Evga gtx 460 ftw

[onethreehill]

The EVGA GeForce GTX 460 has won awards around the web for the excellent combination of the best performance and features. Now, with the introduction of the EVGA GeForce GTX 460 FTW, the performance has been cranked up a few notches! At 850MHz Core Clock and 1700MHz Processor Clock this FTW card from EVGA is one of the fastest around, and a bonus of an incredible 4000MHz Memory Clock means that this is the card should be on everyone’s wish list!

In addition, the EVGA GeForce GTX 460 FTW supports NVIDIA 3D Vision, Surround Gaming, PhysX and CUDA technologies making this card the ultimate value for the gaming enthusiast. And with award winning support, utilities and community, you can’t go wrong with the GTX 460 FTW from EVGA....

http://www.evga.com/articles/00576/

[Metroid]

$269, only TR and competition coming next month.

[SKYMTL]

A few things:

- $269 is a pretty good price IMO
- Nobody who talks about it actually knows what's coming up from the competition. People who CAN talk about it are under an NDA.
- You can't walk around thinking about "what's next" or purchases will neve be made
- I'm disappointed about the warranty length

[PatRaceTin]

hand pick chip????

[Hell Hound]

A few things:

- $269 is a pretty good price IMO
- Nobody who talks about it actually knows what's coming up from the competition. People who CAN talk about it are under an NDA.
- You can't walk around thinking about "what's next" or purchases will neve be made
- I'm disappointed about the warranty length

A conscious consumer will look @ all option even if not available to them yet.

[RPGWiZaRD]

It still matters WHEN you release the product to the market, if this card with a quite hefty price premium had been available at GTX 460 launch it had made much more sense than now when we're like 1.5 months away from a plausible card from the competitor that could be a lot better. The closer to a next gen product launch the more people will wait and see what that one is about. It's the rebates of existing cards that attracts people right now like the cheapest GTX 460 1GB for $200 or the the pricecuts of the 768MB version. At launch higher quality/overclocked cards sells better than close to a next gen being launched.

[EnJoY]

We'll have a review of this at TechREACTION in a week and a half. We'll test against the standard GTX460 SuperClock EE.

[SubZero.it]

A few things:

- Nobody who talks about it actually knows what's coming up from the competition. People who CAN talk about it are under an NDA.

I want to be under NDA too

[herderien]

- You can't walk around thinking about "what's next" or purchases will neve be made

true but it depends on the schedule of "what's next" in that case it should not be that far. That fact would make one consider waiting

[bamtan2]

these tweaked boards dont seem interesting if you look closely.

they probably overclock 150mhz more than a normal board.

50 bucks extra for 150mhz?

it is probably like 2% more performance.

[MirageSys]

A few things:

- $269 is a pretty good price IMO
- Nobody who talks about it actually knows what's coming up from the competition. People who CAN talk about it are under an NDA.
- You can't walk around thinking about "what's next" or purchases will neve be made
- I'm disappointed about the warranty length

Thanks to BFG, it might become the norm.

[cowie]

what only 270usd??
Thats 470 area,might end up being a good card but pricey.

dont forget lifetime warrenty with PNY for 4xx cards

[Pantsu]

Upping voltage to get the clocks also gets you 470-class power consumption, so really, what's the point?

[Iconyu]

A few things:

- $269 is a pretty good price IMO
- Nobody who talks about it actually knows what's coming up from the competition. People who CAN talk about it are under an NDA.
- You can't walk around thinking about "what's next" or purchases will neve be made
- I'm disappointed about the warranty length

To be fair waiting six weeks isn't a big deal, especially compared to the 6 months people waited for the 480GTX.

[SKYMTL]

To be fair waiting six weeks isn't a big deal, especially compared to the 6 months people waited for the 480GTX.

Oh yes, I can see it now:

- Wait 6 weeks

- Card comes out and is priced competitively (ie: in proportion to performance)

- The usual crowd cried foul that it is priced too high


Rinse and repeat. It happens with EVERY launch from EVERY company.

And I will remind you that the whole "six weeks" thing for an actual GTX 460 competitor is a baseless rumor and nothing more at this point.

[LightSpeed]

Oh yes, I can see it now:

- Wait 6 weeks

- Card comes out and is priced competitively (ie: in proportion to performance)

- The usual crowd cried foul that it is priced too high


Rinse and repeat. It happens with EVERY launch from EVERY company.

And I will remind you that the whole "six weeks" thing for an actual GTX 460 competitor is a baseless rumor and nothing more at this point.

So are you saying that its not worth waiting when its a fact that next gen cards are coming this fall?

As others have said, if it was 6 months or if we didnt have an idea of approximate launch dates then itd make sense. Right now, its worth waiting IMO

[Pantsu]

I'd certainly wait till end of October to see what Barts XT and Pro have to offer. Of course if you gotta go you gotta go.

[Ejizz]

Thanks to BFG, it might become the norm.

Lol , BFG are hardly to blame for that, are they... fanboy.

[Ejizz]

And I will remind you that the whole "six weeks" thing for an actual GTX 460 competitor is a baseless rumor and nothing more at this point.

Not completely baseless as it's now written in to AMD's drivers.

[bamtan2]

Not completely baseless as it's now written in to AMD's drivers.

they wrote their product information and release date in their drivers did they?

[bamtan2]

So are you saying that its not worth waiting when its a fact that next gen cards are coming this fall?

As others have said, if it was 6 months or if we didnt have an idea of approximate launch dates then itd make sense. Right now, its worth waiting IMO

a year ago at this time people were saying wait for fermi, and every month it was wait for fermi, then it was december, then it was march...

how do you know when AMD will release a new card? how do you know how much it will cost? how do you know how it will perform?

[Ejizz]

they wrote their product information and release date in their drivers did they?

No but it doesn't take a genius to work out the next gen will be released soon.
AMD also confirmed Cypress would get a refresh before the end of the year.

[Ejizz]

a year ago at this time people were saying wait for fermi, and every month it was wait for fermi, then it was december, then it was march...

how do you know when AMD will release a new card? how do you know how much it will cost? how do you know how it will perform?

Umm that's Nvidia for you... Lie, Lie, and Lie some more...

[SKYMTL]

So are you saying that its not worth waiting when its a fact that next gen cards are coming this fall?

I'm not saying that. What I am saying is that people have already started assuming what will be released and how it will perform. That always leads to disappointment.

[DilTech]

Not completely baseless as it's now written in to AMD's drivers.

To be fair, new cards pop up in drivers all the time... IIRC a few of the 7 series cards from NVidia popped up like 3+ months before their release.

Anyway, when it comes to the discussion at hand, I'll say what I always do. Upgrade when you need to, not just because something new came out. I'll admit I just bought a new 460 GTX, but it was more-so because...

1.) someone wanted my 4850(he ONLY plays starcraft 2, his monitor only does 1440x900, and he didn't have much cash)

2.) They overclock like crazy, giving me something fun to toy with.

3.) $200 and if you're lucky you can get rather close to gtx 480 performance.

Now, I said this when ATi launched the 58x0 series, and I'm going to say it again now that NVidia have their 460 out and ATi are likely to launch again soon... Buy if you need to, but if you can wait, there's nothing to lose in doing so. I'd be willing to bet most of you who'd be thinking about buying a new card have capable enough hardware to play the games you play anyway.

Of course, then again, I'm still on the old trusty Q6600 as I haven't been impressed with the performance increases in cpus for my usage anyway, so I guess that shows my stance these days.

No but it doesn't take a genius to work out the next gen will be released soon.
AMD also confirmed Cypress would get a refresh before the end of the year.

The "next gen" might not be as "next gen" as you think.