• ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.com
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    3 hours ago

    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)

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      1 hour ago

      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! 😅

      • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        39 minutes ago

        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.