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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 Reference Design Pictured

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Here are the first pictures of NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 460 graphics card, an upper-mainstream model based on the company's new GF104 GPU which was pictured earlier. The pictures reveal the reference design card to be shorter than any of the GF100-based graphics cards (such as GTX 470, GTX 480), and compacted in many ways. The cooler is dual-slot, and instead of an air-channel that's draws air from the interior and blows it out from the rear, the cooler has a centrally-located fan right over the GPU. As expected from the older article, the GPU package indeed is rectangular in shape rather than square.

The PCB is black, though a green PCB cannot be written off given the product's positioning. There are traces for eight memory chips on the card (looking at the components on the reverse-side of the PCB), confirming a 256-bit wide memory interface, though six chips are occupied (indicating that for this SKU only, a 192-bit wide memory interface is used. There is only one SLI finger showing that it only supports 2-way SLI multi-GPU standard. Connectivity on the rear panel is consists of the usual 2x DVI-D and mini-HDMI. Power is drawn in by two 6-pin PCI-E power inputs. Other specifications include DirectX 11 compliance, 336 CUDA cores, 768 MB of 192-bit GDDR5 memory (or another SKU with 1 GB of 256-bit GDDR5 memory), and clock speeds of 675 MHz core, 1350 MHz shader (CUDA cores), and 900 MHz (or 3600 MHz effective) memory. The GTX 460 768 MB is expected to launch next month at a price of US $230.
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hmm, would this be a competitor for the 5770 or 5830? It almost looks like it's positioned directly between the two.

As Cooper said, probably look for the £150 range
 
With Nvidia's current " having a laugh "pricing that figure is probably right on the ball.

768 MB of 192-bit...£150, I would take a 5770 or 5830 instead.

The fact it still requires 2x6 pin power tells me this is going to be another power hog.

I guess this will replace the 465, might even come in at the same price..:eek:
 
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Given that the 465 often struggles to best a GTX275 I'd say this is to go against the 5770... wouldn't consider it worth over £120 personally but no way its going to be that kinda price. Not sure why anyone would buy one when a few more quid could get you a 470 thats significantly faster.
 
The spec and price dont add up. Performance will likely be around a 5750 - 5770, but the price seems to be more around 5830 - 5850.

£99 would make it look like a OK card, maybe...
 
jigger said:
The spec and price dont add up. Performance will likely be around a 5750 - 5770, but the price seems to be more around 5830 - 5850.

£99 would make it look like a OK card, maybe...
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This has been the case with most nvidia vs ati cards in recent years though, I don't know why you're so surprised. I don't think many people who buy the cards are bothered tbh.
 
It is rather embarassing having Fud and co try to hint that with a tiny bit of overclocking the 336shader part might match a 480gtx.

Beating a 465gtx when a 460gtx is overclocked won't exactly be hard, but expect basically for Nvidia to replace a massive loss making 465gtx with a 460gtx that can come close to a profit but not much of one, at the same price point.

They need a completely new architecture, not a derivitive even if they do replace the cache or reduce it with a few more texture units or something.
 
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It is rather embarassing having Fud and co try to hint that with a tiny bit of overclocking the 336shader part might match a 480gtx.

Beating a 465gtx when a 460gtx is overclocked won't exactly be hard, but expect basically for Nvidia to replace a massive loss making 465gtx with a 460gtx that can come close to a profit but not much of one, at the same price point.

They need a completely new architecture, not a derivitive even if they do replace the cache or reduce it with a few more texture units or something.
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What they REALLY need is for TSMC to stop screwing up manufacturing processes so they can build GPUs with good yields.
 
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