GTX 480 LED Logo...

[JAG87]

Well... after all that the temps from min 45c max 75c to min 39c to max 72c. Hopefully it will drop some more as the TIM cures...

Thanks for the pics, appreciated!

But I'm afraid I can't let you get off that easy

Is this a 480 shader card?
What produces 72C load temperatures?
What about Furmark temperature?
What is the fan RPM at 100%?
What is the VID?

I want to understand what made nvidia change the design, because that sink and shroud looks very good to me, and actually seems to perform better at least from the impression you gave me so far.

 

[DaSinical1]

480 Shader Card.
72c load temps produced by Furmark.
Fan set to ramp up to 90% @ 80c via afterburner. So at 72c... fans at 68%.
Stock voltage (cause i haven't changed it) although i don't know the vid... afterburner states it changes from idle to load.

 

[JAG87]

480 Shader Card.
72c load temps produced by Furmark.
Fan set to ramp up to 90% @ 80c via afterburner. So at 72c... fans at 68%.
Stock voltage (cause i haven't changed it) although i don't know the vid... afterburner states it changes from idle to load.

The VID is the stock load voltage. Those temperatures don't make sense, why would nvidia change the design so it performs worse than the prototype card. Furmark @ 68%/72C would mean the card runs <70C in games and is practically silent.

Can you please download nvidia inspector:
http://download.orbmu2k.de/download.php?id=51

And give me a screenshot while running furmark.

Thanks!

 

[Blue Shift]

The VID is the stock load voltage. Those temperatures don't make sense, why would nvidia change the design so it performs worse than the prototype card.
Thanks!

Cost.

 

[mfenn]

Cost.

Bingo!

If they can get away with a cheaper HSF and stay within spec, then why not? It's not like Fermi is a cheap chip to manufacture.

Of course, it can be argued that they went a little too cheap on the HSF...

 

[JAG87]

Bingo!

If they can get away with a cheaper HSF and stay within spec, then why not? It's not like Fermi is a cheap chip to manufacture.

Of course, it can be argued that they went a little too cheap on the HSF...

And give themselves bad PR on virtually every review out there? I doubt it.

GTX 470 and 480 are niche products, they don't make that many units compared to other tiers. Trying to shave cost down to save a couple of bucks on the heat sink while giving a bad impression of your brand new Fermi architecture doesn't sound like something nvidia planned.

 

[DaSinical1]

Here is a quick screenshot as requested. I let it run for about 3 minutes so that you can see the temps level out. I took out some information I felt might identify where I got the card from. Temps are a little warmer then yesterday but it was about 90 degrees today...

 

[ViRGE]

Here is a quick screenshot as requested. I let it run for about 3 minutes so that you can see the temps level out. I took out some information I felt might identify where I got the card from. Temps are a little warmer then yesterday but it was about 90 degrees today...

0.925v? I think I have a good idea why your card runs so cool...

 

[mfenn]

And give themselves bad PR on virtually every review out there? I doubt it.

GTX 470 and 480 are niche products, they don't make that many units compared to other tiers. Trying to shave cost down to save a couple of bucks on the heat sink while giving a bad impression of your brand new Fermi architecture doesn't sound like something nvidia planned.

Of course they didn't plan for the card to run too hot. They took a risk by cheapening the HSF, and they just took it a little too far in this case.

Imagine this: you're upper management at Nvidia. The engineers tell you that you can use HSF A that costs $X or HSF B that costs $Y and runs a little hotter but still within spec. Assuming that X > Y, which one are you gonna pick? Lots of little decisions like this make the difference between losing money on a card and making money.

 

[Bl0cks]

ASUS ROG Matrix 5870

Courtesy of HardOCP:

Here you can see the colored Matrix LED in action. When it is greener in color there is a light load, as it turns darker from blue to purple to more reddish that shows the load is increasing. The light doesn’t just change to these colors, there is a gradual blend and ramp of the colors, and they all smoothly blend from green to red and back again. This action is real-time and happens on the fly while you are gaming so it is quite fun to watch the video card as you are gaming to see the load on the video card.

That must suck if your case doesn't have a window.

 

[Cookie Monster]

0.925v? I think I have a good idea why your card runs so cool...

Its interesting that GF100 have stock voltages from 0.9 to 1.0V which is quite lower than that of RV870.

 

[taltamir]

Woah awesome, that should be listed on the box under features 'awesome glowy logo'.

I agree... anyone who goes to a lanparty with a see through case would want one.
Well... except me, I prefer my case to be dark and opaque. but it is a legitimate feature.

 

[JAG87]

0.925v? I think I have a good idea why your card runs so cool...

WTF! What a cherry picked gpu wow. My 2D idle voltage is 0.962...

And look at those default clocks... 650/1300/1600. I'm surprised you were able to crank up to 750 with the stock voltage.

So I guess nvidia had to jolt the voltages and the clocks to have both better performance and an acceptable number of stable GPUs...