87GT Posted October 29, 2012 Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 So after removing my stock heatsink on my nvidia gtx 480 and reinstalling a 3rd party heatsink my overheating issues are worse. I am about to just buy a new card. I have $300. What are some good card for playing games on very high settings and why? I do not plan to overclock so I am looking at best options in stock form. I prefer nvidia but will listen to recommendations on amd. I do not want another video card that will overheat and reboot my pc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverMaker Posted October 29, 2012 Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 Tom's Hardware October Roundup: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-5.html 660 GTX Ti... I like the evga cards... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130810 I have a 560 Ti and really like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaSSon Posted October 29, 2012 Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 Radon 7850 1gb is Tom's Hardware's value/dollar champ. They say it can be had for under $200. Invest that extra $100 into a SSD if you don't already have one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furloaf Posted October 29, 2012 Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 I've had two Sapphire AMDs for current and previous computers. They run quite cool while delivering high performance. Why is your current overheating? Assume you didn't OC it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted October 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 I've had two Sapphire AMDs for current and previous computers. They run quite cool while delivering high performance. Why is your current overheating? Assume you didn't OC it? Must be a bad card. I didn't overclock. It idled at 65-70C, 110-115C on load. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffro Posted October 29, 2012 Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 Damn. my gtx 260 runs at around 80 under load and i thought that was alot. idles in the 50s. Thinking of replacing soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinner Posted October 29, 2012 Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 you cant go wrong with a 560Ti. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1fast5gp Posted October 29, 2012 Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 Must be a bad card. I didn't overclock. It idled at 65-70C, 110-115C on load. Running 2 Monitors? I know the GTX480xs tends to like to over heat when used with 2 monitors. But that is ususally fixable with new TIM like artic silver and updating the Bios on the card. That is a lot of money wasted if the card was defective from Nvidia. What kind of card is it? I know EVGAs offered a life time warranty with the GTX480s when they first came out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veritas Posted October 29, 2012 Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 Any of the newer GTX 6xx series cards will do you well and the only problem I have with ATI is their drivers aren't the best and have historically performed poorly in comparison to the nvidia driver counter-parts. As for the 7xxx series ati cards, those are alright but if you have a budget for a nicer card, look at the Nvidia GTX 6** series. Also get whatever video card you're going to buy from Microcenter with the extended warranty because you will be able to retain the value of what you spent on your card at the time of purchase 2 or 3 years down the road when you want to 'cash in' on your warranty. I.e. you spend $250 on a video card from Microcenter and get the warranty, fast forward 2 years and you take your video card back to Microcenter and say it's broken I need a new one and bam, you get a gift card for $250 towards WHATEVER you want. I went from a $99 dollar video card up to a $500 dollar video card that way over the past years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted October 29, 2012 Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 Hey Terron, aren't you selling a 680 atm? That would be a good one for this dude to pick up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted October 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 Running 2 Monitors? I know the GTX480xs tends to like to over heat when used with 2 monitors. But that is ususally fixable with new TIM like artic silver and updating the Bios on the card. That is a lot of money wasted if the card was defective from Nvidia. What kind of card is it? I know EVGAs offered a life time warranty with the GTX480s when they first came out. Only one monitor and it is EVGA. Since I removed stock heatsink I have no warranty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinwebb Posted October 29, 2012 Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 I bought a gtx 670 and love it, upgraded from a 9800 gt lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
944s2 Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 Tom's Hardware October Roundup: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-5.html 660 GTX Ti... I like the evga cards... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130810 I have a 560 Ti and really like it. This I just bought a 560ti EVGA also and you can't beat the price on them right now, also it will run everything you want just fine, but if your willing to spend the whole $300 the 660 GTX ti is an amazing card also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted October 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 This I just bought a 560ti EVGA also and you can't beat the price on them right now, also it will run everything you want just fine, but if your willing to spend the whole $300 the 660 GTX ti is an amazing card also. Yea I was leaning towards spending $350 and going to microcenter to get the 660 GTX that has 3GB of Ram. Anyone else have a better idea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaSSon Posted November 1, 2012 Report Share Posted November 1, 2012 http://slickdeals.net/permadeal/82280/newegg-sapphire-radeon-hd-7870-2gb-256bit-gddr5-pci-express-3.0-video-card-111990320g http://slickdeals.net/permadeal/82296/newegg-gigabyte-radeon-hd-7950-3gb-gddr5-pci-express-3.0-video-card-gvr795wf33gd-3-free-games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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