So I thought I would provide a MCW80 adapter plate modding guide for the GTX 470 since Swiftech has yet to release anything for the 400 series that's actually in stock. I know you can buy the G80 kit, but some of us are dirt poor uni students and would rather save on the enormous shipping costs...
I'm patrolling the forums for a Q6600 because my aging E8400@ 4.3GHz is a major bottleneck for my 470.
I just ran the LP2 benchmark and only got 36.7 fps at 1080p, 4x MSAA, max everything else test B.
Others have gotten around 41.9 fps on the same 470 @ 800core.
I did some research...
I ran Linpack in OCCT today along with furmark and temps jumped to 67C! I ran the test with the "CPU:OCCT" load and temps only reached 60C with Furmark.
The pictures are as follows:
Linpack
http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/194/2010072408h18cpu1.png
OCCT...
I'm using 8800GTX SLI with E8400 @ 4.2GHz and I wanna upgrade my video card.
I'm thinking of something ~250-300 CAD. I don't mind if it's used... I plan to watercool the card anyways.
I see that in the forums, some people are selling 5850 for 230USD? that seems like a great deal... is that the...