nVidia releases the GTX 460, and it's actually good?

2010-07-12 08:40:31

#1

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6046|Catherine Black

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gef … ,2684.html

https://media.bestofmicro.com/9/Y/254374/original/Call%20of%20Duty%20Modern%20Warfare%202%201680.png

https://media.bestofmicro.com/9/V/254371/original/Battlefield%20Bad%20Company%202%201680.png

Power consumption and temperatures are looking good too.

https://media.bestofmicro.com/A/H/254393/original/Power%20Consumption.png

https://media.bestofmicro.com/A/K/254396/original/Temperature.png

Here's how it stacks up price wise, around the same price as the 5830, which in most benchmarks it draws with or beats.

So they've finally made a graphics card that's up to challenging ATi's current offerings, but is it too late? And if ATi drop their prices, will anyone buy the 460? Imagine if you can get a 5850 for the same price. Which are you going to choose?

2010-07-12 08:43:00

#2

FFLink: There is.; +1,380|6949|Devon, England

Surprised by the price, tbh.

2010-07-12 12:11:07

#3

TopHat01: Limitless; +117|6163|CA

What are ATi's drivers like these days? I remember about a year ago they were terrible compared to NVIDIA's.

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2010-07-12 12:22:04

#4

KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,979|6890|949

I haven't had any problems with my ATI drivers at all. I think they recently released an update too.

I have the 5870 and my br0 has the 5770. Both perform well.

2010-07-12 12:49:33

#5

Sydney: 2λчиэλ; +783|7101|Reykjavík, Iceland.

nvidia is superior!

o/

2010-07-12 12:56:51

#6

Tdog2007: Giggity Giggity; +25|6971|US

saw this yeasterday/last night/this morning. was very surprised and will probably get one at some point.

makes me wonder what they'll come up with to battle the high 5800s-5900s

also wanna see how the sli is against a 5870 and 5900s (if it battles against them. pprice-wise it would be a good idea if you have 3 460s against a 5970)

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2010-07-12 12:59:58

#7

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6046|Catherine Black

Tdog2007 wrote:
saw this yeasterday/last night/this morning. was very surprised and will probably get one at some point.

makes me wonder what they'll come up with to battle the high 5800s-5900s

also wanna see how the sli is against a 5870 and 5900s (if it battles against them. pprice-wise it would be a good idea if you have 3 460s against a 5970)

2x460s beat a 5970 apparently.

2010-07-12 13:02:03

#8

Tdog2007: Giggity Giggity; +25|6971|US

o0

....no shit?

2010-07-12 13:03:11

#9

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6046|Catherine Black

No, sorry, 2 beat a 5870, 3 beat a 5970.

2010-07-12 13:08:35

#10

Tdog2007: Giggity Giggity; +25|6971|US

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVID … TX_460_SLI

looks like 2x beat 5970 in some tests. made me lol

dunno the credibility of the site tho, first one on the google list

2010-07-12 13:24:06

#11

Sydney: 2λчиэλ; +783|7101|Reykjavík, Iceland.

Tdog2007 wrote:
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_460_SLI

looks like 2x beat 5970 in some tests. made me lol

dunno the credibility of the site tho, first one on the google list

My SLied 275s beat the 5970 in some tests.

2010-07-12 14:01:38

#12

alexb: <3; +590|6198|Kentucky, USA

Tdog2007 wrote:
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_460_SLI

looks like 2x beat 5970 in some tests. made me lol

dunno the credibility of the site tho, first one on the google list

tPU is a reputable source.

2010-07-12 19:03:02

#13

Jaekus: I'm the matchstick that you'll never lose; +957|5436|Sydney

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
I haven't had any problems with my ATI drivers at all. I think they recently released an update too.

I have the 5870 and my br0 has the 5770. Both perform well.

The update they released means that loading maps with BC2 with my 5770 has dropped from around 45 ish seconds down to about 5-6 seconds.

2010-07-13 10:05:36

#14

mikkel: Member; +383|6859

I have a 1GiB EVGA card coming my way soon. This should be good.

2010-07-13 13:20:42

#15

-Whiteroom-: Pineapplewhat; +572|6917|BC, Canada

Jaekus wrote:
KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
I haven't had any problems with my ATI drivers at all. I think they recently released an update too.

I have the 5870 and my br0 has the 5770. Both perform well.
The update they released means that loading maps with BC2 with my 5770 has dropped from around 45 ish seconds down to about 5-6 seconds.

yeah that was nice.

2010-07-13 14:02:06

#16

loubot: O' HAL naw!; +470|6836|Columbus, OH

Nic wrote:
Jaekus wrote:
KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
I haven't had any problems with my ATI drivers at all. I think they recently released an update too.

I have the 5870 and my br0 has the 5770. Both perform well.
The update they released means that loading maps with BC2 with my 5770 has dropped from around 45 ish seconds down to about 5-6 seconds.
yeah that was nice.

I bought an ATI video card this time around. Catalyst Display Driver ver 10.4 made a big time improvement for BF:BC2. Catalyst Display Driver 10.6 recently came out though, shortly after 10.4, so ATI is on top of updating their drivers. I have not played BF:BC2 yet with the latest drivers.

The only problem I had when I switched from Nvidia to ATI was .Net Framework was corrupt (which is needed for the Catalyst Control Center).
After .Net was fixed, the CCC could open without error, regardless the display and HDMI drivers were unaffected.

2010-07-13 20:12:13

#17

The_Sniper_NM: Official EVGA Fanboy; +94|6372|SC | USA |

8800GT v2 No shit..

Think I'm going for 470s though. Not sure yet.

2010-07-14 05:39:08

#18

menzo: ̏̏̏̏̏̏̏̏&#; +616|6704|Amsterdam‫

this could be the replacement for my 8800gt

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2010-07-15 10:06:03

#19

^*AlphA*^: F*ckers; +3,135|6996|The Hague, Netherlands

carry on, on topic

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2010-07-15 14:23:40

#20

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6672|Finland

Extremely good release.

Card is small, low power consumption, reference cooler is quiet and temps are good, overclocks like mad not too far from stock HD 5870 actually.

SLi two of these equals roughly to the much more expensive HD 5970, expect price drops to follow in red camp soon.

Beware custom models from PALIT/Gainward and Zotac tho, Zotac has design flaw placing DVI in the middle of exhaust and PALIT/Gainward seem to be missing VRM cooling heatsink resulting in high temps and high rpm fan (retail card =/= review card).

http://www.guru3d.com/news/palit-geforc … e-issues-/

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2010-07-16 12:43:49

#21

IrishGrimReaper: Field Marshal | o |; +142|6979|Ireland | Monaghan

So... worth it to sell my 275 and get one of these babies? I was originally gonna get the 5850, but these are cheaper and still pack a good punch.

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2010-07-16 13:26:03

#22

TopHat01: Limitless; +117|6163|CA

IrishGrimReaper wrote:
So... worth it to sell my 275 and get one of these babies? I was originally gonna get the 5850, but these are cheaper and still pack a good punch.

Judging by your specs, I don't think you'd see significant enough gains between the 275 and 460 to warrant the price. DX11 is still new and only a handful of games truly support it, so I'd recommend staying with the 275 for another year and see what the market is like then.

If you really wanted to upgrade, go for the 480 or 5870.

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2010-07-16 13:38:41

#23

Zimmer: Un Moderador; +1,688|7014|Scotland

ATi are getting raped by this new model btw. As you can see, they haven't lowered their prices and everyone is buying the 460. Bad move from ATi, they need to compete with nVidia asap, they can't let them get another stranglehold on the graphics card market.

2010-07-16 13:42:09

#24

Tdog2007: Giggity Giggity; +25|6971|US

ati may not be able to lower their prices because they dont have a big bank like nvidia does, no?

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