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EVGA GTX 460 SuperClocked 1GB Video Card Review
Author: Will West
Published: Thursday, August 05, 2010
Conclusion
The EVGA GTX 460 1GB SC is a card with so many awesome features it is hard to include them all however the lifetime warranty and 90-day step up options go a long way to safeguard your investment from manufacturing defects and breakage to the fear that you may have purchased the wrong product and need an upgrade. The new software suites also help you get the most from your hardware by allowing easy access to overclocking controls, stability testing, and performance profiles.
The GTX 460, like every other generation, has been able to pull last generation high-end card performance into the mainstream market. DirectX 11 is one of the features to make this happen while coupled with the incredible performance of the GTX 460. As we mentioned before the GTX 460 is based on the new GF104 chip that has transformed the extremely hot and power hungry "Fermi" architecture into a streamlined power house with a wide overclocking potential.
The only real drawback is the advertised SLI support being limited to only 2 cards. NVidia knew they have a serious GPU on their hands and needed to tame else risk hurting their higher end flagship products. This is a rather strange move considering the vast supply of multi GPU enabled motherboards on the market and previous multi GPU support found on the GTX 260. Still two of these cards, overclocked, and in SLI can easily overtake a single GTX 480 which also makes the card an incredible value for anyone with a modern Intel system.
The GTX 460, like every other generation, has been able to pull last generation high-end card performance into the mainstream market. DirectX 11 is one of the features to make this happen while coupled with the incredible performance of the GTX 460. As we mentioned before the GTX 460 is based on the new GF104 chip that has transformed the extremely hot and power hungry "Fermi" architecture into a streamlined power house with a wide overclocking potential.
The only real drawback is the advertised SLI support being limited to only 2 cards. NVidia knew they have a serious GPU on their hands and needed to tame else risk hurting their higher end flagship products. This is a rather strange move considering the vast supply of multi GPU enabled motherboards on the market and previous multi GPU support found on the GTX 260. Still two of these cards, overclocked, and in SLI can easily overtake a single GTX 480 which also makes the card an incredible value for anyone with a modern Intel system.
Good Things
Great overclocking potential
Cooling running chip
Better overall power usage
Great Software Suites
Lifetime Warranty
Great price to performance ratio
Cooling running chip
Better overall power usage
Great Software Suites
Lifetime Warranty
Great price to performance ratio
Bad Things
Only one SLI bridge
Lack of a quieter fan
Lack of a quieter fan
Ninjalane Rating
EVGA GTX 460 SuperClocked 1GB Video Card Review
Furious 5 of 5
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