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donald trump Total Posts : 581 Joined: 1/3/2012 Status: offline Ribbons: 3	GTX 480 -> GTX 660Ti Tuesday, August 21, 2012 2:35 PM (permalink) Hey guys, Well I need to know something..my 480's are making my room too hot now - will going to a 660 ti make a noticable difference in the room temperature? Other rooms in the house in exact same conditions are roughly 15F colder than mine. I don't mind a performance hit if I can have a colder room
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Re:GTX 480 -> GTX 660Ti Tuesday, August 21, 2012 2:39 PM (permalink)

I went from a GTX 480 to GTX 680, and yes the temperature difference is huge. My 680 with a custom fan curve rarely hits 60 degrees Celsius in the summer (about 32c/90f in this room), and now in this nicer weather it barely hits 50 degrees. It's common for my gaming temps to be in the 40s, and idle is in the low 30s. Compared to my 480, which needed a 100% fan to stay just below 80 degrees in games. It's noticeably cooler in this room in the summer.

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Re:GTX 480 -> GTX 660Ti Tuesday, August 21, 2012 2:57 PM (permalink)

donald trump

Hey guys,

Well I need to know something..my 480's are making my room too hot now - will going to a 660 ti make a noticable difference in the room temperature? Other rooms in the house in exact same conditions are roughly 15F colder than mine.

I don't mind a performance hit if I can have a colder room

You'll be missing them in a little over a month once it starts getting cold again. I wouldn't do that switch... Maybe to a GTX 680, but not GTX 660Ti's.

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shogon Total Posts : 2526 Joined: 8/30/2008 Location: Manteca (lard), CA Status: offline Ribbons: 7 Folding: 12,462,118	Re:GTX 480 -> GTX 660Ti Wednesday, August 22, 2012 6:10 AM (permalink) If you don't mind a performance hit I'm sure you'll get less temps with a 660. Even on water my 690 is 5C cooler or more than my 580s, both on are on water.
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Re:GTX 480 -> GTX 660Ti Wednesday, August 22, 2012 7:22 AM (permalink)

Yeah the 480's run hot. I went from a 470GTX @776/1552/1705 clocks that ran at 86C in a Antec 300 with 6 fans. The temperature change was jaw dropping when I switched to 2x670 FTW's. My cards with stock fan curve have yet to see 68C :)
Anyway about the 660ti.....I wouldn't go there. Read this review-
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-660-ti-
benchmark-review,3279.html
Stick with what ya got, if the temps of the 480's are too much for ya I'd consider some water blocks or additional case fans

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HAZMAN_THE_GREAT Total Posts : 2524 Joined: 12/1/2011 Location: Planet Earth Status: offline Ribbons: 3	Re:GTX 480 -> GTX 660Ti Wednesday, August 22, 2012 8:46 AM (permalink) donald trump I don't mind a performance hit if I can have a colder room Can you not turn your AC down more bro or have a fan inside as well? Ya your room is going to get colder with a 660 like everyone is saying. My room got hotter with my two 670s because I came from a single 560.
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Bowenac Total Posts : 5497 Joined: 10/25/2007 Location: Puget Sound WA State Status: offline Ribbons: 16 Folding: 691,868	Re:GTX 480 -> GTX 660Ti Wednesday, August 22, 2012 9:30 AM (permalink) Are you talking about 480's in SLI to SLI 660ti's or to one 660ti If SLI you would not have a performance hit, a 660ti will be quite a bit faster than a 480 and yes most likely run cooler as well.
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Re:GTX 480 -> GTX 660Ti Wednesday, August 22, 2012 9:40 AM (permalink)

If you want cooler than I suggest rather than buying two 660ti EVGA video cards you purchase a single EVGA GTX 680.

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