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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 Graphics Card



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Card design


NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB
  • GPU: GeForce GTX 460 (GF104)
  • Interface: PCIe x16
  • GPU (ROPs/Shaders) clock rate: 675/1350 MHz (standard)
  • Memory clock rate, physical (effective): 900 (3600) MHz (standard)
  • Bus width: 192-bit
  • Vertex processors: -
  • Pixel processors: -
  • Unified processors: 338
  • Texture processors: 56 (BLF/TLF/ANIS)
  • ROPs: 24
  • Dimensions: 200x100x33mm
  • PCB color: black
  • RAMDACs/TDMS: integrated into GPU
  • Outputs: 2 x DVI (Dual-Link/HDMI), HDMI mini
  • VIVO: -
  • TV-out: -
  • Multi-GPU: Hardware SLI
AFOX GeForce GTX 460 768MB
  • GPU: GeForce GTX 460 (GF104)
  • Interface: PCIe x16
  • GPU (ROPs/Shaders) clock rate: 675/1350 MHz (standard)
  • Memory clock rate, physical (effective): 900 (3600) MHz (standard)
  • Bus width: 192-bit
  • Vertex processors: -
  • Pixel processors: -
  • Unified processors: 338
  • Texture processors: 56 (BLF/TLF/ANIS)
  • ROPs: 24
  • Dimensions: 200x100x33mm
  • PCB color: black
  • RAMDACs/TDMS: integrated into GPU
  • Outputs: 2 x DVI (Dual-Link/HDMI), HDMI mini
  • VIVO: -
  • TV-out: -
  • Multi-GPU: Hardware SLI
EVGA GeForce GTX 460 768MB
  • GPU: GeForce GTX 460 (GF104)
  • Interface: PCIe x16
  • GPU (ROPs/Shaders) clock rate: 675/1350 MHz (standard)
  • Memory clock rate, physical (effective): 900 (3600) MHz (standard)
  • Bus width: 192-bit
  • Vertex processors: -
  • Pixel processors: -
  • Unified processors: 338
  • Texture processors: 56 (BLF/TLF/ANIS)
  • ROPs: 24
  • Dimensions: 200x100x33mm
  • PCB color: black
  • RAMDACs/TDMS: integrated into GPU
  • Outputs: 2 x DVI (Dual-Link/HDMI), HDMI mini
  • VIVO: -
  • TV-out: -
  • Multi-GPU: Hardware SLI

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB
AFOX GeForce GTX 460 768MB
EVGA GeForce GTX 460 768MB

Each card has 768MB of GDDR5 SDRAM in 6 Samsung memory chips on the front side of the PCB. Peak clock rate 1000 (4000) MHz.


Comparison with the reference design, front view
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB Reference NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
AFOX GeForce GTX 460 768MB
EVGA GeForce GTX 460 768MB

Comparison with the reference design, rear view
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB Reference NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
AFOX GeForce GTX 460 768MB
EVGA GeForce GTX 460 768MB

As you can see, all three graphics cards are identical, made for NVIDIA at third-party factories. This is what you get right after the release. Soon NVIDIA's partners will start making their own copies of the reference design.

You can also see that the PCB is universal. It has a 256-bit bus, but lacks 2 memory chips, totaling the 192-bit bus and 768MB of memory. Add two more memory chips and you'll have the 256-bit bus and 1GB of memory. Thus, 1GB variants should have the same PCB and, probably, the same cooler.

This graphics card has its own audio codec and can transmit both video and audio via HDMI.

Two such cards, organized into a SLI configuration, can output signal to three monitors at once, similar to ATI EyeFinity.

Finally, remember that the product has two 6-pin supplementary power connectors.

Maximum resolutions and frequencies:

  • 240 Hz maximum refresh rate
  • 2048 x 1536 x 32bit @ 85Hz Max -- analog interface
  • 2560 x 1600 @ 60Hz Max -- digital interface (Dual-Link DVI/HDMI)

As for the HDTV support, a review is available here.



The GPU was made on the 10th week, i.e. in March.


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