Will a reference GTX 460 768MB cooler work on a reference 560Ti 2GB?

[Anarchist420]

Question in thread title. I couldn't be 100% sure from looking at the pics on newegg.

Asking because I was going to buy an eVGA 560Ti 2GB, but the fan is smaller than nvidia's own cooler for the 460.

Also, is it a real hassle to make a custom BIOS with lower clock speeds? The 560Ti is clocked way faster than I would ever need.

 

[Anarchist420]

I was just looking at an image I hadn't seen before and now I know that it's not possible

However, my 2nd question remains unanswered.

 

[edplayer]

why do you want it in BIOS?

Why not just use afterburner?

 

[Anarchist420]

why do you want it in BIOS?

Why not just use afterburner?

I just want to do it through the BIOS so it can always be that way.

 

[Zap]

If you don't need the performance, why not just buy a cheaper card?

 

[Puppies04]

I see no reason why you would buy a 560ti then underclock it because it is too fast, if you want a slower card buy a slower card.

 

[aigomorla]

500 series has a 2d + 3d low + 3d high setting.

You watch the clocks idle at 50mhz... then climb to 400-450mhz.. and then the full speed of the gpu card as it is required.

 

[SickBeast]

It's a little tricky flashing the BIOS but not too bad. There are guides out there. You need to use NVFLASH to read your current ROM, then you need to use a program (fermi bios editor?) to edit the ROM, then you just use NVFLASH to flash the new one on there. It takes 2 minutes to do it once you know what you're doing. Just be very careful because you have to adjust the correct values; there are tons of different ones so it's a little tricky.

 

[Anarchist420]

If you don't need the performance, why not just buy a cheaper card?

because I need 2 GB of graphics memory and the feature set that the GTX560 Ti offers.

Also, even if a binned GPU with the same feature set and 2GB of graphics memory existed, it would still run as hot because they have to increase the voltage to make it run. I wanted the evga GTX460 2GB (the default performance level for that is just right without running as hot), but it's been discontinued, so I'm going to have to get the evga GTX560Ti 2GB.

I see no reason why you would buy a 560ti then underclock it because it is too fast, if you want a slower card buy a slower card.

Well, try to use a little more logic then. lol.

 

[Anarchist420]

Anyway, I had looked at the GTX 560Ti, it does have the same cooler. if I have the fan speed always set to 100% and replace the stock TIM with AC MX-2 then it will definitely run cool enough, so the issue's solved

 

[Leyawiin]

Asking because I was going to buy an eVGA 560Ti 2GB, but the fan is smaller than nvidia's own cooler for the 460.

Its not. The shroud is larger (and so is the PCB) so it makes the fan look smaller. They're the same size fan. Look at the fans in relation to the PCI-E slot for comparison: Exactly the same size. Its the shroud/PCB size making you think otherwise.