GTX 470 Sli - Page 5

Kaguya · 04-17-10, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by fasedww

I leave it on auto it ramps up according to temps works good.

Fair enough, my other question is: What's it ramping up to and when? When it's doing big DX11 stuff like Metro 2033, is it at 100%? Does it only ramp up for Metro? If I'm thinking of putting two of these in my case, it'd be nice to know

I already have lots of fans, but I have all my fans on Low and it's pretty tolerable. I'll run my fan at 70% on hot days and that's pretty loud, but I don't do it often.

I'm still leaning to a pair of these as I just don't see myself buying a 5970, but I'd like to pretend I'm doing my due diligence

**fasedww** · 04-17-10, 03:39 PM

When I was playing metro 2033 DX11 DOF on Telsalation on, 1920/1200, everything high very high, for maybe close to 40 minutes, I quickly excited game had evga precision already running all three temps where the same 83C.

thats about like middle 73% 75% Fan speed.

brunner · 04-17-10, 04:13 PM

Is there any stuttering so far with triple-SLI? I used quad-sli with 295 for about 6 months and noticed them in some games. I knew it was a quad specific problem because it went away when I dropped down to just 2 GPUs.

Slytat · 04-17-10, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by fasedww

When I was playing metro 2033 DX11 DOF on Telsalation on, 1920/1200, everything high very high, for maybe close to 40 minutes, I quickly excited game had evga precision already running all three temps where the same 83C.

thats about like middle 73% 75% Fan speed.

I have Afterburner set to 70% Fan for 3D apps and I haven't seen the temps over 80 since I put the Antec spot fan behind the cards.

I played BC2 for about 1.5 hours before and 77 was the highest I saw and that was only on the 1st GPU, the 2nd was 65.

**fasedww** · 04-17-10, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by brunner

Is there any stuttering so far with triple-SLI? I used quad-sli with 295 for about 6 months and noticed them in some games. I knew it was a quad specific problem because it went away when I dropped down to just 2 GPUs.

Smoooth Brother

I'm going to do resident Evil Benchmark in a little bit here 30 min. maybe

brunner · 04-17-10, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Slytat

I have Afterburner set to 70% Fan for 3D apps and I haven't seen the temps over 80 since I put the Antec spot fan behind the cards.

I played BC2 for about 1.5 hours before and 77 was the highest I saw and that was only on the 1st GPU, the 2nd was 65.

Can you post a pic please? I'd like to get some tips in preparation for my 480 SLI setup. Btw, thanks for pointing me in the proper direction although my wallet now hates you.

**fasedww** · 04-17-10, 05:52 PM

here resident evil

Everything else on high.

Slytat · 04-17-10, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by brunner

Can you post a pic please? I'd like to get some tips in preparation for my 480 SLI setup. Btw, thanks for pointing me in the proper direction although my wallet now hates you.

You're most welcome

With regards to the photo, I will have to do some cable management first, it's a bit of a mess at the moment

Best thing to do is just place the Spot fan at the back of the cards so that it is blowing air across the top and then have a 60mm or two extracting the air.

Obviously, a board that allows you to spread the 480s out across several slots is preferable although mine are side by side on this GA UD7 and the temps are absolutely fine.

Thing is, this hobby costs money but new hardware is so satisfying. It's one of the few things I get a kick out of these days. It's not about the money for me, it's about getting immersed in the game. I got totally lost in STALKER COP before, I missed 2 calls during an 'emission' because I had my headphones so loud

Kaguya · 04-18-10, 06:06 PM

This video almost has me ordering a pair of 470s. Not as loud or as hot as the reviewers made it seem; now I just have to wait for EVGA to get some in stock:

MrSavoy · 04-18-10, 11:56 PM

Well finally got it up and running stable and been having some fun today. I just wanted to post a little heaven bench and I matched your settings Fasedww. I came in a few fps lower than you but bear in mind my cpu is at 3.77 yours is at 4.3. This is my sig rig minus of course the 3 260's and replaced with 3 x evga gtx 470 sc's running only the factory oc. Was a fast run and only 1 run I'll play more over the next few days since I've been testing stability all day and playing lots of games to make sure it's all running as it's supposed too. Are you running your overclocked past the small factory oc?

I'll up my sig tomorrow or something.

syirrus · 04-19-10, 12:10 AM

Wondering if I should return my GTX 470 in SLI and go for the 480. I'm running a core i7 920 @ 4ghz (200x20) with 6gb of RAM. I play Bfbc2 @ 2560x1600 1AA 16AF everything on high. For the most part it is silky smooth, but I would like to turn up the AA to a 2 or 4 at the most. What do you guys think?

BTW I have them clocked at 480 GTX speeds

syirrus · 04-19-10, 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by fasedww

I got 3 Evga 470's coming from the egg. and there going in here.

Probally get them middle of next week 14th.

Let us know how they run bfbc2 at 2560x1600

04-17-10, 03:39 PM	#50
fasedww Pc Gamer Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 1,575	Re: GTX 470 Sli When I was playing metro 2033 DX11 DOF on Telsalation on, 1920/1200, everything high very high, for maybe close to 40 minutes, I quickly excited game had evga precision already running all three temps where the same 83C. thats about like middle 73% 75% Fan speed. __________________ Asus X79 rampage extreme 4, i7 3930K, 47X100, 4.70 GHZ, ,16 gigs, corsair, 1600mhz, 2 Evga GTX Titans SLI, gtx 470 phyisics, Prolimatech Genesis, 2 140mm fan heastsink, Lian Li PC 80 ArmorSuit case, PCPC 1200 watt, window side panel with 120mm blowhole, SoundBlaster X-Fi Titanium HD , Asus Blueray sata dvdrw,SSD 256GB Plextor Pro,SSD Patriot Pyro 240gig,SSD Agility 4 256 , 1 300 gig raptor, 1 600 gig raptor, segate 1 gig ,Total Airhead amp, Denon AH-D2000 headphones, Dell Ultra3011, Acer HN274H 120 Hz Lcd, , Win 7 HomePrem. Rig #2 i7 3930k 4.7GHZ. 16 gig corsair Platinum 2400MHZ, Asus P9X79 DELUXE, 2 7970's Watercooled, Koolance blocks, on 1080 nova rad. 9 fan. 655 swiftech. Cpu heatkiller block, coolgate 240mm rad, 2 fan sycthe 108cfm 655 pump,OCZ 256Gb Vertex 4 ssd, C300 256Gb ssd, Patriot pyro 240Gb ssd, 2 wd 640gig Hd, Lian Li 343 modular case. Asus BD drive, Corsair AX1200 watt, X-FI Titanium HD on Fiio , Shure SRH840 Head phones, Dell Ultra3011, Razer Black Widow Ult. BF3 Edition keyboard, Corsair Vengence M60 Mouse, 3dmark 11 17,383, win 7 homePrem.

04-17-10, 04:13 PM	#51
brunner Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 101	Re: GTX 470 Sli Is there any stuttering so far with triple-SLI? I used quad-sli with 295 for about 6 months and noticed them in some games. I knew it was a quad specific problem because it went away when I dropped down to just 2 GPUs.

04-17-10, 05:52 PM	#55
fasedww Pc Gamer Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 1,575	Re: GTX 470 Sli here resident evil Everything else on high. __________________ Asus X79 rampage extreme 4, i7 3930K, 47X100, 4.70 GHZ, ,16 gigs, corsair, 1600mhz, 2 Evga GTX Titans SLI, gtx 470 phyisics, Prolimatech Genesis, 2 140mm fan heastsink, Lian Li PC 80 ArmorSuit case, PCPC 1200 watt, window side panel with 120mm blowhole, SoundBlaster X-Fi Titanium HD , Asus Blueray sata dvdrw,SSD 256GB Plextor Pro,SSD Patriot Pyro 240gig,SSD Agility 4 256 , 1 300 gig raptor, 1 600 gig raptor, segate 1 gig ,Total Airhead amp, Denon AH-D2000 headphones, Dell Ultra3011, Acer HN274H 120 Hz Lcd, , Win 7 HomePrem. Rig #2 i7 3930k 4.7GHZ. 16 gig corsair Platinum 2400MHZ, Asus P9X79 DELUXE, 2 7970's Watercooled, Koolance blocks, on 1080 nova rad. 9 fan. 655 swiftech. Cpu heatkiller block, coolgate 240mm rad, 2 fan sycthe 108cfm 655 pump,OCZ 256Gb Vertex 4 ssd, C300 256Gb ssd, Patriot pyro 240Gb ssd, 2 wd 640gig Hd, Lian Li 343 modular case. Asus BD drive, Corsair AX1200 watt, X-FI Titanium HD on Fiio , Shure SRH840 Head phones, Dell Ultra3011, Razer Black Widow Ult. BF3 Edition keyboard, Corsair Vengence M60 Mouse, 3dmark 11 17,383, win 7 homePrem.

04-18-10, 06:06 PM	#57
Kaguya Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 661	Re: GTX 470 Sli This video almost has me ordering a pair of 470s. Not as loud or as hot as the reviewers made it seem; now I just have to wait for EVGA to get some in stock: __________________ Intel Core i7 960 @ 3.6Ghz EVGA X58 3X SLI OCZ Gold 12GB DDR3 EVGA GeForce GTX 470 x2 SLI OCZ Vertex 2 EX & Corsair P256 LG GH22NS50 22X DVD-RW SATA Antec TruePower Quattro 1000w SLI PSU Acer HN274H 1920x1080 3D Ready LCD Logitech X-530 5.1 Speakers Antec 900 Ultimate Gamer Case

04-18-10, 11:56 PM	#58
MrSavoy Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 443	Re: GTX 470 Sli Well finally got it up and running stable and been having some fun today. I just wanted to post a little heaven bench and I matched your settings Fasedww. I came in a few fps lower than you but bear in mind my cpu is at 3.77 yours is at 4.3. This is my sig rig minus of course the 3 260's and replaced with 3 x evga gtx 470 sc's running only the factory oc. Was a fast run and only 1 run I'll play more over the next few days since I've been testing stability all day and playing lots of games to make sure it's all running as it's supposed too. Are you running your overclocked past the small factory oc? I'll up my sig tomorrow or something. __________________ CM Stacker 830SE w/Real Power Pro, 80 PLUS, 1000W Power Supply / EVGA X58 3XSLI Intel CI7 920 @ 3.77Ghz w/Corsair, 6GB (3 x 2GB) Dominator XMP PC3-12800 DDR3 1600MHz CL9 (8-8-8-24) THERMALRIGHT, Ultra-120 eXtreme 1366 RT CPU Cooler w/MX-2 High-Performance Thermal Compound 3x EVGA, GeForce GTX 470's Superclocked (TRI-SLI) / 2x WESTERN DIGITAL, 640GB WD Caviar Black (WD6401AALS) (Raid 0) / LITE-ON CD-R/CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive / SAMSUNG DVD R/RW / Windows 7 Home Premium 64 / Westy 37" 1080P

04-19-10, 12:10 AM	#59
syirrus Registered User Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 10	Re: GTX 470 Sli Wondering if I should return my GTX 470 in SLI and go for the 480. I'm running a core i7 920 @ 4ghz (200x20) with 6gb of RAM. I play Bfbc2 @ 2560x1600 1AA 16AF everything on high. For the most part it is silky smooth, but I would like to turn up the AA to a 2 or 4 at the most. What do you guys think? BTW I have them clocked at 480 GTX speeds