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MSI GTX 465 Twin Frozr Golden Edition
Call me crazy - I'm sure it appears that way to most. I actually popped for a GTX 465 today. I saw a card that struck my fancy and its not even cheap for one:
MSI N465GTX Twin Frozr II GE GeForce GTX 465 (Ferm... TPU has a such a nice review on its aluminum clad sibling and there was just something compelling about a solid copper HSF. From everything I can gather it sits between a GTX 460 768MB and a GTX 460 1GB in performance and I can live with that. Its also darn cool for a Fermi and the quietest card the W1zard had reviewed in a long time (and I like quiet). I saw this video on the MSI GTX 465 Twin Frozr Golden Edition and it looked interesting. I "may" try to unlock it if there are indeed 10 RAM chips (I'll make sure first): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmF0yQfn_Og I haven't flashed a BIOS since unlocking my X850 Pro Vivo to an XT. Might be fun, might be heartbreaking. And yes, I know its more power hungry than a GTX 460 or HD 5850, but I can afford a few more watts while I'm gaming. At idle it won't matter much. So go ahead, rip me a new one for being such a fool. I'm still pretty excited about it and will keep you all posted on my unlocking adventure (if I get the nerve).
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The only problem with that card is it is extremely heavy...
But it definitely looks totally bad ass, I wish they would release more coolers that looked like this.
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That is the only GTX 465 I would consider buying. That cooler is my fav, I want the 470 FROZR (non copper)
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I love that card when maxed oced it's very good even unflashed.
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Thats a sweet looking card. Love that cooler setup. Congrats.
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I may very well just use Afterburner and OC it instead of trying to flash it. I would hate to brick it (although I would make a backup of the original BIOS). It won't be here until Monday so I'll have time to mull it over! Oh, and I wasn't expecting all the encouraging responses in light of the GTX 460's availability. I know its the more logical choice, but sometimes its fun to do something different from the obvious.
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Still a good card imo. You gets to still keep a larger L2 Cache, and a few more Shader procs than the 460. Would show well for GPU intensive games.
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Looks like the guy who made the Youtube video works for NCIX in Canada. He's selling flashed ones on their website! Makes me feel pretty confident this GTX 465 - GTX 470 will work:
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Whenever you decide to get rid of the card, keep the heatsink! Or, I'll just buy it off of you. Beautiful looking card, I hope it becomes a 470 for you.
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Yeah, I've been super tempted to pick this card up to try and flash to a GTX470...
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ahhh fell prey to the cooler...
it is a nice cooler |
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I did. I know, I'm shallow.
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You should try to flash it... looks like a bunch of them are actually 470's
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I can tell you right now, the one in the Newegg pictures is unlockable, you can tell just by looking at the back of the PCB.
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How? I just bought one off of Newegg, it'd be great to be able to tell w/o having to pop the cooler off.
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one of the comments said he unlocked it. i want one now
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Such an awesome looking card.
![]() First saw this card over at Linus tech tips on youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkczKI_K8bA He also did a unlocking video of it:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmF0yQfn_Og congrats.
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^ he posted that flashing youtube link in the first post
The price is right for that card. I like the cooling of copper, but the look of the silver better. Of course if it unlocks I can look past the copper. Keep us updated
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lol, didn't take a look at his links. thanks
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CD55, your 470 doesnt happen to be a twin frozr model does it?
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Looking at the tally on the Overclock.net official thread they've got three for three unlocked! Damn, I can't wait for Monday! Thing is, I just bought a new house and get the keys tomorrow. I don't know how much time I'll have to try it when I get the card (going to try to paint the entire inside of the house before I move in). Kind of a hectic month ahead.
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Newegg just jacked up the price to $309 from $259 and no free shipping. They must have noticed the sudden demand.
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