gtx 480 and gtx 570 both tempting

[LordJummy]

I would go with the 480. The heat is not an issue if you take care of it. The raw performance is worth it. I've even considered getting two of them and putting them on water because the prices have dropped so much.

 

[yogurt_21]

I have 2 480's that sit right on top of each other and heat is not an issue, it was way over fluffed on release and those who've never owned the card continue to blast it for the initial bad reviews.

my cards clock up to 900MHZ on the stock cooler so again no need for water, just ramp up the fan. And once again my cards are right on top of each other, ie the bottm card is blocking the top car's intake (they do take in air from the front of the card also so it's not an issue) but this should be worse case sceanrio and on stock right on top of each other. No issues, no overheating, and no issues overclocking.

so no, it's not that hot, it's not as power hungry as people think especially as it's the twin frozer II card, heat won't be an issue at all!

I'm sorry but you're just full of crap if you think a 570 is worth 80 euros more (ie ~120$ U.S. more) than a 480. Once again 35% more cost for 0% more performance. You might as well be flushing 80 euros down the toilet.

if this were between a 480 and a 580 at that price difference it would still be tough and lean in the 480's favor as the 580 is 12% faster than the 480 overall based on W1z's reviews and the price difference is 35%.

at that point though i could understand people recomending it just due to it being all a round a better card and you always pay a premium for the fastest gpu.


but that's not the case here. the 570 has no more performance that the 480, I mean even in W1z's reviews the difference maxes at 1% I'm sorry there is no logic in that choice, none whatsoever. It almost seems like some of you are getting all caught up in some damned naming number difference sure 570 is a higher number than 480 but so is freaking 520 :shadedshu

 

[Flibolito]

Yup and again in memory heavy games the 480 will win as well, more and bigger bus for more bandwidth for next year.

 

[multilol]

I have 2 480's that sit right on top of each other and heat is not an issue, it was way over fluffed on release and those who've never owned the card continue to blast it for the initial bad reviews.

my cards clock up to 900MHZ on the stock cooler so again no need for water, just ramp up the fan. And once again my cards are right on top of each other, ie the bottm card is blocking the top car's intake (they do take in air from the front of the card also so it's not an issue) but this should be worse case sceanrio and on stock right on top of each other. No issues, no overheating, and no issues overclocking.

so no, it's not that hot, it's not as power hungry as people think especially as it's the twin frozer II card, heat won't be an issue at all!

I'm sorry but you're just full of crap if you think a 570 is worth 80 euros more (ie ~120$ U.S. more) than a 480. Once again 35% more cost for 0% more performance. You might as well be flushing 80 euros down the toilet.

if this were between a 480 and a 580 at that price difference it would still be tough and lean in the 480's favor as the 580 is 12% faster than the 480 overall based on W1z's reviews and the price difference is 35%.

at that point though i could understand people recomending it just due to it being all a round a better card and you always pay a premium for the fastest gpu.


but that's not the case here. the 570 has no more performance that the 480, I mean even in W1z's reviews the difference maxes at 1% I'm sorry there is no logic in that choice, none whatsoever. It almost seems like some of you are getting all caught up in some damned naming number difference sure 570 is a higher number than 480 but so is freaking 520 :shadedshu

damn right! i was researching for hours about the heat issue and only the first reference cards were running hot, i saw people running the 480 with stock cooler on 900 core and the temps in metro 2033/crysis/BC2 etc. were not going above 70C,at least not with an open case since i am buying extra fans for the case and the card (finally somebody noticed) is a TFII and not the crappy reference cooler since the 570 is 310 euro if I add another 150 euro i can SLI the 480

EDIT: oh and i already mentioned that the watercooled 480 is 280 euro which is also cheaper than the 570 :O

 

[DOM]

i was talking about the cost of rad, pump, res etc.

but right now there is to big of a difference in cost i would get the 480 also