Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 PCB Blueprint Leaked?
Another Fermi readying up?
The GeForce GTX 460 is the Fermi that many of you were waiting for, and it was worth the wait. Nvidia isn't stopping there, however, as there are rumblings of a GeForce GTS 450 coming down the pipe.
Someone on the Chinese forum PCinlife posted a PCB design drawing of an unreleased and unannounced Nvidia card, which many believe is an upcoming GF106 chip.
Expreview notes that the front side can be equipped with 6 memory chips for 768MB. The card also appears to features 3+1 phase power design, a 6pin power connector, a SLI connector, and dual DVI+Mini-HDMI output. The site also notes that it'll also supposedly be released in August and card markers will be making up their own designs rather than following Nvidia's reference.


This should be am adversary for the 5770 i think.
Problem, is that in this case, the lack of VRAM DOES make a big difference.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-460-gf104-fermi,2684.html
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3809/nvidias-geforce-gtx-460-the-200-king/19
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with GTX460 the difference between the two is not the amount of VRAM alone, the 1GB version also have wider memory interface which is directly impact the total performance of the card. btw this GTS450 is a mainstream card so i personally think that people who are going to buy this card will play around 1600x900 and below
gtx460 is a great choice for money..and its power consumption is great too..and very cool card without any overheating issues !!! its way cheaper than 5850 and same performance as 5850 !!! sometimes it out performs 5850 !!!
look @ these benchmarks
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2010/07/12/nvidia-geforce-gtx-460-768mb-gpu-review/7
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2010/07/12/nvidia-geforce-gtx-460-768mb-gpu-review/9
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2010/07/12/nvidia-geforce-gtx-460-768mb-gpu-review/11
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2010/07/12/nvidia-geforce-gtx-460-768mb-gpu-review/12
If this 'new' card is priced higher than the GTX260 then it will be pointless to buy since you can get the 260 for less than $200.
GTX2XX series cards are getting harder to find though. Newegg just has five listed and two of them are re-certified. As much as people may think the GTX4XX line isn't as good as it should be, it will soon be the only option for higher end Nvidia graphics cards. I suggest that anyone who wants a GTX2XX series card, get it now.