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GTX 480 Upgrade Path

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Benihana

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Hey all, I have a EVGA GTX 480 oc'ed to 875/2100. Would an r9 270x be an upgrade?

Thanks
 
It would be but its a minor upgrade (IMO not worth buying if you're intending to upgrade.) You would see a minor increase in FPS but it will run cooler, use less power, be better optimized for newer games, and have more vram.
 
Barely. In fact you can likely sell your 480 for more than the cost of a 270x.
You'll want the 280x for anything approaching tangibly relevant performance gain. On the nvidia side that's GTX 760 or 670 territory. Mind you these are noticeable gains but maybe not leaps and bounds. For that you'll need the r9 290 if we're talking single cards.
Then again have you considered a second 480 for SLI?
 
Since I have a mATX board, I will have to yank out my titanium HD to free a slot for another 480, but the slot only has 4x pci-e lanes, will that degrade performance considerably?

I do have a 1000w PSU with 82amp 12v, so it will support another 480

Thanks
 
I would just tough it out a little longer and get the best 8xx series card you can afford when they release.
If you need something now I recommend a used 290/290x/780.
 
The MINIMUM upgrade you should be looking at is a 7950/660ti. I'd lean towards 7950 because used ones are going for dirt cheap right now (just north of $100)
 
GonzoP said:
Try this [H] guy with a good rep, he has 280X $140 non reference cooler
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1828883
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I just purchased a Powercolor 280x from this seller for $140 shipped...he shipped really fast!

Anyway, using Heaven benchmark 4.0 with the same settings and the gtx 480 oc3d to 900/2100 , and the 280x running 1080mhz/1500 mem....I went from a 51.6 to 83.7. A 32.1fps gain. I am VERY happy for the performance increase.
 
Benihana said:
I just purchased a Powercolor 280x from this seller for $140 shipped...he shipped really fast!

Anyway, using Heaven benchmark 4.0 with the same settings and the gtx 480 oc3d to 900/2100 , and the 280x running 1080mhz/1500 mem....I went from a 51.6 to 83.7. A 32.1fps gain. I am VERY happy for the performance increase.
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Good to hear it! Pretty good gains over 60%.
I am tempted to get one of those myself to pair with my 7970 just haven't made thee choice yet. Nice to hear he's a fast shipper.
I bet you could sell that 480 for around $100 and recover most of your costs for the 280X
 
I have a local buyer for $75 so I will recover more than half the cost back. I hope this video card will last me until my next major system upgrade....in which where my 2500k @ 4.5ghz would also be obsolete!
 
minor gaming improvement

huge improvement in power usage and heat output.
 
As long as you get a GTX 750 Ti or higher, you'll be looking at a noticeable upgrade. The GTX 480 is pretty long-in-tooth.
 
d50man said:
minor gaming improvement

huge improvement in power usage and heat output.
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This. I just recently replaced 2 480's with one 7970. Other than running benchmarks performance is virtually the same @1200p.
 
i just put the 280x under water with a kuhler 620 and a kraken g10 bracket... I ran the same heaven benchmark Oced to 1160/1750 @ 1.256v and pulled 90FPS!!! So from a gtx 480 51.6fps to 280x 90fps...I'm a happy camper!

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