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Hello all,

Recently i've had the urge to upgrade my current XFX GTX 285 black edition card to either the GTX 470 or GTX 480.

as stated in another thread, i'm quite weary about touching new cards because of my expierences with my previous XFX GTX 285 black edition ( Fried because of constant 90*c + temps).

my current 285 has a aftermarket air cooling kit fitted that has kept the temps to around the 42*c idle and 49-50*c temp when i'm playing my games.

I'm curious to see if anyone has one of these cards fitted, and what your opinon of them are, what i'm more interested in is what temp they run at idle and temps when they are under load. i dont want to change cards, and then end up having the same problem as my previous fried card later on down the track. i dont have the money, nor patience for that.

i'm not interesed in ATI cards at all. so please dont ask me to change from nvidia :bunny: .

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Simple good "GTX 460" review, you'll soon seen temps are now under control with that specific card.

Or just read this:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/3809/nvidias...60-the-200-king

Less than 75 degrees @ full load, no worries on stock cooling.

Not a problem at all IMO. a full 10 degrees cooler than the GTS 285.

The GTX 480 IMO, still a no-go, just FAR too hot.

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ohh I dunno, one of my workmates has an EVGA overclocked 480, he's overclocked it a bit more, but that's in a HAF X case which has awesome cooling, and the sheer size and heat of it (it burns your fingers after being on for a couple of minutes!), as well as insane power draw puts me well off.

To put it more succinctly, 2x 1gb 460's with a bit of an overclock are going to use less power, generate less heat, and outperform 1 480, for at least 100 dollars less :P if you don't have an SLI capable motherboard well you can either wait to see what high end GF104 based card Nvidia will bring out, go the ATI option, or buy a new motherboard of course!

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