Wednesday, September 29th 2010
Zotac Designs Overclocker-Friendly GeForce GTX 460
Zotac is ready with a new high-end (read: overclocker-friendly) graphics card based on the GeForce GTX 460 graphics processor. This yet to be named variant uses a completely custom-designed PCB and cooler that are geared for overclocking. The PCB sports a heavy duty VRM, while the gargantuan GPU cooler is both tall and three-slots thick. To begin with, this is a GTX 460 with 1 GB of GDDR5 memory over a 256-bit wide memory interface. It is overclocked out of the box, with room for more overclocking/overvolting. The PCB makes use of an 8+2+2 phase VRM that makes use of high-grade chokes, double FETs, high-grade solid-state capacitors as well as three decoupling device prodalizers. The voltage controller is a uP6218, which supports the I2C interface for software voltage control.
Next up is the cooling, which consists of a massive GPU cooler, and heatsinks that cover almost every major component on the PCB, including the VRM controller. The GPU cooler measures 185 × 131 × 63 mm, weighing 465 g. It makes use of a dense aluminum fin array to which heat is conveyed from the GPU block by four copper heat pipes. Air is circulated by a 120 mm fan. The heatsink over other components is made of aluminum, is spans across the memory and VRM. Display outputs on the card include two DVI, a standard size HDMI and a DisplayPort. Pricing and availability of the card are not known.
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Next up is the cooling, which consists of a massive GPU cooler, and heatsinks that cover almost every major component on the PCB, including the VRM controller. The GPU cooler measures 185 × 131 × 63 mm, weighing 465 g. It makes use of a dense aluminum fin array to which heat is conveyed from the GPU block by four copper heat pipes. Air is circulated by a 120 mm fan. The heatsink over other components is made of aluminum, is spans across the memory and VRM. Display outputs on the card include two DVI, a standard size HDMI and a DisplayPort. Pricing and availability of the card are not known.
13 Comments on Zotac Designs Overclocker-Friendly GeForce GTX 460
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Pricing would make it very important. 3 slot cooler discounts sli for most mobo's so you'd be stuck with one card? I know it'll perform as well as a 5850 or even a 470 when oc'd but i dont think it's a good mix. Surely putting this on a 470 would have been better?
Seriously the thing looks like a supersized blimp
Really though to me triple slot cards are not a problem for sli and the idea of a 120mm stock cooler is great as long as it is quiet and cools well, but yes i admit it will proberley be quite expensive so really it would need to clock a little higher and stay cooler and quieter than the rest of the gtx460's to be truly worth it thus why im so interested to see some reviews.
Where's the GTX 480 version :D