Geforce GTX460: Overclocking and 3DMark results

[Luka_Aveiro]

From here:

I wouldn't put my hands on fire about that, but it makes sense... I'd like to see more info about it, let's wait for more reviews.

[Solidus J2K]

Another review:

http://www.inpai.com.cn/doc/hard/128604.htm

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www.inpai.com.cn/doc/hard/128604.htm

[Luka_Aveiro]

So, get one, overclock it and you'll get overall better performance than a stock HD5850/GTX470.

Sounds 8800GT to me

[Pied]

Newegg shows a few GTX 460 1GB. Cheapest is $220 w/ $8 shipping. SOLD!

[Johnny87au]

hmmm the 1gb version seems to be smashing everything... I'd like to see it compare with a 480.. Dont think it would be that far off..

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theres a GTX460 1Gb @ 725/1450 for U$219 at the egg

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-075-_-Product

[bamtan2]

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[bamtan2]

overclocked gtx 460 is faster than 5850 and uses less power?

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[GoldenTiger]

overclocked gtx 460 is faster than 5850 and uses less power?

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[96redformula]

overclocked gtx 460 is faster than 5850 and uses less power?

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Not according to Tom's Hardware

http://www.tomshw.it/cont/articolo/g.../26197/11.html

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Not according to Tom's Hardware

http://www.tomshw.it/cont/articolo/g.../26197/11.html

im not seeing overclocked GTX460s in this review

[96redformula]

im not seeing overclocked GTX460s in this review

Are you guys really trying to compare a GTX460 Overclocked to a stock HD5850?

If we are going to use overclock cards lets overclock both please.

Here is my take so far on GTX460:
GTX460, Great bang for the buck, impressive performance, SLI looks like another bang for the buck with GTX460.

Things yet to be answered:
OC GTX460 vs OC ATI HD5850?
Does it passthrough HDMI audio(DTS-HD, etc)?
ATI have an answer or price drops?
HD5830 EOL?

[highoctane]

The 460 1gb is looking pretty damn appealing, good price, good power consumption, good temps, good OC potential, good performance, good price!!

It's certainly looking to have all the characteristics that made the 8800gt a great product.

[Blacky]

Well done nvidia

[SKYMTL]

theres a GTX460 1Gb @ 725/1450 for U$219 at the egg

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-075-_-Product

In my experience, Sonic = loud as hell.

[xdan]

Not now, Msi Cyclone seems to suport control of GPU voltage, other's don't.

Are you guys really trying to compare a GTX460 Overclocked to a stock HD5850?

GTX 460 1gb oc, is in most of situation better than 5850 stock


5850 price will drop to !

[bamtan2]

Are you guys really trying to compare a GTX460 Overclocked to a stock HD5850?

your knee jerk reaction is understandable. but I'm not comparing absolute performance like you imagined. the efficiency comparison is valid and pressing. everyone hates gf100 because it is inefficient. 5850/5870 are pretty awesomely efficient. and if these benchmarks are true, gf104 completely reverses that, becoming the new efficiency leader.

combined with the smaller chip and board size (which directly equates to lower cost), this means people will love it for all the reasons they hate gf100...

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In my experience, Sonic = loud as hell.

by the way, awesome review, congrats

[bamtan2]

overclocked gtx 460 is faster than 5850 and uses less power?

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HEXUS disagrees: "There's little doubt that the GF104-based Fermis are far better with respect to performance-per-watt but the Radeons are still kings of energy-efficiency."

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wow

[bamtan2]

this is a very fair assessment of the 5-10 month delay by legionhardware:

Whichever way you slice it, the GeForce GTX 460 768MB was overall faster than the Radeon HD 5830 by a small margin in the dozen games that we tested with. Then when we measured the power consumption of each graphics card the GeForce GTX 460 again came out on top, using slightly less power. Furthermore the reference cooler also appears to do a much better job, as the GeForce GTX 460 was found to be 18 degrees cooler than the Radeon HD 5830 when under load.

The GeForce GTX 460 768MB is clearly the better choice of the two graphics cards in our opinion. However having said that the Radeon HD 5830 is almost 5 months old now, making the GeForce GTX 460 a considerably newer product. Furthermore the Radeon HD 5000 series has been available for almost 10 months now, which hardly makes the technology cutting edge anymore.

Something else to consider is that at $220 US the GeForce GTX 460 1GB graphics card will be 27% cheaper than the [$300] Radeon HD 5850, despite being just 7% slower on average. On average the GeForce GTX 460 1GB was 17% slower than the GeForce GTX 470, which is a fairly decent margin. However at $220 US the GeForce GTX 460 is 31% cheaper.

Overall, by redesigning the GeForce GTX 460 to remove the unnecessary bits, making it a more compact and efficient GPU, it appears that Nvidia has created the perfect mid-range graphic cards. We genuinely like the GeForce GTX 460 in either its 768MB or 1GB flavors, and prefer it to the ATI competition.

[Lmui]

I sense a price drop from ATI's side along with an upgrade for myself depending on which way the pricing swings. The consumer always wins when competition works =)

[matose]

Did you see that 2 x Geforce GTX 460 768MB SLI beats Geforce GTX 480 and is cheaper too: 3DMark, FC2, HAWX, RE5, DIRT 2, AvP, Unigine Heaven 2.1, Just Cause 2, STALKER: CoP.

Also, both Geforce GTX 460 OC-ed at 860 / 2300 beats the HD 5850 easily: Just Cause 2, AvP

Good job NVIDIA, now we're waiting for "Gemini"

[Vardant]

Are you guys really trying to compare a GTX460 Overclocked to a stock HD5850?

Well, you can't really buy an HD 5850 for 200 bucks now, can you? So it makes sense.

Things yet to be answered:
OC GTX460 vs OC ATI HD5850?
Does it passthrough HDMI audio(DTS-HD, etc)?
ATI have an answer or price drops?
HD5830 EOL?

OCed GTX 460 is close to an HD 5870, so depending how lucky you are, they can be on par even with OC.

Dolby True HD and DTS-HD is supported.

They better.

It wasn't that good to begin with, so who cares?