Cooler running upgrade from gtx480

[Halloween]

I would like to upgrade my gtx480 to a quicker card that runs significantly cooler. The main reason is I have moved house and my new study is tiny. Whilst the gtx480 itself doesn't overheat as it is watercooled the amount of heat it outputs into the small room becomes unbearable after a couple of hours and in summer it is so bad I don't even bother using my PC anymore. Any thoughts and suggestions are welcome.

 

[sirmonkey1985]

GTX 680 or 670 probably your best options. they put out a hell of a lot less heat than the 480.

 

[Halloween]

Gtx 670 looks interesting. Annoying thing is my 480 can handle pretty much anything still but the heat output is ridiculous.

 

[irishtea]

TBH, if you want to seriously cut power draw and heat simultaneously, look into mid range amd cards and budget revision nvidia like the 560ti etc

 

[raghu78]

If you want significant performance improvement HD 7950 and GTX 670 are the options. if you want only slightly better performance get a HD 7870. All these cards run much cooler than GTX 480.