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Gainward to release GeForce GTX 460 with 2GB of memory

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Published: Fri 30th Jul, 2010 | Author: Tarinder Sandhu
Companies: Gainward (All Gainward content)

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NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 460 now arrives in a variety of pre-overclocked flavours, headlined by the 810MHz core KFA card we looked at today. Common amongst all the cards we've seen thus far is the framebuffer size, which is either 768MB or 1,024MB depending upon the partner's inclination.

Gainward sees merit in launching a GTX 460 equipped with a 2,048MB framebuffer. To that end, the company has released a 'Golden Sample' model clocked in at 700MHz (up from default 675MHz) core and 3,600MHz memory. The 2GB framebuffer is composed of double-density chips, we think, that hook to the card via a 256-bit interface. Cooled by a centrally-located 80mm fan helped by two heatpipes, the custom design looks rather nice.

Outputs include HDMI, twin dual-link DVI and VGA and the estimated street price is around £210. We see why Gainward may think that having a double-sized framebuffer is a good idea, but we're unsure that it will provide any meaningful benefits for the vast majority of users. Perhaps putting two together for NVIDIA's 3D Vision may show the benefits of larger amounts of onboard RAM?

Would you pay £210 for a 2GB GTX 460? Let us know your thoughts in the HEXUS.community.
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Re: News - Gainward to release GeForce GTX 460 with 2GB of memory
Posted by matty-hodgson - Fri 30th Jul 2010, 3:20pm
I think if I was going to get a GTX460, I'd go for this.

£30 more, and my 2048x1152 res would probably benefit from the extra memory.Quote
Re: News - Gainward to release GeForce GTX 460 with 2GB of memory
Posted by badass - Fri 30th Jul 2010, 3:51pm
Utterly pointless if you only buy one as the GPU will run out of steam before memory becomes an issue.
In SLI, however more than 1GB per card can be beneficial as you're more likely to hit the 1GB memory limit before the GPU limit. They have to use 2GB rather than anything in between because of the number of memory controllers on the GPU.Quote
Re: News - Gainward to release GeForce GTX 460 with 2GB of memory
Posted by Brewster0101 - Sat 31st Jul 2010, 8:47am

Quote: matty-hodgson
I think if I was going to get a GTX460, I'd go for this.

£30 more, and my 2048x1152 res would probably benefit from the extra memory.

Would you really buy this to run games at 2040x1152 ?Quote
Re: News - Gainward to release GeForce GTX 460 with 2GB of memory
Posted by matty-hodgson - Sat 31st Jul 2010, 12:32pm

Quote: Brewster0101
Would you really buy this to run games at 2040x1152 ?

Maybe, it's a good card, and the GTX470 and 480 are just too expensive.

I'd be looking at something with 1.5 - 2GB of memory next time I upgrade though.Quote
Re: News - Gainward to release GeForce GTX 460 with 2GB of memory
Posted by dfour - Mon 2nd Aug 2010, 8:20am
Its just plain e-peen :)Quote

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