GeForce GTX 460 SLI review [Guru3D.com]

Guru3D News · **GeForce GTX 460 SLI review [Guru3D.com] -** 07-13-2010, 08:00 | posts: 6,356

GeForce GTX 460 SLI review
We test and review the GeForce GTX 460 SLI performance. This article will cover SLI performance among the new GTX 460 cards with 768MB in several games we look at performance...

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Omagana · 07-13-2010, 08:05 | posts: 2,203 | Location: Scotland

Awesome stuff, would trade in my 5870 for two of those.

pimp_gimp · 07-13-2010, 08:06 | posts: 5,775 | Location: Tacoma, Washington

Hmmm, after reading this and the other reviews, and looking at the numbers I'm beginning to wonder why did Nvidia even create the castrated 470 aka Geforce GTX 465? As from the numbers the $50 to $75 USD they cost isn't even worth it from a performance standpoint.

Norvekh · 07-13-2010, 08:08 | posts: 2,654 | Location: Ohio

Ah, good to see you'll have a 460 1024MB SLI article coming as well. It will be interesting to see how the additional ROPs and frame buffer affect the product. I have a feeling that they'll prove most beneficial at 1920 and above. Still, even these models were pretty impressive with their scaling.

Unluckydove · 07-13-2010, 12:08 | posts: 12 | Location: LONDON

Great review but I really feel sorry for those guys who bought the GTX 465.

Tat3 · **Memory**: 3*2Gb 8-8-8-20 @ 1680MHz

How's the minimum fps compared to GTX470 and GTX480 ? Gameplay feels smooth even when fps hits around 30 ?

I'm seriously thinking about buying two of these...

cowie · *Last edited by cowie; 07-13-2010 at 12:44.*

i'd get two 1g 256 cards thuo for sli and higher res.
i think i read that the boss wil have 1g review up tommorrow

490 preview no waiting till august

mitzi76 · 07-13-2010, 12:45 | posts: 7,053 | Location: UK

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Originally Posted by Tat3

How's the minimum fps compared to GTX470 and GTX480 ? Gameplay feels smooth even when fps hits around 30 ?

I'm seriously thinking about buying two of these...

i'd say thats a good upgrade!!

Unluckydove · 07-13-2010, 13:35 | posts: 12 | Location: LONDON

I'd wonder how the Palit GeForce GTX 460 1024MB Sonic Platinum will perform in sli, it might even catch up with the gtx 470.

Tat3 · **Memory**: 3*2Gb 8-8-8-20 @ 1680MHz

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Originally Posted by Unluckydove

I'd wonder how the Palit GeForce GTX 460 1024MB Sonic Platinum will perform in sli, it might even catch up with the gtx 470.

Problem with that card is that it's 263€ here... Cheapest GTX 470 is 299€ from Pixmania and 319€ from elsewhere.

Unluckydove · 07-13-2010, 14:49 | posts: 12 | Location: LONDON

I suppose NVIDIA are going to stop making the 465, what’s the point

hallryu · 07-13-2010, 17:22 | posts: 10,846 | Location: England

Very nice results. Well this certainly sets the cat amongst the pigeons and no mistake!

ST19AG_WGreymon · 07-13-2010, 19:00 | posts: 4,654 | Location: Maryland, USA

I love how Fermi scales when using SLI.

Elder III · 07-13-2010, 19:58 | posts: 1,949 | Location: Ohio

...don't see any reason why this puppy won't be the mid-range king for the rest of 2010 - NVIDIA ought to get plenty of sales with this GPU I imagine.

EspHack · 07-13-2010, 20:05 | posts: 1,553

wow... that is awesome SLI scales

pimp_gimp · 07-14-2010, 02:09 | posts: 5,775 | Location: Tacoma, Washington

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Originally Posted by ST19AG_WGreymon

I love how Fermi scales when using SLI.

Fermi SLI scales way awesome, when I first installed my cards a month ago and ran my first game, I was amazed at how much better it was than my old 260's.

Wanny · 07-14-2010, 02:16 | posts: 6,942 | Location: Canada, Quebec

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Originally Posted by pimp_gimp

Fermi SLI scales way awesome, when I first installed my cards a month ago and ran my first game, I was amazed at how much better it was than my old 260's.

Yep I backup this comment as well. MUCH better than my 260s.

Fusion_XT · 07-14-2010, 08:25 | posts: 760 | Location: Netherlands

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Originally Posted by Wanny

Yep I backup this comment as well. MUCH better than my 260s.

Double backup, MUCH MUCH better then my 280s!

Unluckydove · 07-14-2010, 08:45 | posts: 12 | Location: LONDON

I don’t think SLI scaling has anything to do with the cards it’s all about the driver and how it takes advantage of the graphic cards according to each game, I remember how NVIDIA released the GTX 295 it really scaled well much better than if you but two GTX 260 in SLI, that is why old graphic cards don’t perform as well as they should because the manufacturer has no more interest in promoting old products, that is what we call marketing, I know this because I’m a marketing manager myself and I’m only being honest with you and I hope I don’t offend anybody by saying this because I like NVIDIA & I always buy their products but people have to be aware that NVIDIA have a very aggressive marketing behaviour they released the GTX 470 & GTX 465 to compete with certain ATI product when they had a much better & cheaper product in hand and they have a new one in hand which is the GTX 490 that most likely combines two GTX 460 to compete with the ATI’s 5970 cards, to be honest they are very good at this but some time it could backfire especially when ATI are getting ready to release a enhanced series of the 5000 chips, I seriously believe people should speak their mind not be blinded by their loyalty to a certain brand.

Corrupt^ · 07-14-2010, 10:36 | posts: 4,804 | Location: Belgium

It has improved none the less, fps is almost double, as it should be. If they keep this up, I might actually consider SLI next time I upgrade.

Redemption80 · 07-14-2010, 21:15 | posts: 13,444 | Location: Glasgow

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Originally Posted by Unluckydove

I don’t think SLI scaling has anything to do with the cards it’s all about the driver and how it takes advantage of the graphic cards according to each game, I remember how NVIDIA released the GTX 295 it really scaled well much better than if you but two GTX 260 in SLI, that is why old graphic cards don’t perform as well as they should because the manufacturer has no more interest in promoting old products, that is what we call marketing, I know this because I’m a marketing manager myself and I’m only being honest with you and I hope I don’t offend anybody by saying this because I like NVIDIA & I always buy their products but people have to be aware that NVIDIA have a very aggressive marketing behaviour they released the GTX 470 & GTX 465 to compete with certain ATI product when they had a much better & cheaper product in hand and they have a new one in hand which is the GTX 490 that most likely combines two GTX 460 to compete with the ATI’s 5970 cards, to be honest they are very good at this but some time it could backfire especially when ATI are getting ready to release a enhanced series of the 5000 chips, I seriously believe people should speak their mind not be blinded by their loyalty to a certain brand.

Don't think its a secret the Nvidia is very aggresive when it comes to marketing, this is what puts people off, but its one of the things i like about them, i've never had time for passive companies.

Im my time here at Guru3D, i've noticed no shortage of people who speak their mind, that certainly isn't a problem here, and as far as i know ATI are not getting ready to release anything.

Can't wait to see more 1gb results in SLI, as much as the 768mb one looks great, im not willing to downgrade in GPU memory, especially when this GTX260 frequently runs out as it is.

Unluckydove · 07-15-2010, 00:51 | posts: 12 | Location: LONDON

So you are saying to me if you were someone who bought a gtx 465 for 230 £ and then find out after two weeks only that they have a new card 80 £ cheaper and has the same performance that you like their marketing policy. Unbelievable

Redemption80 · 07-15-2010, 01:01 | posts: 13,444 | Location: Glasgow

Thats the name of the game when it comes to PC hardware.

If it isn't obsolete by the time you get it home, then you got lucky.

People knew this card was coming when the GTX465 arrived, and they also knew it was based on GF104, if people base purchases based on higher or lower numbers, then they deserve what they get.

Unluckydove · 07-15-2010, 09:04 | posts: 12 | Location: LONDON

I don’t know about you but us Londoners we call that a plain rip-off, in the UK we have been ripped-off for so long now and we are fed up of it and its time that we speak up, they told us windows 7 was going to be amazing, what a load of rubbish and it just keeps going on, you can stay all day glorifying NVIDIA on this forum but I will always expose those how prey on people’s ignorance until you band me from your forums and then that will tell the whole story about people speaking their minds.

dchalf10 · 07-15-2010, 09:57 | posts: 4,044

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Originally Posted by Unluckydove

I don’t know about you but us Londoners we call that a plain rip-off, in the UK we have been ripped-off for so long now and we are fed up of it and its time that we speak up, they told us windows 7 was going to be amazing, what a load of rubbish and it just keeps going on, you can stay all day glorifying NVIDIA on this forum but I will always expose those how prey on people’s ignorance until you band me from your forums and then that will tell the whole story about people speaking their minds.

lol

an ATI conspiracy theorist, how original. It has been known all along that the gf104 would be much improved. have more TMUs, overclock higher and consume less power, they never kept a secret to screw people over hilbert posted that he got the 460's to over 900mhz core a few days before release and the general specs were known long before.

You blame Nvidia for ununformed consumers...you know...the kind of uninformed consumer that buys a 980x and will cry next year when a mid range chip at 1/3rth of the price outperforms it...or people who buy a 5000 series card later this year before the refresh...or people that buy a 400 series card later this year..again, before the refresh, as redemption said this is how the industry goes.