Nvidia GeForce GTX 460: The Fermi We Were Waiting For

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Processor Intel Core i7-980X (Gulftown) 3.33 GHz, 6.4 GT/s, 12 MB L3 Cache, power-saving settings enabled. Turbo Boost enabled
Motherboard Gigabyte X58A-UD5 (LGA 1366) X58/ICH10, BIOS F5
Memory Kingston HyperX DDR3 (3 x 2 GB) KHX2000C8D3T1K3/6GX @ DDR3-1333 7-7-7-24
Hard Drive Intel SSDSA2MH160G2C1 160 GB SATA 3Gb/s
Graphics Cards Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 1 GB/768 MB
Row 5 - Cell 0 Nvidia GeForce GTX 465 1 GB
Row 6 - Cell 0 Nvidia GeForce GTX 470
Row 7 - Cell 0 AMD Radeon HD 5850 1 GB
Row 8 - Cell 0 AMD Radeon HD 5830 1 GB
Row 9 - Cell 0 AMD Radeon HD 5770 1 GB
Power Supply Cooler Master UCP 1100 W
CPU Cooler Intel DBX-B Thermal Solution
System Software And Drivers
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate x64
DirectX DirectX 11
Platform Driver Intel INF Chipset Update Utility 9.1.1.1019
Graphics Driver Nvidia GeForce 258.80
Row 17 - Cell 0 AMD Catalyst 10.6
Chris Angelini
Chris Angelini
Chris Angelini is an Editor Emeritus at Tom's Hardware US. He edits hardware reviews and covers high-profile CPU and GPU launches.
151 Comments Comment from the forums
  • sabot00
    Finally, the price wars from the 4000/GTX 200 ages are back!
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  • Tamz_msc
    At last, Nvidia has impressed me(to a certain extent).But where's power consumption in SLI?
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  • Tamz_msc
    Oops!Sorry for the double post.
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  • thedreadfather
    Tamz_mscAt last, Nvidia has impressed me(to a certain extent).But where's power consumption in SLI?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.
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  • cangelini
    thedreadfatherDid 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.
    Much thanks, sir!
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  • thejerk
    Nice review, Chris. Best I've read here in a while.
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  • 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".
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  • cangelini
    guid_aaa000001I have never waited for this... It's not "we", it must be "some people".Note: That is if you consider "me" in that "we".
    We, as in Tom's Hardware ;-)
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  • 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!
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  • Tamz_msc
    thedreadfatherDid 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.Might have overlooked that line, but I'm wondering how the 460 would perform when overclocked.
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