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Old November 29, 2010, 11:39 AM
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wow that is suprising for a new card. Sales cant be that bad.
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Old November 29, 2010, 05:00 PM
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^wow thats a great price! anyone have any experience with this company as far as online orders go?

also, does anyone have an experience with Zotac GPU's, good or bad? I usually buy EVGA gpu's exclusively but a savings of over $100 is making me want to pull the trigger.
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Old November 29, 2010, 05:43 PM
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Impressed with the Temps on these cards, i did remove the High flow Air Bracket from my 2 x 480's and installed them on my 580SC's.

Idle Temps, Card #1 / Card #2

Fan @ 60% - 2 x 480's = 39C / 37C
Fan @ 50% - 2 x 580's = 29C / 32C

580's with no OC (yet) 800 / 2025 - 980X @ 4.13Ghz



First OC attempt:
850 / 2100 - no issues at all running Vantage - max Temp on Card #1 59C
Should be fun seeing just how high I can get em on Stock Voltage ;) Not sure if the Vantage Link will work below or not, but with the first OC P48 246....shouldn't take much tweaking to crack 50K ;)

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Old November 29, 2010, 06:45 PM
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Just PM them at Ncix.

and I believe they have lifetime warrenty.
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Old November 29, 2010, 07:21 PM
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i just bought this card from expc.ca. over $100 savings from even online competitors in the US had me drooling. Lifetime warranty is a bonus as well. The only issue im really concerned with is should I need Zotacs support, hopefully they will be friendly and quick about it.
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Gratz on your card rj, now tell me what you can overclock on stock :-) non sli please!

Oh yeah and that's a great deal on a GTX 580...
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Old November 29, 2010, 09:16 PM
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Well I just checked and I'm moving on up in the queue. I'm at 705 now, Christmas is looking unlikely. That kind of frustrates me as I have time off then and would really like to test it out then.
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Well I just checked and I'm moving on up in the queue. I'm at 705 now, Christmas is looking unlikely. That kind of frustrates me as I have time off then and would really like to test it out then.

Tempted to leave mine on the stepup, sell it and see if i can get like $400 or somthing lol... Iv got a GTS450 to pass me over wile I wait if thats what I must do.
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Gratz on your card rj, now tell me what you can overclock on stock :-) non sli please!
Sorry man...not going to bother testing in "Non SLi"........pointless really...both Cards so far with no GPU Voltage adjustments 880 / 2125....just friggin shy of 50K .....
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aww, just wanted to see how far you can push em on stock..

What are your vid? stock.
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