NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 460 receives praise

James Delahunty
13 Jul 2010 2:48

NVIDIA's latest DirectX 11 GPU, the GeForce GTX 460, has debuted to considerable praise among game developers and tech reviewers for its performance and more importantly, its price. The GeForce GTX 460 contains 336 NVIDIA CUDA cores and 56 texture units, and is available in two flavors; 768MB with a 192-bit memory interface for $199 and 1GB with a 256-bit memory interface for $229.
NVIDIA's release declared the $199 as the "sweet spot for gamers". The new GPU has full support for NVIDIA 3D Vision technology for 3D Blu-ray and video game titles. "With the GeForce GTX 460, NVIDIA is really upping the ante with an amazingly fast DirectX 11 GPU available at a great, mainstream-friendly price. Its new hardware tessellation support will enable games to reach an entirely new caliber of graphics." -- Tim Sweeney, Founder of Epic Games, said.

The GeForce GTX 460 768MB version is available currently from NVIDIA's add-in card partners, including ASL, ASUS, Colorful, ECS, EVGA, Gainward, Galaxy, Gigabyte, Innovision 3D, Jetway, KFA2, Leadtek, MSI, Palit, Point of View, PNY, Sparkle, Zotac and others. The GeForce GTX 460 1GB is expected by July 26, 2010.
"NVIDIA platforms continue to be the Gold Standard at Id Software for quality, performance, and support," said id Software Technical Director, John Carmack.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 Specs





GPU Engine Specs
CUDA Cores336
Graphics Clock (MHz)675 MHz
Processor Clock (MHz)1350 MHz
Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec)37.8 

Memory Specs
Graphics card versionGTX 460 1GB GDDR5GTX 460 768MB GDDR5
Memory Clock18001800
Standard Memory Config1 GB GDDR5768MB GDDR5
Memory Interface Width256-bit192-bit
Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec)115.286.4

Feature Support
NVIDIA SLI®-ready2-Way
NVIDIA 3D Vision ReadyYES
NVIDIA 3D Vision Surround ReadyYES
NVIDIA PureVideo® TechnologyHD
NVIDIA PhysX™-readyYES
NVIDIA CUDA™ TechnologyYES
Microsoft DirectX11
OpenGL4.0 
Bus SupportPCI-E 2.0 x 16 
Certified for Windows 7YES

Display Support
Maximum Digital Resolution2560x1600 
Maximum VGA Resolution2048x1536 
Standard Display ConnectorsTwo Dual Link DVI
Mini HDMI 
Multi MonitorYES
HDCPYES
HDMIYES
Audio Input for HDMIInternal

Standard Graphics Card Dimensions
Height4.376 inches (111 mm) 
Length8.25 inches (210 mm) 
WidthDual-slot 

Thermal and Power Specs
Maximum GPU Temperature (in C)104 C
Maximum Graphics Card Power (W)160 W
Minimum Recommended System Power (W)450 W
Supplementary Power Connectors6-pin & 6-pin 

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