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tarek001 · 13th June 2011, 5:14 PM

hmm just bought a evga gtx580 superclocked. idle temps hovering at the 55 mark is this normal?

Mcrawler · 13th June 2011, 5:15 PM

Sounds about right if its not fully downclocking at idle (if your running multiple monitors at different resolutions usually causes it)

tarek001 · 13th June 2011, 5:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Mcrawler

Sounds about right if its not fully downclocking at idle (if your running multiple monitors at different resolutions usually causes it)

yes i am... hmmm any work arounds? (other than buying a new monitor/disconnecting one)

Drizz06 · 13th June 2011, 5:23 PM

Just add the 580 to your loop, I'm getting around 26 @idle and 41@load with 23-24 amb temp.

Mcrawler · 13th June 2011, 5:23 PM

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Originally Posted by tarek001

yes i am... hmmm any work arounds? (other than buying a new monitor/disconnecting one)

Nope, but as below says, add to watercooling loop and profit.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drizz06

Just add the 580 to your loop, I'm getting around 26 @idle and 41@load with 23-24 amb temp.

tarek001 · 13th June 2011, 5:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drizz06

Just add the 580 to your loop, I'm getting around 26 @idle and 41@load with 23-24 amb temp.

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Originally Posted by Mcrawler

Nope, but as below says, add to watercooling loop and profit.

Hmm means im going to have to buy a WB for it.
ive only got a thermochill 360 so i might need to throw in another 240 or sell the 360 and grab a 480 (can probably just get away with a 360 although it may get a bit toasty in summer).

choices choices.

Mcrawler · 13th June 2011, 5:33 PM

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Originally Posted by tarek001

Hmm means im going to have to buy a WB for it.
ive only got a thermochill 360 so i might need to throw in another 240 or sell the 360 and grab a 480 (can probably just get away with a 360 although it may get a bit toasty in summer).

choices choices.

What CPU? a 360mm would be fine, the thermochill is a pretty beasty rad tbh.

I used to run a C0 i7 920 @ 4ghz, 1.41v and a gtx 295 all on a single Black Ice GTX 360mm.

Drizz06 · 13th June 2011, 5:37 PM

If your running a single 580 the 360 should suffice, I have 2x580s and and 970 with a single 480Rad and temps are awesome. I don't have my cards OC'd yet but temps should still be perfectly reasonable when i do.

tarek001 · 13th June 2011, 5:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Mcrawler

What CPU? a 360mm would be fine, the thermochill is a pretty beasty rad tbh.

I used to run a C0 i7 920 @ 4ghz, 1.41v and a gtx 295 all on a single Black Ice GTX 360mm.

w3520 @ 4.2ghz 1.288v, Koolance rampage 3 block and 3x1450GT's. had a 4870x2 and my i7 in the same loop in summer cpu use to reach 65-70 max and gfx was 55 max(oc to 850 core).

thinking about it it could very well be adequate.

koolance block or something else?(want to stay away from a certian manufacturer)

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Originally Posted by Drizz06

If your running a single 580 the 360 should suffice, I have 2x580s and and 970 with a single 480Rad and temps are awesome. I don't have my cards OC'd yet but temps should still be perfectly reasonable when i do.

Yeah guess going 480 would be overkill. btw im hoping i can clock the shit out of this because its been binned at a higher standard.

Mcrawler · 13th June 2011, 5:41 PM

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Originally Posted by tarek001

w3520 @ 4.2ghz 1.288v, Koolance rampage 3 block and 3x1450GT's. had a 4870x2 and my i7 in the same loop in summer cpu use to reach 65-70 max and gfx was 55 max(oc to 850 core).

thinking about it it could very well be adequate.

koolance block or something else?(want to stay away from a certian manufacturer)

Koolance, Aquacomputer are much of a muchness, both are very good.

tarek001 · 13th June 2011, 5:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Mcrawler

Koolance, Aquacomputer are much of a muchness, both are very good.

thanks for the help to both of u guys

appreciated

Ice009 · 13th June 2011, 9:00 PM

Hey guys, I've currently got two GTX 460s in SLI and wondering if it was worth changing over to AMD cards for Eyefinity. These cards are OK for single screen gaming at 1920 x 1200, but I recently got a 3rd monitor and I think the 1GB Vram along with the GPU power is holding them back in Surround resolutions.

I would prefer to stay with Nvidia, but I don't think the 1.2GB of Vram on the 570 is enough of an upgrade for surround resolutions, same with the 1.5GB on the GTX 580. 580 3GB cards are out of my price range.

flu!d · 13th June 2011, 10:01 PM

The 1.2GB of vram on the 570 is plenty for surround resolutions, all setting maxed, AA/AF no less that 8x, in most cases 16x @ 6020 x 1080.

Don't believe the bullshit [H]OCP rants on about in regard to vram, more vram will make an unplayable 7fps into a still unplayable 14fps - Percentage wise, a nice improvement....But still unplayable....

I used to run Surround at the same resolution on two GTX275's running 896MB of vram, in many games I was running a maximum FPS of around 110FPS averaging around 90FPS and getting a min of no less than 60FPS with all settings maxed, naturally I was running less AA/AF - Search these forums and you'll find my FRAPS results complete with screenshots.

Get the displays, if my GTX275's could handle Surround than your 460's should do fine - Once you're sure you like gaming on three monitors, upgrade your video cards if you feel the need.

demowhc · 13th June 2011, 10:29 PM

Personally, although I like Nvidia video cards better unless you can get the 3GB 580's I would skip Nv for surround and go for 2GB 6950's unlocked to 6970's in eyefinity, unless you would like to keep Nvidias features of course.. but if you play games with plain Jane stock IQ there is no reason not to use AMD.

flu!d · 14th June 2011, 7:22 AM

Good luck finding unlockable 6950's....

Even with 2GB, two locked 6950's are going to struggle against two 570's in surround as the 570's are quite simply faster, and they have three DVI outputs.

13th June 2011, 5:23 PM	#2674
Drizz06 Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Melbourne Posts: 365	Just add the 580 to your loop, I'm getting around 26 @idle and 41@load with 23-24 amb temp. __________________ 3770K : Corsair H110 : GB G1 Sniper M3 : Corsair Vengeance 16gb : GB GTX690 : Sandisk 120gb+480gb SSD : TJ08-E

13th June 2011, 5:37 PM	#2678
Drizz06 Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Melbourne Posts: 365	If your running a single 580 the 360 should suffice, I have 2x580s and and 970 with a single 480Rad and temps are awesome. I don't have my cards OC'd yet but temps should still be perfectly reasonable when i do. __________________ 3770K : Corsair H110 : GB G1 Sniper M3 : Corsair Vengeance 16gb : GB GTX690 : Sandisk 120gb+480gb SSD : TJ08-E

13th June 2011, 9:00 PM	#2682
Ice009 Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,839	Hey guys, I've currently got two GTX 460s in SLI and wondering if it was worth changing over to AMD cards for Eyefinity. These cards are OK for single screen gaming at 1920 x 1200, but I recently got a 3rd monitor and I think the 1GB Vram along with the GPU power is holding them back in Surround resolutions. I would prefer to stay with Nvidia, but I don't think the 1.2GB of Vram on the 570 is enough of an upgrade for surround resolutions, same with the 1.5GB on the GTX 580. 580 3GB cards are out of my price range. Last edited by Ice009; 13th June 2011 at 9:09 PM.

13th June 2011, 10:01 PM	#2683
flu!d is a dad at last :D Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Mt Martha,Victoria,Oz Posts: 8,544	The 1.2GB of vram on the 570 is plenty for surround resolutions, all setting maxed, AA/AF no less that 8x, in most cases 16x @ 6020 x 1080. Don't believe the bullshit [H]OCP rants on about in regard to vram, more vram will make an unplayable 7fps into a still unplayable 14fps - Percentage wise, a nice improvement....But still unplayable.... I used to run Surround at the same resolution on two GTX275's running 896MB of vram, in many games I was running a maximum FPS of around 110FPS averaging around 90FPS and getting a min of no less than 60FPS with all settings maxed, naturally I was running less AA/AF - Search these forums and you'll find my FRAPS results complete with screenshots. Get the displays, if my GTX275's could handle Surround than your 460's should do fine - Once you're sure you like gaming on three monitors, upgrade your video cards if you feel the need. __________________ Show us yer HTPC! 2700k @ 4.8 1.36v, 8GB Corsair Vengeance C8, ASUS Maximus IV Extreme Z, 2 x EVGA 670FTW @ 1231/3420, Sandisk 128GB Extreme SSD, OCZ 60GB Vertex 2, 5TB WD green storage, 3 x Acer V243HQ in Surround, 1 x Acer AL718 4th accessory display, Windows 7 Ultimate, Corsair H100, Heavily modded Zalman GS1000. Last edited by flu!d; 13th June 2011 at 10:11 PM.

14th June 2011, 7:22 AM	#2685
flu!d is a dad at last :D Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Mt Martha,Victoria,Oz Posts: 8,544	Good luck finding unlockable 6950's.... Even with 2GB, two locked 6950's are going to struggle against two 570's in surround as the 570's are quite simply faster, and they have three DVI outputs. __________________ Show us yer HTPC! 2700k @ 4.8 1.36v, 8GB Corsair Vengeance C8, ASUS Maximus IV Extreme Z, 2 x EVGA 670FTW @ 1231/3420, Sandisk 128GB Extreme SSD, OCZ 60GB Vertex 2, 5TB WD green storage, 3 x Acer V243HQ in Surround, 1 x Acer AL718 4th accessory display, Windows 7 Ultimate, Corsair H100, Heavily modded Zalman GS1000. Last edited by flu!d; 14th June 2011 at 7:31 AM.

13th June 2011, 5:15 PM	#2672
Mcrawler (Banned or Deleted) Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 612	Sounds about right if its not fully downclocking at idle (if your running multiple monitors at different resolutions usually causes it)

13th June 2011, 10:29 PM	#2684
demowhc Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,718	Personally, although I like Nvidia video cards better unless you can get the 3GB 580's I would skip Nv for surround and go for 2GB 6950's unlocked to 6970's in eyefinity, unless you would like to keep Nvidias features of course.. but if you play games with plain Jane stock IQ there is no reason not to use AMD.