Official "I just got a Geforce GTX 5xx thread"

[Bah!]

Originally Posted by mailman2

Are you guys running 1920 monitors though? Mine is 1680 so my fps in most games are like 100+ fps which is what I love about high end stuff. Thats why it sucks so much to have to enable vsync though. I didn't have to with the hd5870. I'm just wondering if I went up to a 1920 monitor with AA enabled and dropped from say 100+ to 70 fps if that would also cure it since my GPU wouldn't be spitting out twice as many fps as my refresh rate is at.

Screen tearing doesn't bother you with Vsync off? I can't stand it so I run with it on in every game, except for BFBC2, which for some reason doesn't seem to have tearing at all...or at least I don't notice it.

Originally Posted by trivium nate

my question is whats the difference between these two cards?

About $30 dollars. Every 480 on the planet can run at SC speeds as it's only 26mhz, which is nothing. I've also not seen any proof that the SC cards are specially binned or will overclock higher than any standard card either. Basically they are higher profit margin cards so Evga can make a bit more money.

[trivium nate]

oh okay thanks

[mailman2]

Originally Posted by Bah!

Screen tearing doesn't bother you with Vsync off? I can't stand it so I run with it on in every game, except for BFBC2, which for some reason doesn't seem to have tearing at all...or at least I don't notice it.

It didnt with any previous card but it does with the GTX 480, alot too. I think its just because the GTX 480 is so fast its producing alot more fps than my 60hz 1680x1050 can display thus causing it to seem choppy. Im thinking about a 120hz monitor now.

[trivium nate]

sold my EVGA GTX 260 core 216's for $220 on ebay gonna get an EVGA GTX 480

[bob saget]

Originally Posted by trivium nate

sold my EVGA GTX 260 core 216's for $220 on ebay gonna get an EVGA GTX 480

whoa. pics? let us know how bfbc2 runs.

[trivium nate]

i didnt buy it yet Bob but i will once i get it

[trivium nate]

ordered the evga 480

[LurkerLito]

Mine is ordered
In case anyone needs it I got this card from Tiger Direct:
EVGA GeForce GTX 480 (Fermi) SuperClocked Video Card - 1536MB GDDR5

It was 529.99 then there is a coupon code (WSD2596) I got from HardOCP for $50 making it 479.99 shipped. Cheaper than buying a regular version then OCing manually .

Time to remove the "bigboy" fan from my case. The 480 won't fit in there with it in place, those tubes will most likely hit the fan blades.

[XP_GUN]

Just bought myself a EVGA Geforce 465 today to upgrade my 9800 GTX+ They sure had a good run now one goes off to my media center the other will go to ebay.

I am planing on picking up another 2 465's later on this summer or do a step-up to the 470.

[trivium nate]

Originally Posted by LurkerLito

Mine is ordered
In case anyone needs it I got this card from Tiger Direct:
EVGA GeForce GTX 480 (Fermi) SuperClocked Video Card - 1536MB GDDR5

It was 529.99 then there is a coupon code (WSD2596) I got from HardOCP for $50 making it 479.99 shipped. Cheaper than buying a regular version then OCing manually .

Time to remove the "bigboy" fan from my case. The 480 won't fit in there with it in place, those tubes will most likely hit the fan blades.

wish i would have known about it yesterday damn

[mojoman0]

Originally Posted by LurkerLito

Mine is ordered
In case anyone needs it I got this card from Tiger Direct:
EVGA GeForce GTX 480 (Fermi) SuperClocked Video Card - 1536MB GDDR5

It was 529.99 then there is a coupon code (WSD2596) I got from HardOCP for $50 making it 479.99 shipped. Cheaper than buying a regular version then OCing manually .

Time to remove the "bigboy" fan from my case. The 480 won't fit in there with it in place, those tubes will most likely hit the fan blades.

if you used bing cash back it would be another 12% or 55$ or so cheaper

[Star_Hunter]

Just ordered my GTX 480 for $385.83!!!

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/p...0fp35210c0s441

Used coupon code:

HHM4QNZ3303N1Z