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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 Graphics Card



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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB

At first sight, this is a regular reference cooler. But if you take a closer look, you'll see that it's a fan, not a turbine. So the plastic cover is just a decoration.

Under the cover is a centralized cooler with an oval heatpiped heatsink. It only cools down the core, memory chips are left unattended. The fan speed is low, so the cooler is generally quiet.


Traditionally, we monitored temperatures using EVGA Precision (based on RivaTuner).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB



As you can see, the temperature peaked at just 71°C (after 5 hours of continuous 3D operation). So the core is not as hot as that of GF100, and the cooler is also pretty efficient.

Bundles

A basic bundle for such a graphics card should include the following items: a user manual and a software CD. And maybe HDMI-to-HDMI-mini and DVI-to-D-Sub adapters as well. Now let's see what other accessories are bundled with each card.


AFOX GeForce GTX 460 768MB

This is a complete basic bundle with all the adapters. Plus a bonus temporary tattoo.

EVGA GeForce GTX 460 768MB

This is a similar complete basic bundle. The HDMI-to-HDMI-mini adapter is a cable, so you can connect the graphics card to a HDMI receiver at once.


Boxes


AFOX GeForce GTX 460 768MB

A thick cardboard box inside a jacket. The bundle is stowed into compartments, and the card itself is securely fixed to avoid transportation issues. They should've put some information on memory bus on the box as well to avoid confusion.

EVGA GeForce GTX 460 768MB

A similar jacket and an open-top box made of papier-mache. The card is securely fixed in its compartment.



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