1. This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Learn More.

News Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 Specs and Launch Date Leaked

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by Claave, 2 Jun 2010.

  1. Claave

    Claave You Rebel scum

    Joined:
    29 Nov 2008
    Posts:
    691
    Likes Received:
    12
  2. SchizoFrog

    SchizoFrog What's a Dremel?

    Joined:
    5 May 2009
    Posts:
    1,574
    Likes Received:
    8
    "The GTX 240 is set to have only 768MB of GDDR5 memory,"

    You sure about this?
     
  3. CharlO

    CharlO What's a Dremel?

    Joined:
    21 Oct 2009
    Posts:
    97
    Likes Received:
    1
    Yea, it will melt, but if yo Oclockit you will get it to melt as fast as a 480! For just the money you can get a 5830!
     
  4. Kris

    Kris Lord Lolwut

    Joined:
    6 Jun 2008
    Posts:
    553
    Likes Received:
    11
    So, how can this thing beat a 5770? In most things, 5830 is closer to a 5770 than a 5850, and a 5830 is just about equal with gtx465. Chopping off so many shaders + mem bandwidth + amount of memory? I find if far fetched to believe, that it can be anything but a very lousy alternative to a 5770.
     
  5. Claave

    Claave You Rebel scum

    Joined:
    29 Nov 2008
    Posts:
    691
    Likes Received:
    12
    Gah! Am I ever going to get used to GeForce 4-series naming? Thanks for flagging!
     
  6. Guest-16

    Guest-16 Guest

    GTX 460: 786MB of GDDR5 - yes, I've had that confirmed. Some partners could double the GDDR5 density to 1536MB, but I think Nvidia really wants to hit a price and performance point. It needs to compete well with HD 5770.
     
  7. rickysio

    rickysio N900 | HJE900

    Joined:
    6 Jun 2009
    Posts:
    964
    Likes Received:
    5
    Matches it in heat, methinks.

    Where's my MSPaint'ed GTX460? ;)

    Might get this to replace my aging 9600GT.
     
  8. wyx087

    wyx087 Homeworld 3 is happening!!

    Joined:
    15 Aug 2007
    Posts:
    11,987
    Likes Received:
    706
    how will this be better than current gtx260-216 which has 216 stream processors and have a price tag of £80.
     
  9. xaser04

    xaser04 Ba Ba Ba BANANA!

    Joined:
    27 Jun 2008
    Posts:
    2,542
    Likes Received:
    465
    Given the relative (lack) of performance of the GTX465 I don't think this card will perform all that greatly given the hardware sacrifices.

    The TDP seems high as well given the specs.

    EDIT: The lack of vram will possibly hurt it in certain games as well (compared to the HD5770).
     
  10. Instagib

    Instagib Minimodder

    Joined:
    12 Mar 2010
    Posts:
    1,415
    Likes Received:
    57
    Still no nvidia card worth buying then. :-(
     
  11. Ph4ZeD

    Ph4ZeD What's a Dremel?

    Joined:
    22 Jul 2009
    Posts:
    3,806
    Likes Received:
    143
    Looks like I'm sitting pretty with my cards then.
     
  12. Madness_3d

    Madness_3d Bit-Tech/Asus OC Winner

    Joined:
    26 Apr 2009
    Posts:
    1,040
    Likes Received:
    36
    This is exactly why I just bought a second 280. More performance than a 295 or a 480, And it cost £300 less. I'll wait until there's some DX11 parts with performance worth upgrading for.
     
  13. Guest-16

    Guest-16 Guest

    Make me one and ill update the photo. I dont have time - always writing here and it's 2am now. I need sleep :(
     
  14. Xtrafresh

    Xtrafresh It never hurts to help

    Joined:
    27 Dec 2007
    Posts:
    2,999
    Likes Received:
    100
    so basically they now claim that they can get the same performance from the GF104 as they get from the GF100? That's rich...

    Some speculation on the price here, but are they going to position it between the 5770 and the 5830, continuing their strategy of not directly competing but jumping in the gaps between ATI cards?

    I must say, i'm genuinly interested to see what this thing has to offer. Fermi architecture, low price point, DX11... It could be a nice card to put in SLI for a triplecreen 3D setup, no? That is, if they managed to get a grip on the production process so this one doesn't melt.
     
  15. alwayssts

    alwayssts What's a Dremel?

    Joined:
    20 Feb 2009
    Posts:
    31
    Likes Received:
    2
    In my opinion, I would edit the article to reflect 240sp is a guess.

    After-all, it doesn't make sense unless they literally doubled the flop count per shader. GF104 is supposed to be a new architecure, or rather, the units/bus will likely be changed to be in different ratios, I doubt they'll do anything that extreme...but it's possible.

    Until that one Chinese article with screenshots/benches is proven fake, I'm rolling with that: GTX460 being 336sp, 192-bit, 768MB, 130W TDP clocked at 675mhz/3600m and performing similar, if not better compared to a GTX465. Proof that FLOPs to nVIDIA are important more than most anything else.

    Even assuming THAT'S true though, it would take a 1ghz clock to equal a GTX480 in it's shader flops, which is very important to it's architecture in relation to game performance. I don't think that will be happening, as I imagine it will be constrained by the 150W limit of the power connectors/voltage, not to mention it makes no sense with 768MB. Certainly somewhere close but not equal to GTX470 (5850?) performance seems possible when overclocked (It would take ~810c/5580m to be similar to the 470, not accounting for the 512MB less RAM...5% less or so on the core to equal 5850). Still, a better price/performance/watt option compared to the GTX465 and 5830...Maybe even 5850 depending on where it's priced.

    On the other-hand, if there's another GF104 part that is 384sp, 256-bit, which seems likely...That could be VERY interesting. I imagine that's where the 180W TDP comes from. Such a a part clocked at ~875c/5544m would equal a GTX480...

    Ah, now we're getting somewhere. That seems VERY possible, if not at stock then at least through overclocking (accord to the 900+mhz rumors, and your article.) :thumb:

    BTW, you should use either that GF104 core/pcb pic to replace the 470 one in the article...Just as it will in reality.
     
  16. Calle2003

    Calle2003 What's a Dremel?

    Joined:
    24 Sep 2009
    Posts:
    6
    Likes Received:
    0
    Surely there will be some custom cards from Zotac, EVGA with 1536 MB RAM (double) as it has been released before with NVIDIAS previous cards. About graphics 1536 memory is needed when running for example GTA IV at full spec (after hacking the ini file I still see some graphical artifacts due to too little graphics memory).

    My CPU Spec: Core i7 860@3.80 GHz, 4 GB RAM, 8800 GTS 512
     
  17. javaman

    javaman May irritate Eyes

    Joined:
    10 May 2009
    Posts:
    3,984
    Likes Received:
    186
    Even if it overclocks to 480 speeds, will it not need a 480 cooler to stop it melting your case?
     
  18. 2bdetermine

    2bdetermine What's a Dremel?

    Joined:
    2 Apr 2009
    Posts:
    74
    Likes Received:
    0
    GTX 480, 470, 465 failed!!! Now 460 hopeless!
     
  19. ParaHelix.org

    ParaHelix.org What's a Dremel?

    Joined:
    19 Jun 2008
    Posts:
    279
    Likes Received:
    0
    I've hardly used my boxed up GTX275 and now apparently it's old! :'(
     
  20. Spanky

    Spanky Multimodder

    Joined:
    14 Apr 2010
    Posts:
    1,091
    Likes Received:
    295
    According to Hexus this is between 15 - 20% slower than the 470.

    Nvidia have released another stinker :D
     
Tags: Add Tags

Share This Page