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Anyone know any unlocked voltage cards that are decently cheap? (less than ~100$)

 

I'm buying an Ln2 GPU pot, but I'd like to practice on a cheap card before I do it to my 980 TI.

 

 

Below are a few, but they are sometimes really hard to find, and when you do find them, many times they are quite expensive.

These are all cards that have unlocked voltage if you use MSI Afterburner Extreme (a more advanced version of Afterburner that isn't available to public really)

 

NVIDIA:

  • N460GTX Hawk
  • N480GTX Lightning
  • N560GTX Ti Hawk
  • N580GTX Lightning
  • N660GTX Hawk
  • N680GTX Lightning

AMD:

  • R5870 Lightning
  • R6870 Hawk
  • R6970 Lightning
  • R7870 Hawk
  • R7970 Lightning

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Hwbot: http://hwbot.org/user/lays/ 

FireStrike 980 ti @ 1800 Mhz http://hwbot.org/submission/3183338 http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/11574089

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try with the MSI HD7970

 

see if you can find the R9 290X Lightning as well

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try with the MSI HD7970

 

see if you can find the R9 290X Lightning as well

 

 

 

Anyone know any unlocked voltage cards that are decently cheap? (less than ~100$)

 

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Hwbot: http://hwbot.org/user/lays/ 

FireStrike 980 ti @ 1800 Mhz http://hwbot.org/submission/3183338 http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/11574089

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GTX 460 Hawk sub $60 on EBay

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MSI-NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-460-N460GTX-HAWK-TALON-ATTACK-1-GB-GDDR5-SDRAM-PCI-/281896302827?hash=item41a25438eb:g:UGgAAOSwYaFWggR1

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Probably a better tester than the R7 240 but thats all i could think of :)

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If it is 'not available to the public' how have you got it?

 

Hwbot released a download of it for a short amount of time, before Guru3d complained about it and they had to take it down.

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Hwbot: http://hwbot.org/user/lays/ 

FireStrike 980 ti @ 1800 Mhz http://hwbot.org/submission/3183338 http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/11574089

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So who is it made for in the first place?

 

It's for extreme overclockers

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Hwbot: http://hwbot.org/user/lays/ 

FireStrike 980 ti @ 1800 Mhz http://hwbot.org/submission/3183338 http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/11574089

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ooo, I'll add that to my watch list.

 

I'm debating on a 580 Lightning, there's 2 on ebay for ~100$.

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Hwbot: http://hwbot.org/user/lays/ 

FireStrike 980 ti @ 1800 Mhz http://hwbot.org/submission/3183338 http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/11574089

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ooo, I'll add that to my watch list.

I'm debating on a 580 Lightning, there's 2 on ebay for ~100$.

Get a 480 or 580, it's always fun OCing old flagships to compare with new stuff :P

I played with evga 480 on phase change with my friend and it was awesome

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Get a 480 or 580, it's always fun OCing old flagships to compare with new stuff :P

I played with evga 480 on phase change with my friend and it was awesome

 

Yeah I found 2 580 Lightnings, one is $100 with free ship, one is 90 with 15$ ship.

 

I'll probably order one, and the the Ln2 pot I wanted tomorrow.

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Hwbot: http://hwbot.org/user/lays/ 

FireStrike 980 ti @ 1800 Mhz http://hwbot.org/submission/3183338 http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/11574089

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Hwbot released a download of it for a short amount of time, before Guru3d complained about it and they had to take it down.

well i used to go on guru3d forum alot and they have a secret section for the development maybe that explains it.. 

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EARLY 880Mhz models of the HD7950 from various brands, even gigabyte,...were voltage unlocked,..., some 1000Mhz models started appearing and voltage locks were then common across many makers...

You can also find these GPU's for $100 give or take, but you would have to make sure now...about the bios being voltage unlocked.

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