Wednesday, June 30th 2010
GeForce GTX 460 to Come in Distinct Variants, Launch Date Surfaces
The much talked about upcoming GeForce GTX 460 GPU from NVIDIA was recently pictured and detailed. Out of its first, grainy pictures, it became clear that the GF104 core it's based on indeed supports a 256-bit wide GDDR5 memory interface, but that only six of its eight 32-bit wide channels were occupied (192-bit), yielding 768 MB of memory. Fresh reports suggest that NVIDIA indeed will release the GeForce GTX 460 in two variants, a 768 MB one, and a 1024 MB (1 GB). The 1 GB variant by design will be faster, even if an application doesn't need all its video memory, because it will have a wider 256-bit memory interface, that's 25% higher memory bandwidth. Both variants will have the same memory clock speed of 900 MHz (3600 MHz effective). The GF104 core will be clocked at 675 MHz on both models, with 336 CUDA cores. Built on the 40 nm process at TSMC, the GeForce GTX 460 768 MB will have a TDP of 150W, while the 1 GB model will have a TDP of 160W. New reports suggest that the 768 MB model will be priced at less than $200. NVIDIA will release the GeForce GTX 460 on the 12th of July.
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DonanimHaber
35 Comments on GeForce GTX 460 to Come in Distinct Variants, Launch Date Surfaces
I could see getting the 786MB model if it's a decent bit faster than my GTX260
Assuming that the sub-$200 GTX460 is significantly faster than the GTX260 I already have, I could see getting it. If the difference is minimal, I'd likely save up and get something faster
or maybe sell your 260 and get 2 x 460s.
Id like to see the performance of a GTX260 compared to a GTX460 it must be better it cant just be slightly otherwise it would be useless.
but srsly... why are the prices on these still so damn high? :shadedshu
this really costs alot for the performance that it offers.
GTX 460 has two distinct models, one with a 192 bit bus one with 256 bit... and you bet your ass people are gunna get confused and wonder why their 192 bit card isnt as fast as a 256 bit card they found in a review
Nvidia: 7600GT – 8600GT-9600GT being the exception GTX260
ATi: X1650-HD2600-HD3650 being the exception HD4770
Just high-end performance cards offer 2 times the power of previous gen these days: 9800GTX-GTX285-GTX480 and HD3870-HD4870-HD5870
(ATI went 3870, 4870, 4890, 5870 - so there is also one card there with only a 'small' leap)
Just yeasterday in NFS World beta I heard a guy say why does thing game run so bad and I have a 1GB video card.. (had some old Pentium D and didn't bother to find out how old the graphics card was).
So 192bit against 5770 and 256bit against 5830? Propably the real world situation, but NVIDIA might think 5830-5850, as I though GTS 450 was coming against 5770.
Come to think of it, NVIDIA might replace whole GF100 lineup with these GF104s. GTX 460 1GB -> GTX 465, GTX 475 -> GTX 470 and dual gpu (460s) GTX 490 -> GTX 480. Then go for broke with GTX 495 that has two GTX 475s and beat 5970 :p
I am really proud to have a card like this, cuz it competes 8600GS when overclocks to max. Normally my voltage is 1.1 which means it is totally stock. If only anyone could help me voltmod my 7600GS i am totally sure it will come up to 8800GT. Till now my card has beaten the 7600GT 90nm. The only difference between gs and gt 7600 is that gt is 1.3 volts and gs is 1.1
I think the real differences between the cards like 8600 or 9600 is the manufacturing technology lets people voltmod them higher.