macca22au Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 It's getting to that time, time to put the pension on the line and buy. The 480 is written up well, seems to perform excellently, and benefits from the 1.5 gig on-board RAM. I like the anti-aliasing performance which is much superior to the 200 series and should give a sharper picture. But it also seems to run very hot. It is possible in the mid $900 mark to get one with a pre-fitted additional heat sink that does drag temps down to tolerable levels On the other hand the ATI Radeon 5870 appears to perform well with less by way of heat problems. On which should I spend the government's money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heiko Glatthorn Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 'Running hot' is IMO a lame argument... When the chip is designed to run up to 105 C and settles at 80 C with stress tests - where's the problem ? It works or it doesn't. As soon as the water cooled models are available, i'll get a 480 OC, no question. Can't wait... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tennyson Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 It's the same question people asked last year. "Should I buy the i7 or a quad core?" How many people now have i7's? The 480's have been out for a while and whilst no new technology is problem free, there are enough buyers to say yes, it's worth every penny, myself included. At the end of the day, it's your money and your decision. WE, the users can only pass on our own experiences. Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve31000 Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 I own a 5870 and after seeing John's video diary of the 480 running the upcoming Concrete scenary I would recommend the 480 ahead of the 5870. Whilst the 5870 is good, the anti-aliasing advantage of the 480 combined with what seem to be better framerates than the 5870 (my system like John's is an i7 920 (4ghz [his is 4.2]) clearly shows the 480 as the winner unless there is something I am missing. If I had to decide again I would get the 480. Hope this helps, Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macca22au Posted May 17, 2010 Author Share Posted May 17, 2010 Thanks everybody. I am quite happy to call this resolved and not continue the debate. I have searched the various hardware forums and places like Guru3D and apart from heat they rate the Fermi better. It may be a little while before I change my details, but the heat's rising! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynchee Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 I personally have O/C my GTX480 Core 700 - 843, Shader 1400 - 1685, Memory 3700 - 4400. I'm using MSI.Afterburner. Have done quite a lot of hours flying at these settings without a problem. The MAX temp I have recorded thus far is 89c. All on air cooled. I do have an aircon in this room though. So also having my CPU and GTX O/C, one would imagin extreme temps. But not so. Check sig for spec. I have nothing but prase for the 480. I am using nhanser 32AA, Trans 8S. No cfig tweeks what so ever. Lovin it. Lynchie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alainneedle1 Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 'Running hot' is IMO a lame argument... When the chip is designed to run up to 105 C and settles at 80 C with stress tests - where's the problem ? It works or it doesn't. As soon as the water cooled models are available, i'll get a 480 OC, no question. Can't wait... http://www.evga.com/products/moreInfo.asp?pn=015-P3-1489-AR&family=GeForce%20400%20Series%20Family Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoseCFII Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 I was about to mention the same thing. EVGA rules! As far as the gtx480, INHO it's the best card ever created for FSX. It's so good that I'm getting a second card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heiko Glatthorn Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 'Running hot' is IMO a lame argument... When the chip is designed to run up to 105 C and settles at 80 C with stress tests - where's the problem ? It works or it doesn't. As soon as the water cooled models are available, i'll get a 480 OC, no question. Can't wait... http://www.evga.com/products/moreInfo.asp?pn=015-P3-1489-AR&family=GeForce%20400%20Series%20Family Yep, that one, but it's not available in Europe yet (have to buy it there to save the VAT). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulS Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 I'm running a GTX 285 on a Win 7 64bit rig with a 930 o/c at 4ghz - would the upgrade to a 480 be worthwhile, do you think? I don't mind spending the cash if there's bang for buck, but if it's be a "minor" upgrade I'll wait till the prices drop. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 The 480GTX is on Emmsies list to replace my old 9800GX2 so i would say i will see a good improvment but will have to wait about eight weeks for more cash. cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoseCFII Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 I'm running a GTX 285 on a Win 7 64bit rig with a 930 o/c at 4ghz - would the upgrade to a 480 be worthwhile, do you think? I don't mind spending the cash if there's bang for buck, but if it's be a "minor" upgrade I'll wait till the prices drop. Cheers. If you want higher AG and Higher AA, then YES! There are sceneries (Large areas & certain airports like YBBM) that will still require a very fast CPU to run smoothly, but the gtx 480 will make 90% of the scenery look amazing and run great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgutteri Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 I just bought a 5850 not for the performance, but for EyeFinity. The NVidia 400s need SLI or a Matrox TH2Go to replicate this feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarky Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 I got a Gigabyte 5870 Super Overclock Edition with my new system and it runs quite well, even with AA turned on, but like jgutteri, I got it for eyefinity so if you are after multiple displays, the ATI is the way to go, for better performance (and a higher price tag) go with the NVIDIA. However I have found that the 5870 has decent performance for its price which I am quite happy with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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