- Brand Name: Gigabyte
- Model: GV-N460OC-1GI
- Item Package Quantity: 1
- Graphics Coprocessor: GeForce GTX 400 Series
- Memory Technology: GDDR5 SDRAM
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Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 1GB GDDR5 PCI-Express 2.0 Graphics Card
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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I've been a long time ATI supporter and have purchased their products for the most part over the past 10 years. When I purchased StarCraft II and then Final Fantasy XIV, I noticed that my HD4670 was not handling very well (especially the latter title) I decided to settle on a modest budget of around $225 for a new graphics card and looked at the ATI lineup.
The HD5770 was basically a more power efficient and cooler HD4850. The 5830 was just overpriced for a woefully inept performance. The 5850 was way out of my budget. I decided to look elsewhere.
I discovered the GTX460 in reading a few benchmark reviews on various sites, including Anandtech and Tom's Hardware. A lot of the articles seem to like what Nvidia did with this technology and there were some great features that came with the package, including PhysX, Direct X 11 and SLI. After doing some research and reading technical specifications on the various vendors, I decided on Gigabyte.
My experiences with Gigabyte products have been relatively pleasant. And this card is no exception. The package has basically all that you need including a physical user's manual, driver CD, SLI bridge and the standard items that come with graphics cards. Looking at the card, you can see the quality parts used in the construction and it felt solid in my hand. This card requires two slots (not the physical connectors, but the space it occupies) in your case so you need to plan ahead. The length is pretty standard for a graphics card of this level, but I had a bit of an inconvenience placing it within my Dell Studio 540. I had to remove both SATA hard drives so that the card could slip beneath it and where I could comfortably (and safely) push it into the PCIe slot. Once in place, however, I was able to put the hard drives back in without them touching the card.
I had recently purchased a Corsair 550W (VX series 80+) power supply and the cabling fit without problems. I recommend at least a 500W power supply (650W if you are going to install a pair of these for SLI) especially if you have more than one hard drive and plan to add additional components and are also attaching many devices via USB. When installing the cables, make sure they don't touch the card and try to snake them in a way that they don't interfere with ventilation on the card.
The whole installation was pretty much a non-issue and it did take me about 10 minutes total since I made sure to tie any loose cables and allow for proper ventilation. A lot of people overlook this little fact. I recommend you to take a few minutes (no need to rush!) and make sure everything is in place and well situated. Obviously, at the time of this writing, the included drivers were already updated by Nvidia, so I would advise everyone to not install from the CD. Instead, head over to Nvidia's website ([...]) and download the latest drivers there (260.89 - 10/22/10)
Some random bits (1600 x 900 resolution, Vista 64, Q9400 + 6GB ram):
-While this product is an "overclock", you can actually push the envelope even higher. Gigabyte has actually left their settings too low and could've pushed it higher without any worries. My current settings: GPU 750/Shader 1500/Memory 2000 (GPU and Shader are tied together, can't set this separately) If you wish to perform an overclock, you can go to MSI's website and use their software, Afterburner. WARNING: I'm not liable, nor is Gigabyte, if you decide to do this!
-Normal GPU temperature hovers around 42-45°C, depending on time of day.
-For StarCraft 2, GPU utilization usually fluctuates but on average around 30% with temperatures around 62-66°C.
-For Final Fantasy XIV, GPU utilization on average is around 40% or so and temperatures can go as high as 75°C but tends to settle around 65°C.
-I can also run both SC2 and FF XIV simultaneously with no problems. Utilization will go up to around 85% but the temperature usually idles at around 68-70°C (again, depending on time of day) I've also run World of Warcraft (Cataclysm Beta) and FFXIV simultaneously with some performance degradation but no major issues.
-FFXIV runs in 8x FSAA and all settings on high (with Occlusion turned off) without much problems (24-60 fps depending on server congestion).
-WoW (Cataclysm Beta) runs great, around 60-80 fps with virtually everything on max.
-SC2 presents no challenge even with screen full of Protoss Pylons which are arguably the most graphical intensive art asset in the game.
The HD5770 was basically a more power efficient and cooler HD4850. The 5830 was just overpriced for a woefully inept performance. The 5850 was way out of my budget. I decided to look elsewhere.
I discovered the GTX460 in reading a few benchmark reviews on various sites, including Anandtech and Tom's Hardware. A lot of the articles seem to like what Nvidia did with this technology and there were some great features that came with the package, including PhysX, Direct X 11 and SLI. After doing some research and reading technical specifications on the various vendors, I decided on Gigabyte.
My experiences with Gigabyte products have been relatively pleasant. And this card is no exception. The package has basically all that you need including a physical user's manual, driver CD, SLI bridge and the standard items that come with graphics cards. Looking at the card, you can see the quality parts used in the construction and it felt solid in my hand. This card requires two slots (not the physical connectors, but the space it occupies) in your case so you need to plan ahead. The length is pretty standard for a graphics card of this level, but I had a bit of an inconvenience placing it within my Dell Studio 540. I had to remove both SATA hard drives so that the card could slip beneath it and where I could comfortably (and safely) push it into the PCIe slot. Once in place, however, I was able to put the hard drives back in without them touching the card.
I had recently purchased a Corsair 550W (VX series 80+) power supply and the cabling fit without problems. I recommend at least a 500W power supply (650W if you are going to install a pair of these for SLI) especially if you have more than one hard drive and plan to add additional components and are also attaching many devices via USB. When installing the cables, make sure they don't touch the card and try to snake them in a way that they don't interfere with ventilation on the card.
The whole installation was pretty much a non-issue and it did take me about 10 minutes total since I made sure to tie any loose cables and allow for proper ventilation. A lot of people overlook this little fact. I recommend you to take a few minutes (no need to rush!) and make sure everything is in place and well situated. Obviously, at the time of this writing, the included drivers were already updated by Nvidia, so I would advise everyone to not install from the CD. Instead, head over to Nvidia's website ([...]) and download the latest drivers there (260.89 - 10/22/10)
Some random bits (1600 x 900 resolution, Vista 64, Q9400 + 6GB ram):
-While this product is an "overclock", you can actually push the envelope even higher. Gigabyte has actually left their settings too low and could've pushed it higher without any worries. My current settings: GPU 750/Shader 1500/Memory 2000 (GPU and Shader are tied together, can't set this separately) If you wish to perform an overclock, you can go to MSI's website and use their software, Afterburner. WARNING: I'm not liable, nor is Gigabyte, if you decide to do this!
-Normal GPU temperature hovers around 42-45°C, depending on time of day.
-For StarCraft 2, GPU utilization usually fluctuates but on average around 30% with temperatures around 62-66°C.
-For Final Fantasy XIV, GPU utilization on average is around 40% or so and temperatures can go as high as 75°C but tends to settle around 65°C.
-I can also run both SC2 and FF XIV simultaneously with no problems. Utilization will go up to around 85% but the temperature usually idles at around 68-70°C (again, depending on time of day) I've also run World of Warcraft (Cataclysm Beta) and FFXIV simultaneously with some performance degradation but no major issues.
-FFXIV runs in 8x FSAA and all settings on high (with Occlusion turned off) without much problems (24-60 fps depending on server congestion).
-WoW (Cataclysm Beta) runs great, around 60-80 fps with virtually everything on max.
-SC2 presents no challenge even with screen full of Protoss Pylons which are arguably the most graphical intensive art asset in the game.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By Erbadyos
Amazon Verified Purchase
This Gigabyte version of the GTX460 impressed me with its cooler. It's almost silent on idle and sounds like a decently built 120mm cooler when its on full, even though there are 2 coolers on the card. I have not seen it going to full fan load during normal use so far, though. This is a big deal for me because I'm a bit of a silent PC nerd. So am happy with the sound levels.
2 DVI ports. Very nice. However The mini-HDMI port is positioned in such a place that i cannot plug the supplied converter (Mini->regular HDMI) in any way. I am still trying to find a plug that will fit, as most I've seen get blocked by the computer case.
2 DVI ports. Very nice. However The mini-HDMI port is positioned in such a place that i cannot plug the supplied converter (Mini->regular HDMI) in any way. I am still trying to find a plug that will fit, as most I've seen get blocked by the computer case.
14 of 17 people found the following review helpful
By Jay Capella
Believe it or not, but I downgraded, or rather upgraded from the Palit GTX 470. The Gigabyte GTX 460 and the Palit GTX 470 both have dual fan coolers, but the Gigabyte is just ninja silent. I had to double check to make sure the fans were on. I simply could not hear them at full blast. It was a different story for the Palit. It sounded like a wind tunnel. The heat coming from this card is so benign compared to the 470. I hardly top 60 C under full load with an aggressive overclock. The 470 was at 95 C with factory clock settings. You would have to set the wind tunnel fans manually at 100% to keep it at 71 C at full load. Frame rates are great. With a moderate overclock, it performs at the same level as a 470 while still being 30+ degrees cooler. Two of these in SLI will no doubt kill a single GTX 480. It's rumored that the new nvidia 495 will have two of these babies sandwiched together for a 2560 MB beast of a card.
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just what i wanted
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Published on April 11, 2011 by Kraken
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Nice card, fairly quiet
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Published on April 7, 2011 by Derek
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Powerful, silent and cool!
I've been wanting to change my graphics card for a while now and I was going after a GeForce, since I previously owned one (I had a GeForce 8600 GT, so it was a massive change). Read more
Published on February 7, 2011 by Allan
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I have been running 2 of these cards in SLI mode for a month with no issues. The top card runs hotter due to the spacing of them in my case, but I adjusted the fan speed ramp with... Read more
Published on January 23, 2011 by J
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Bought two of these for my budget SLI system. They work fantastic much cheaper and better than getting a single $500.00 US card.
Published on December 25, 2010 by Veronica M Stumpf
5.0 out of 5 stars
very quiet!
This card is nice and quiet. If you don't want your computer to sound like a plane taking off from the runway, this Gigabyte GTX460 with the two fans is the one to get.
Published on December 25, 2010 by i.r.t3h9
5.0 out of 5 stars
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OK, I had a burning desire to get into some of that GPGPU cuda computing. The rig I assembled isn't bleeding edge today, maybe it would have been 6 months or so ago. Read more
Published on December 20, 2010 by Tyler Forge
