I've heard the GTX 480 overclocks very well, but can any users here tell me how well?

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Vithar

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I have a GTX 480 and I will be getting a Zalman VF3000F for it soon so I can overclock it to its peak. For those of you who have already got your cards overclocked generally what was you max overclock. I wanna hit 1000 mhz core but I'm not sure that will be possible.
 
Vithar said:
I have a GTX 480 and I will be getting a Zalman VF3000F for it soon so I can overclock it to its peak. For those of you who have already got your cards overclocked generally what was you max overclock. I wanna hit 1000 mhz core but I'm not sure that will be possible.
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How much did you pay for that heatsink and where did you get it? I'm thinking of switching to a custom air heatsink but not sure if its worth it. I know it can hit 900 easily on water, not sure what it can do with the Zalman. You'll have to experiment.
 
I got my clocks below on 1.075v. I know I could go higher, but 800 is fine.

This is using the stock heatsink too.
 
vjcsmoke said:
How much did you pay for that heatsink and where did you get it? I'm thinking of switching to a custom air heatsink but not sure if its worth it. I know it can hit 900 easily on water, not sure what it can do with the Zalman. You'll have to experiment.
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Getting it from newegg. its about $70 but well worth it from what I read. I know I can hit mid 800s on the stock heatsink, I'm just trying to get a rough idea as to what this card's maximum is.
 
Vithar said:
Getting it from newegg. its about $70 but well worth it from what I read. I know I can hit mid 800s on the stock heatsink, I'm just trying to get a rough idea as to what this card's maximum is.
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If you get 850ish, I would call that a good card.
 
825 on stock coolers... Is getting a third party cooler worth it? How much do you guys think I can pull with a custom heatsink?
 
When I overclock mine, the Zalman cooler still doesn't do shit. In my FT02 case with the fans on high, I can still top 100°C. Overclocking those cards especially while running in SLI gets very hot.
 
HMM, why don't you sell the 480 and put the $70 your wasting on a questionable cooler to a new card?
 
I had my 480 to about 815 from 700 stable on stock air , you may be able to push it a tad harder but wont compare to water , Plus those coolers make it take from 2 slots to three due to the size of those things . Not sure the price of the cooler but hey if its 50 buck say , save your dough sell that 480 for 140-150 and get a 580 for around 200
 
I dont think 1000mhz will happen unless you have a quote "platinum chip" , not a golden chip
 
Forget the heatsink. Sell the card and get something better for the money. So much heat... so much power.
 
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