Help me choose a GTX 460

[kpnamja]

Hey guys,

I'm going to buy an GTX 460 1GB, but i'm not sure which Company to choose from. I want one that has pretty quite cooler i hate having loud GPUs such as my GTS 250.

Thanks!

 

[renz496]

when choosing the brand normally people will look into warranty and customer support. heard that EVGA is one of nvidia beast board partner right now. on the cooler part many reviews said that even with stock cooler the cards running cool and quite. on tom's review both version of 460 end up cooler than 5770 both in idle and load (but still depending on how good your case air flow)

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-460-gf104-fermi,2684-13.html

 

[kpnamja]

Best answer selected by kpnamja.

 

[dlthomas]

I'm planning on buying one too soon.. this is what I found

This review here showed that the overclocked evga model performed very well. Palit also came out on top. I couldn't find evga myself so I'm going for Palit which is reasonably priced:
http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-460-review/30

Although some people worry about the cooling on Palit and Gainward models. Many people in this thread were dismissing this though:
http://futuremark.yougamers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=131346

 

[kpnamja]

I think im gonna go with the GIGABYTE GV-N460OC-1GI GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 1GB

 

[SeF]

when choosing the brand normally people will look into warranty and customer support. heard that EVGA is one of nvidia beast board partner right now. on the cooler part many reviews said that even with stock cooler the cards running cool and quite. on tom's review both version of 460 end up cooler than 5770 both in idle and load (but still depending on how good your case air flow)

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-460-gf104-fermi,2684-13.html

But, Tom's tested nVidia models.
Does EVGA has similar cooling perfomance? Or is even better?

 

[Mousemonkey]

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