Nvidia GeForce GTX 460: The Fermi We Were Waiting For

[cangelini]

After being shocked by the GeForce GTX 480's power consumption and outright disappointed by the GeForce GTX 465's performance for $279, Nvidia surprises us with a Fermi-based card that leaves us downright impressed. The GeForce GTX 460 is a real winner.

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[sabot00]

Finally, the price wars from the 4000/GTX 200 ages are back!

 

[Tamz_msc]

At last, Nvidia has impressed me(to a certain extent).But where's power consumption in SLI?

 

[Tamz_msc]

Oops!Sorry for the double post.

 

[thedreadfather]

[citation][nom]Tamz_msc[/nom]At last, Nvidia has impressed me(to a certain extent).But where's power consumption in SLI?[/citation]
Did you even read the whole article?
Page 5 "Sneak Peek at SLI"
"Again, this is just a teaser. We’ll be following up with a full exploration of these cards in SLI, comparing them to a GeForce GTX 480."

Great review as always, Chris.

 

[cangelini]

[citation][nom]thedreadfather[/nom]Did you even read the whole article? Page 5 "Sneak Peek at SLI" "Again, this is just a teaser. We’ll be following up with a full exploration of these cards in SLI, comparing them to a GeForce GTX 480."Great review as always, Chris.[/citation]

Much thanks, sir!

 

[thejerk]

Nice review, Chris. Best I've read here in a while.

 

[guid_aaa000001]

I have never waited for this... It's not "we", it must be "some people".

Note: That is if you consider "me" in that "we".

 

[cangelini]

[citation][nom]guid_aaa000001[/nom]I have never waited for this... It's not "we", it must be "some people".Note: That is if you consider "me" in that "we".[/citation]

We, as in Tom's Hardware ;-)

 

[lashton]

the 5830 i think is a better card, hell you can get a 5770 super-clock it and thats the same speed as a GTX460 for a fraction of the price!

 

[Tamz_msc]

[citation][nom]thedreadfather[/nom]Did you even read the whole article? Page 5 "Sneak Peek at SLI" "Again, this is just a teaser. We’ll be following up with a full exploration of these cards in SLI, comparing them to a GeForce GTX 480."Great review as always, Chris.[/citation]
Might have overlooked that line, but I'm wondering how the 460 would perform when overclocked.

 

[Tamz_msc]

Comparing it with your test on the 480 , two GTX 460 1gb s in SLI does seem to outperform a single 480, although very slightly

 

[gkay09]

Very nice SLI scaling IMO...That is one department where Nvidia wins always...
Hope to see ATI improve their scaling performance...And a very good article there Chris...

 

[dertechie]

Took them long enough. Bring on the price wars.

 

[worst 3]

I hope they this will make the price war trickle up to the higher ati and nvidia cars. have had my eye on a 5850, hope the 5830 get real cheap fast and the 5850 to follow down to the $250 price range.

i wonder if they will make a new gtx465 with the a full or near full gf104 core.

 

[ares1214]

this is a decent budget card, but this disgusts me. If nvidia really wants to make us wait 6 months after ati, they might aswell made it the extra couple of months for the 480 to be put on fermi 104. i cant believe they didnt wait

 

[scook9]

This is the same GPU as the laptop GTX 480m isn't it? Same GF104?

 

[RogerDeath]

Funny comparing a supposedly more powerful card (GTX 460) against the 5770 and it still makes the 5770 look good due to less power, cheaper price, and of course the (relatively) small difference in FPS where it would make a difference (anything over 60ish FPS is not counted).

 

[ares1214]

actually, i like ati and all, but id take the 460 1 gig version over the 5770 anyday, way more bang for buck

 

[Tamz_msc]

Just checked with Guru3D, these cards easily overclock to 800+ MHz core without voltage tweaks.An absolutely great overclocker!

 

[ares1214]

yeah, same here, i saw this thing get past 850 on default speed stock cooling.

 

[mx2138]

I am Seriously Considering that Palit Sonic Platinum (my ol 8800gt has been struggling ever since A got a 24" monitor). It has A really Great Price/performance yield. While the TDP is still high it performs a few frames behind the 5850 in *some* games. The MSRP is also not that bad at around 250USD. Its not massive by any means which is good.

 

[ares1214]

id get the not platinum version, 30 bucks cheaper, just as much oc headroom.

 

[Darkerson]

This is nice and all, but for me its kinda "too little, too late". Usually my time frame for getting a new GPU is around tax time. AMD/ATI got my money this time around. Maybe next year or so, Nvidia wont be 6+ months behind the competition, and might have a chance at my money. Even though I cut corners getting a 5770 vs the 5850 (5830 came out 2 weeks after ordering ) I wanted, Im still pretty happy with what I got vs what i paid. But this will be nice in regards to pushing prices down. Be nice to be able to pick up a 2nd 5770 for crossfire on the cheap and not have to wait til tax time to be able to afford it!

 

[Poisoner]

Will nVidia's next high end card be based off a bigger version of this new architecture, or maybe even a dual GPU Fermi?