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Limp Gawd
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First, the "issues":
I'd like to ask: has anyone had any trouble initially installing the GTX 480, with getting no signal to your monitor?
When I first received the 480, it almost seemed the box had been opened at some point, and even the plastic on the GPU (that you removed before use) was basically peeled off.
My monitor, several times, would not get a signal. It did once, I installed the drivers, but it failed yet again. I had to boot into safe mode, wipe all drivers clean again, could not install the drivers in safe mode, so took the chance of rebooting, which worked, installed the drivers and so far it's been fine.
However, it was quite an order and I thought I had gotten a bad card at first. Has anyone else had an issue like this?
I'd like to know, just to be informed.
Now, the comparisons:
First, the noise of the fan even on 75% is "loud" only in terms of air. Hardly annoying what-so-ever.
Second, the temps do get high, but depending on what game you're playing and how demanding, if you manually set your temps anywhere between 55%-75%, the card stays reasonably cool, no problem. Idle, with the fan at 45% (which is completely inaudible) my temp is 46C right now, after heavy gaming.
Load temps can hit upwards of 80-90C, depending on your fan speed, but what's interesting is that, at 70%, it's still almost inaudible in my case, and keeps things between 70-80C, which is hot, but acceptable temps. Anything above 70% fan speed, and "all of a sudden" you can hear it, which is odd, but again, it's not "bad" by any means in terms of volume.
Third, the direct comparisons... which, for those who don't know or haven't realized, the GTX 480 looks better than and crushes in performance, the 5870, period.
*Note: This is not an "ATi-bashing" thread, as you will notice if you've followed my threads in moving to ATi again for a few tries, then back to nVidia. I'm posting this as a follow-up for the few people who contacted me in my move between GPUs, wanting to know my experiences. For those whom this might seem "old news", well, than simply take it as further confirmation.
Every game tested in the exact same place, for the exact same time with the exact same action, and all in-game settings the same.
Yellow = 5870 scores over the GTX 280
Red = GTX 480 scores over the 5870
Crysis
(4xAA/16xAF; settings all on Very High)
Min/Max/Avg
GTX 480 - 17/49/36.2, 27/44/35.9, 21/45/33
5870 - 8/37/25.6, 13/41/29.3, 18/37/27
GTX 280 - 15/23/19.1, 14/21/18.6, 14/22/19.1
Fallout 3
(4xAA/16xAF; settings all on High)
Min/Max/Avg
GTX 480 - 55/63/59.9, 48/63/59.7, 56/63/59.8
5870 - 39/63/55.5, 32/62/52.9, 29/62/53
GTX 280 - 29/63/57.9, 26/63/57.9, 23/63/52.5
Mass Effect 2
(4xAA/16xAF; settings all on High)
Min/Max/Avg
GTX 480 - 57/61/59.8, 59/61/59.9, 59/61/59.7
5870 - 38/61/54.1, 40/61/53.8, 46/61/56.4, 35/63/50.8
GTX 280 - 29/62/59.5, 58/61/59.9, 59/61/59.9, 53/61/59.8
*Tests done with vsync on, because I always use it, as I cant stand tearing.
There are some seriously significant differences in performance, and both AA/AF actually look better with the GTX 480 as well to varying degrees. When not benching and just sitting back and playing, the performance difference and even some visual quality is hugely noticeable, feeling smoother than any GPU I've ever run.
The 480's fan volume and heat is more than reasonable, and as you can see, the performance improvement in the benchies are more than just one or two fps. There are many places it's anywhere from 5fps (which is not the norm from what I'm seeing; always far higher regularly), to regularly 6-20fps higher, and sometimes double/almost double the fps of the 5870.
It seems the more demanding the game, such as Crysis, the more the 480 shines and the further it out-performs the 5870, which I find interesting.
Minimum frame rates are through the roof, and far above the 5870, with absolutely beautifully visual quality.
Is that worth an extra $100-150 to you? I don't know about you, but it certainly is to me.
So, in short: for those still "on the fence" about whether or not it's worth going with nVidia right now, my answer would be a resounding YES, absolutely.
- End (Important): but if anyone has heard of/experienced any initial install problems as I've described in the beginning of this post, I'd like to hear about it.
I don't see any further issues developing, but that was a very odd and stressful situation at first, and one I still cannot explain. It was sending no signal to my monitor, and my system seemed to not auto-detect the GPU correctly (or some such) at first, which put me through some hoops.
Running the following:
Gigabyte X58-UD5 (F7 BIOS), i7 950, 6GB DDR Corsair Dominator, 850W PSU.
I'd like to ask: has anyone had any trouble initially installing the GTX 480, with getting no signal to your monitor?
When I first received the 480, it almost seemed the box had been opened at some point, and even the plastic on the GPU (that you removed before use) was basically peeled off.
My monitor, several times, would not get a signal. It did once, I installed the drivers, but it failed yet again. I had to boot into safe mode, wipe all drivers clean again, could not install the drivers in safe mode, so took the chance of rebooting, which worked, installed the drivers and so far it's been fine.
However, it was quite an order and I thought I had gotten a bad card at first. Has anyone else had an issue like this?
I'd like to know, just to be informed.
Now, the comparisons:
First, the noise of the fan even on 75% is "loud" only in terms of air. Hardly annoying what-so-ever.
Second, the temps do get high, but depending on what game you're playing and how demanding, if you manually set your temps anywhere between 55%-75%, the card stays reasonably cool, no problem. Idle, with the fan at 45% (which is completely inaudible) my temp is 46C right now, after heavy gaming.
Load temps can hit upwards of 80-90C, depending on your fan speed, but what's interesting is that, at 70%, it's still almost inaudible in my case, and keeps things between 70-80C, which is hot, but acceptable temps. Anything above 70% fan speed, and "all of a sudden" you can hear it, which is odd, but again, it's not "bad" by any means in terms of volume.
Third, the direct comparisons... which, for those who don't know or haven't realized, the GTX 480 looks better than and crushes in performance, the 5870, period.
*Note: This is not an "ATi-bashing" thread, as you will notice if you've followed my threads in moving to ATi again for a few tries, then back to nVidia. I'm posting this as a follow-up for the few people who contacted me in my move between GPUs, wanting to know my experiences. For those whom this might seem "old news", well, than simply take it as further confirmation.
Every game tested in the exact same place, for the exact same time with the exact same action, and all in-game settings the same.
Yellow = 5870 scores over the GTX 280
Red = GTX 480 scores over the 5870
Crysis
(4xAA/16xAF; settings all on Very High)
Min/Max/Avg
GTX 480 - 17/49/36.2, 27/44/35.9, 21/45/33
5870 - 8/37/25.6, 13/41/29.3, 18/37/27
GTX 280 - 15/23/19.1, 14/21/18.6, 14/22/19.1
Fallout 3
(4xAA/16xAF; settings all on High)
Min/Max/Avg
GTX 480 - 55/63/59.9, 48/63/59.7, 56/63/59.8
5870 - 39/63/55.5, 32/62/52.9, 29/62/53
GTX 280 - 29/63/57.9, 26/63/57.9, 23/63/52.5
Mass Effect 2
(4xAA/16xAF; settings all on High)
Min/Max/Avg
GTX 480 - 57/61/59.8, 59/61/59.9, 59/61/59.7
5870 - 38/61/54.1, 40/61/53.8, 46/61/56.4, 35/63/50.8
GTX 280 - 29/62/59.5, 58/61/59.9, 59/61/59.9, 53/61/59.8
*Tests done with vsync on, because I always use it, as I cant stand tearing.
There are some seriously significant differences in performance, and both AA/AF actually look better with the GTX 480 as well to varying degrees. When not benching and just sitting back and playing, the performance difference and even some visual quality is hugely noticeable, feeling smoother than any GPU I've ever run.
The 480's fan volume and heat is more than reasonable, and as you can see, the performance improvement in the benchies are more than just one or two fps. There are many places it's anywhere from 5fps (which is not the norm from what I'm seeing; always far higher regularly), to regularly 6-20fps higher, and sometimes double/almost double the fps of the 5870.
It seems the more demanding the game, such as Crysis, the more the 480 shines and the further it out-performs the 5870, which I find interesting.
Minimum frame rates are through the roof, and far above the 5870, with absolutely beautifully visual quality.
Is that worth an extra $100-150 to you? I don't know about you, but it certainly is to me.
So, in short: for those still "on the fence" about whether or not it's worth going with nVidia right now, my answer would be a resounding YES, absolutely.
- End (Important): but if anyone has heard of/experienced any initial install problems as I've described in the beginning of this post, I'd like to hear about it.
I don't see any further issues developing, but that was a very odd and stressful situation at first, and one I still cannot explain. It was sending no signal to my monitor, and my system seemed to not auto-detect the GPU correctly (or some such) at first, which put me through some hoops.
Running the following:
Gigabyte X58-UD5 (F7 BIOS), i7 950, 6GB DDR Corsair Dominator, 850W PSU.
