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minus-squareImgurRefugee114@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-21 day agoI’m still running a 480 that doubles as a space heater (I’m not even joking; I increase the load based on ambient temps during winter)
minus-squarethatKamGuy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoI am assuming that’s a GTX 480 and not an RX 480; if so - kudos for not having that thing melt the solder off the heatsink by now! 😅
minus-squarefuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoThe GTX 480 is efficient by modern standards. If Nvidia could make a cooler that could handle 600 watts in 2010 you can bet your sweet ass that GPU would have used a lot more power. Well that and if 1000 watt power supplies were common back then.
I’m still running a 480 that doubles as a space heater (I’m not even joking; I increase the load based on ambient temps during winter)
A 486, eh?
I am assuming that’s a GTX 480 and not an RX 480; if so - kudos for not having that thing melt the solder off the heatsink by now! 😅
The GTX 480 is efficient by modern standards. If Nvidia could make a cooler that could handle 600 watts in 2010 you can bet your sweet ass that GPU would have used a lot more power.
Well that and if 1000 watt power supplies were common back then.