mcneil07
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Hey. This is my first post on here. I do not know if this has already been covered 100%, but if you download the PDF for the manual of the GTX 480, it says under the features section that it does support 4-way SLI!!
This is just if people don't know 100% already
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Re:GTX 480 4-Way SLI
2010/03/26 19:05:55
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Welcome to the forums mcneil07. Thanks for the info. 
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Re:GTX 480 4-Way SLI
2010/03/26 19:06:15
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Re:GTX 480 4-Way SLI
2010/03/26 19:06:25
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Yep I was just about to post this. Based on the PDF files
480 up to 4 way
470 up to 3 way
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mcneil07
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Re:GTX 480 4-Way SLI
2010/03/26 19:10:13
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Thank you for the welcome! I was pretty pumped when I saw this. I think 4 would go nicely with my Mountain Mods case that will be ordered after I'm done with my finals. 
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Re:GTX 480 4-Way SLI
2010/03/26 19:12:09
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Yeah 4 of these cards in one system will be hot. I assume they will need to be hydro versions or water cooled by their own means.
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mcneil07
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Re:GTX 480 4-Way SLI
2010/03/26 19:16:05
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Ya for sure. They bad boys pump out a lot of heat. Well, heat and power I guess. The power requirements for these will be an eVGA 1200w alone, just for the cards. 
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Re:GTX 480 4-Way SLI
2010/03/26 19:19:21
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hmm 4xsli pack: 4x gtx480, evga 1200w psu, evga branded fire extinguisher? that would be epic
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Re:GTX 480 4-Way SLI
2010/03/26 19:22:03
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I don't think a 1200waat PSU will cut it... maybe a 1500Watt.
Also the Hydro versions show 50c temps. I assume those temps are idle and not under load. of course they list the disclaimer of ( results may very depending on the configuration of your system)
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mcneil07
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Re:GTX 480 4-Way SLI
2010/03/26 19:25:07
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lol. ya. Maybe when the fire department came to clean me off of the floor they might be reppin an eVGA badge just because of the amount of work they would be given. It's just a thought lol
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Re:GTX 480 4-Way SLI
2010/03/26 19:26:11
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I don't think a 1200waat PSU will cut it... maybe a 1500Watt.
Also the Hydro versions show 50c temps. I assume those temps are idle and not under load. of course they list the disclaimer of ( results may very depending on the configuration of your system)
You don't think a 1200W can power what exactly? Well, I don't think something like a Coolmax 1200W PSU can power much at all. NVIDIA says the GTX 480 uses 250W max... it is unlikely one will see such power consumption but lets use this number. So going by NVIDIA, four GTX 480s can use 1000W at max load, but then again video cards aren't completely utilized in SLI. But whatever. Add a highly overclocked CPU and you'd be looking at over 1300W max load, that is going by the official numbers. Then calculate drives, fans, etc. Oh wait, we passed 1200W already. In reality, 1200W might be cutting it a bit close with such a system. You don't want to put too much stress on a power supply. Thermaltake Toughpower 1500W, anyone?
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mcneil07
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Re:GTX 480 4-Way SLI
2010/03/26 19:26:13
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Well the eVGA PSU peaks at 1500w. does that count? hehe.
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mcneil07
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Re:GTX 480 4-Way SLI
2010/03/26 19:29:56
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When I said 1200w PSU before, I was referring to powering just the graphics cards, and having a separate one for the rest of the system. Sorry if I caused any confusion. But ya, either way they take up a lot of power.
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Re:GTX 480 4-Way SLI
2010/03/26 19:37:35
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He did say 1200 watts alone for four GPU's, which is correct provided that they are all used @ 100%. Much of today's applications will not require that kind of computing power. Folding anyone? :)
post edited by daveyd007 - 2010/03/26 19:45:32
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Re:GTX 480 4-Way SLI
2010/03/26 19:44:29
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so is this with the special board? My 759 has 4 x16 slots so could I use it?
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Re:GTX 480 4-Way SLI
2010/03/26 19:50:02
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intertan
so is this with the special board? My 759 has 4 x16 slots so could I use it?
4x GTX480's can't physically fit onto the 759.
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mcneil07
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Re:GTX 480 4-Way SLI
2010/03/26 19:52:10
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My thought is any board that supports 4-way SLI officially. I was leaning towards the eVGA one. I don't know of too many that officially support it with dual NF200 chips.
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Re:GTX 480 4-Way SLI
2010/03/26 19:57:07
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Why have 4 of these? 1 GTX 285 is already rather capable of destroying most games. I guess the Crysis benchmarks? I'd like to see a comparison of a 480 vs 285 sli 
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Re:GTX 480 4-Way SLI
2010/03/26 19:59:55
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sinsear
intertan
so is this with the special board? My 759 has 4 x16 slots so could I use it?
4x GTX480's can't physically fit onto the 759.
they should be able to if I go water cooling
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Re:GTX 480 4-Way SLI
2010/03/26 20:02:27
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Based on the reviews the 480 is more like 300-310W not 250W. The evga 1200W PSU shouldn't have a problem doing just the 4x480's +OC as long as the 1500W peak is for a 120v line and not a 240v line. 4x480's + SR-2 MB = 2 evga 1200W PSU's. 
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Re:GTX 480 4-Way SLI
2010/03/26 20:04:38
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Ya that is what i am wondering i noticed that the
GeForce GTX 480 Hydro Copper FTW
is a single slot i bet that i could get 3 of them in my x58 (59)
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Re:GTX 480 4-Way SLI
2010/03/26 20:07:06
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MUGEN02
Based on the reviews the 480 is more like 300-310W not 250W. The evga 1200W PSU shouldn't have a problem doing just the 4x480's +OC as long as the 1500W peak is for a 120v line and not a 240v line.
4x480's + SR-2 MB = 2 evga 1200W PSU's.
That setup would be sweet!
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Re:GTX 480 4-Way SLI
2010/03/26 20:10:29
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 must 2 power for 4-way SLI
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Re:GTX 480 4-Way SLI
2010/03/26 20:11:26
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I don't think a 1200waat PSU will cut it... maybe a 1500Watt.
Also the Hydro versions show 50c temps. I assume those temps are idle and not under load. of course they list the disclaimer of ( results may very depending on the configuration of your system)
50C I would assume is full load. My GTX 295 never goes above 46C full load.
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Re:GTX 480 4-Way SLI
2010/03/26 20:15:34
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Awsome, Yes. Needed, Not even close. If money is no object to you then I say GO FOR IT, haha
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Re:GTX 480 4-Way SLI
2010/03/26 20:22:15
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Water cooling would certainly be a must. Even NVidia says that for a 2 card SLI configuration, there should be at least 1 slots worth of space between the cards for airflow. Having 4 cards all back to back would almost certainly fry a couple of them.
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Re:GTX 480 4-Way SLI
2010/03/26 20:26:32
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What do you guys think would be sufficient cooling for the GTX 480's. I mean, like what kind of radiator setup do you guys think would be required for SLI GTX 480's? A triple, quad,...?
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mcneil07
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Re:GTX 480 4-Way SLI
2010/03/26 20:27:40
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What do you guys think would be sufficient cooling for the GTX 480's. I mean, like what kind of radiator setup do you guys think would be required for SLI GTX 480's? A triple, quad,...?
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Re:GTX 480 4-Way SLI
2010/03/26 20:30:43
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Sorry for the double post...My internet at university is terrible and I have to keep refreshing the page :(
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Re:GTX 480 4-Way SLI
2010/03/26 20:34:07
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Well I think 1 triple 120mm fan rad would work fine for 2 GTX 480's, maybe even 1 dual 120 fan rad would work, that's all I use on my GTX 295. The problem is going to be after the 2nd gpu. You would have to run the loop out from that card and cool the water before going into the next 2 gpu's.
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