We're patiently awaiting NVIDIA's dual-GPU retort to AMD's blazing-fast Radeon HD 6990, but while we twiddle our thumbs in anticipation of GTX 590, EVGA has taken the wraps off something a little bit different; the GTX 460 2Win.
First shown off back at CES in January, the custom dual-GPU card has this week been made official and should soon be appearing at retail priced lower than NVIDIA's fastest single-GPU effort, GTX 580.
For under £380 (or thereabouts), EVGA's GeForce GTX 460 2Win will provide two GF104 cores on a single PCB. That's effectively two 1GB GeForce GTX 460 repackaged as one, and the maths don't lie.
Underneath the card's three fans, you'll find two GPUs clocked at 700MHz apiece (25MHz more than GTX 460), 672 CUDA cores clocked at 1,400MHz (50MHz more than GTX 460) and a combined 2GB GDDR5 frame buffer running at an effective 3,600MHz via a 512-bit interface (2x256-bit).
We know that two GTX 460 1GB cards in SLI are quick, and EVGA's single-card concoction should be no different - the manufacturer claims it has the beating of GTX 580 in both the 3DMark 11 and Unigine benchmarks.
Fed by two eight-pin PCIe power connectors, the rather large 292.1mm board requires a power supply capable of delivering at least 700 watts, but the card's prowess does enable you to do more. Three dual-link DVI ports and a single mini-HDMI 1.4 output allow for four-way monitor configurations, and if you're seeing eye-to-eye with NVIDIA's 3D Vision, this single card will let you run a three-way 3D Vision Surround setup.
Feast your eyes on a few more product shots below.
