ghz w/ Corsair H50 Water Cooler GTX 480 OC'ed to 801 mhz core & 995 memory, shaders @ 1602. Anyway, I ran over 10 different benchmarks in Heaven 3D, because I don't believe Vantage supports DX11 nor Tesselage, but I could be wrong. After running stock & OC, I noticed a 200 point increase in score on that program. I'm not sure what I would get in Vantage, but overall if you're running at 1560-1590 for shaders I should probably beat your GPU score at least. One thing I noticed is how you said your 480 gets hot real quick. I haven't really seen mine go above 75 w/ Fan @ 44%, and when I OC & run fan @ 100% it doesn't go above 61% load & idles at 35. This is after running artifact scans for 5-10 minutes + several Heaven 3D Benchmarks. I have an Antec 1200 case which is pretty much the best case out there for cooling right now w/ a Micro-ATX mobo. I have 3 120 mm fans in the front for intake, a rear 120 mm exhaust and another 120 mm fan for intake w/ my cpu-cooler radiator hooked up to it. I also have a 120 mm side fan for exhaust and a 200 mm fan on top for exhaust. So I have really good air flow, and maybe that makes all the difference. I'm curious to see what some of your Heaven benchmarks would be if you don't mind running that and posting pics. I'll do the same if you'd like. Also, i'm kind've new to OC, but was wondering about Sli setups and what kind've performance boost I could get if I had another 480 GTX. Anyways, i'm turning back to stock as there's really no need to have anything OC'ed unless you're running benchmarks or need it for a game, all my crap runs maxed out stock lol. -OwChS __________________ CPU [Athlon XP 2200] MB [A7v8x AsusTek KT400] RAM [Corsair 512 DDR 400 PC3200] HD [Western Digital 80 GIGS] Video [Nvidia Geforce 2 MX 400] Case [Modified ChiefTec w/ blue cathode] Level of intelligence: HardWare/Software/Networking Tech (Not qualified, but classes taken in all fields)
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