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I currently own an old EVGA GTX 470, but the silly thing is sitting at 74C without me doing any serious gaming (this is the beginning of a Texas summer, so its bound to get worse once we hit 100C+). Even my GTX 460 in my HTPC is running in the 50C right now. So, I'm looking at getting a new cooler and hopefully quieter running card to replace it before it goes on me.

I am currently looking at the various MSI Frozr models of the 6950 and the 570 which are all under 290mm (the limit of my Lian Li PC-B25F case). I have also noticed the PowerColor PCS+ AX6970 which also runs in around the 275mm range. I have about $400 extra sitting around, but I was wondering what ya'll might recommend.

I'm partial to nVidia since its always what I have used and have had good luck with. Although, since all my systems have run an AMD motherboard and processor might offer the chance of SLI....Crossfire later down the line. I typically run at 1920x1080 on my 27" Samsung P2770. Also, wouldn't mind pushing GTA4 a bit more, but I spend most of my time on Borderlands and Medieval and Empire Total War.

Appreciate any help you might offer.
 
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vicsrealms said:
I currently own an old EVGA GTX 470, but the silly thing is sitting at 74C without me doing any serious gaming (this is the beginning of a Texas summer, so its bound to get worse once we hit 100C+). Even my GTX 460 in my HTPC is running in the 50C right now. So, I'm looking at getting a new cooler and hopefully quieter running card to replace it before it goes on me.

I am currently looking at the various MSI Frozr models of the 6950 and the 570 which are all under 290mm (the limit of my Lian Li PC-B25F case). I have also noticed the PowerColor PCS+ AX6970 which also runs in around the 275mm range. I have about $400 extra sitting around, but I was wondering what ya'll might recommend.

I'm partial to nVidia since its always what I have used and have had good luck with. Although, since all my systems have run an AMD motherboard and processor might offer the chance of SLI....Crossfire later down the line. I typically run at 1920x1080 on my 27" Samsung P2770. Also, wouldn't mind pushing GTA4 a bit more, but I spend most of my time on Borderlands and Medieval and Empire Total War.

Appreciate any help you might offer.
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1. If your gtx 470 has survived hot summer temps before then why are you concerned about it now?
2. If you are so concerned about temps, then don't even bother about dual GPUs.
 
#1: It has always stayed between 40C and 50C during this time of the year.

#2. My case does a good job of keeping everything cool. I'm just concerned that its following an old 880GT that would idle around the 70C's and then start going over the 100C's when gaming. The card ended up dieing on me really quickly after a few months at those temps. The rest of my system is running in the 30's with little problem. Even after a good cleaning the card is staying in the 70's and is right now sitting at 78C.
 
74c? load or idle? If that's the load temp, then I would verify that the GPU is at 100% with Afterburner, if it is, then don't worry about a thing.

Personally I own a MSI GTX 460 Hawk Talon with the Twin Frozr II and have the fan set almost as low as it could go and it never goes over 76c (45% fan speed, ambient 25c). That cooler is amazing. The Twin Frozr III models seem to perform even better,
 
mhenley said:
74c? load or idle? If that's the load temp, then I would verify that the GPU is at 100% with Afterburner, if it is, then don't worry about a thing.
74C to 78C at idle temps or at least just when I am surfing the net. I was running it through the paces with a somewhat maxed out GTA4 and its temp was in the late 90C's to early 100C's. Its not an overclocked EVGA, just the normal stock clocked and I don't over clock my system at all.

mhenley said:
Personally I own a MSI GTX 460 Hawk Talon with the Twin Frozr II and have the fan set almost as low as it could go and it never goes over 76c (45% fan speed, ambient 25c). That cooler is amazing. The Twin Frozr III models seem to perform even better,
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I have been reading a lot on the Frozr series, which was one of the reasons I was looking at them. They seem to run both cool and quiet.
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I have the MSI GTX 580 Lightning and it idles at 28C and loads at 50C. This is in a HAF X case and room temperature around 27C or 80F.
 
You could try a new cooler for your 470. With it overclocked, it probably not really worth getting any of the current cards.
 
Wow, if that's idle, that's hot!:eek:

I have three MSI 6950 reference models, sandwiched so tight I think there MIGHT be 2mm between them; and at load they only reach 68C (60%fan cycle).

If the 470 works well, get a different cooler, or turn up the fan.
If you are wanting change, get a Frozr 560 or 570 (if you want to stay nvidia):D
 
TomGreen321 said:
You could try a new cooler for your 470. With it overclocked, it probably not really worth getting any of the current cards.
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Hmmm, never though of a after market VGA cooler. Have to do some research (coolers and overclocking). Always had luck with Zalmans and Noctua's, maybe they will have something that works with a GTX 470. Thanks for the idea.
 
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