Axle 3D Nvidia GeForce GTX460 1GB Graphics Card Review Print E-mail

The new Nvidia GF104 40nm chip is a far more streamlined version of the original Fermi chip that powers the GTX 480 for example. Nvidia has managed to produce more into less.  Axle3D is one of many taking advantage of this new GPU providing you with the Pre-Overclocked GTX460 1GB Ace Edition model.  The idea here is to make a high-performing card that costs far less to produce than a GTX480.

There are 2 main versions of the GTX460 graphics card, today we look at the Axle3D GTX460 1GB 256 Bit version which comes overclocked at 742Mhz for the GPU Core and a Shader frequency of 1485Mhz.  Take a look at this chart to give you an idea on how the graphics card compares to others in its class.

Specs Compared
GTX 480 GTX 465 Axle3D GTX 460 1GB GTX 460 768MB GTX 285
Stream Processors 480 352 336 336 240
Texture Address / Filtering 60/60 44/44 56/56 56/56 80 / 80
ROPs 48 32 32 24 32
Core Clock 700MHz 607MHz 742MHz 675MHz 648MHz
Shader Clock 1401MHz 1215MHz 1485MHz 1350MHz 1476MHz
Memory Clock 924MHz (3696MHz data rate) GDDR5 802MHz (3208MHz data rate) GDDR5 900MHz (3.6GHz data rate) GDDR5 900MHz (3.6GHz data rate) GDDR5 1242MHz (2484MHz data rate) GDDR3
Memory Bus Width 384-bit 256-bit 256-bit 192-bit 512-bit
Frame Buffer 1.5GB 1GB 1GB 768MB 1GB
FP64 1/8 FP32 1/8 FP32 1/12 FP32 1/12 FP32 1/12 FP32
Transistor Count 3B 3B 1.95B 1.95B 1.4B
Manufacturing Process TSMC 40nm TSMC 40nm TSMC 40nm TSMC 40nm TSMC 55nm
Aprox Price(USD) $499 $229 $239 $199 N/A

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Conclusion

Getting the best value for the $$$ on an Nvidia card can be tricky but with the Axle3D GTX460 1GB Ace Edition you can see how this overclocked model does better than the ATI HD5850 in many cases.  Overclock  it even more yourself  and the excellent twin turbo fans kick in to deliver the best cooling and barely any noise.  The Axle3D Ace Edition is truly an enthusiast graphics card that delivers execellent performance for the price.  For more details visit www.axle3d.com

 

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