Hot Deal EVGA GTX 480 $180 no MIR can get free shipping
 

I don't see the hot deals thread anymore, but thought I would post it (please move it as appropriate if required). While I don't normally recommend a gtx 480 because of temp, heat and power consumption its hard to ignore at this price. EVGA GTX 480 for $199.99 at NCIX, it comes with a $20 gift card for NCIX and if you buy a $25 gift card you get free shipping. Great deal for those who will be buying more at a later point. 43 left at this price as of this posting.

EVGA GeForce GTX 480 700MHZ 1536MB GDDR5 2xDVI Mini-HDMI PCI-E Video Card - eVGA - 015-P3-1480-KR

NCIX.COM $25 Gift Card *Pre Activated* - NCIX Gift Card - NCIX-GIFTCARD-25-PA

I'm about to buy this, but I'm unsure if i should wait for 660ti or go with this and use $20 card to buy better cooling for card down the road.. Seems like a great deal tho..

I've owned this card. This card is an abomination.

On a lighter note, that's a good price for close to 570/7870 performance, but if you need that kind of performance at this point in the game, I wonder if you won't need more vram as well?

This is sound reasoning- if you have the power supply and can deal with the thermals, go for it!

iirc the 480s are very loud as well as hot....I like cool and quiet cards

Mine has a closed loop cooler on the core(antec kuhler 620) now it runs 52C while folding @ 100% for a few days straight, max PCB temp is 46C, also now overclocks to 800MHz from 700 with stock voltages now that it runs cooler it is a whole new card.

"hot" deal....

not worth it imo unless u already have a 480 and want to sli AND you dont mind the power bill...