We will not dwell on the architecture, design and all other features of this GeForce GTX 460 graphics video processor for a long time and will go straight to the official specifications of the Palit GeForce GTX460 768Mb GDDR5 video card:
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After reviewing the table, we saw that the characteristics of the video accelerator Palit completely coincide with the characteristics of the sample recommended by NVIDIA, from this it follows that the performance of the video card will be the same as that of the reference sample. However, Palit GeForce GTX460 768Mb GDDR5 has a slightly different set of interfaces for displaying images on the screen and an unusual design of printed circuit boards, and a completely different cooling method. And we will tell you about all these features very soon, but for now we start with the packaging. The Palit GeForce GTX460 768Mb GDDR5 video card is packed in the average box size we are used to. The box is laconic and informative at the same time, all information about the video accelerator can be easily read, and you can get acquainted with all the technologies holding the box in your hands. And also in the box with the kit, the user receives a free trial version of the StarCraft 2 game. On the other side of the package there are advertising descriptions of the technology supported by the video card, as well as a brief description of the specification in 12 languages (Russian is present). Now let's move on to the minimum requirements. The power supply must support a load of 12 Volts of the 24 Ampere line and at least 450 watts. If the power supply does not support such a load, the system may simply not start, or it may start, but under load the power supply protection may be triggered. After the purchase, the following was found in the bundle with the video card: CD with Software (drivers and utilities); Adapter from two four-pin peripherals to one six-pin connector for powering a video card; Key with a coupon for the demo game Star Craft 2. The set contains a very pleasant for gamers bonus "trial key" of one of the most popular games. The video card contains all the most modern and common interfaces. I would also like to see an SLI bridge in the kit for combining video cards and increasing performance, because today this is the most relevant performance and price, although power consumption is greatly increasing. In general, the equipment is typical for such a price. And also, in addition to the DVI-I and VGA ports, the video card has HDMI on board and supports sound transmission. That is, the set of ports will completely satisfy any user without any problems and adapters there, connecting their TVs, monitors, and much more to the universal ports of the video accelerator. Palit engineers did a good job on the beautiful and unique design of the video card. It is made on a red PCB and almost the entire part is covered with an element behind a large radiator. And also such a printed circuit board is installed on the "Palit GeForce GTX460 1024Mb" video card, which has a very high overclocking. The video card uses a 4 + 1 phase supply voltage stabilization system using the ON Semiconductor NCP539 5T PWM controller. In the older version, this is the same. To add power to the video card, there are two 6 - pin connectors on the side. Due to the fact that the PCI - E 16x slot is unable to provide all the voltage. On the reverse side of the board, we see that the video card is devoid of any elements, only capacitors and a PWM controller for voltage and power stabilization are visible. Now let's move on to the NVIDIA GF 104 graphics chip for the Palit GeForce GTX460 768Mb GDDR5 video card. We remind you that with 768 videos, it has 336 universal shader processors or Cuda cores, as well as 24 rasterization units, and the exchange with memory goes through the 192-bit bus. The rest is shown in the screenshot above. The memory of the video card with a volume of 768 megabytes is installed on board eight microcircuits of 128 megabytes each. The chips are made by the well-known company SAMSUNG and are marked K4G10325FE - HC05. The memory chips have a 0.5 ns access time, which means that they can work at 4000 MHz. We remind you that initially the memory on the Palit GeForce GTX460 768Mb GDDR5 video card operates at a frequency of 3600 MHz, which means that using programs you can overclock it well and at the same time get a very good performance gain. Cooling of the video card is simple, but absolutely not similar to the reference design. Cooling consists of an 8 cm plastic fan shroud and a large black painted aluminum radiator. This black aluminum heatsink only makes contact with the graphics chip of the graphics card. There are no other radiators on other elements, this can affect the increase in heating during overclocking. With the help of the utility, we did testing to look at the efficiency of the cooling systems. After running the utility, we saw that the temperature of the graphics core rose to 78 degrees. The propeller was spinning at 69% of its total power, while making a distinct noise. Testing Palit GeForce GTX460 768Mb GDDR5 with other video cards: The following equipment was used: Were taken video cards: 2.ZOTAC GeForce GTX460 1024Mb GDDR5 3. Asus GeForce GTS450 1024Mb GDDR5 4. Asus Radeon HD5850 1024Mb GDDR5 The performance of the Palit GeForce GTX460 768Mb GDDR5 is at the same level as on all other accelerators, which contain 768 MB of memory on board. And from models GeForce GTX 460 with 1024 Megabytes, the lag can reach up to 14% in 3D mode at maximum settings. The video card shows approximately the same lag when comparing it with the competitor Asus Radeon HD5850. The performance of the video card today meets the standards for modern games at high graphics and resolution settings. Overclocking To study the overclocking potential of the Palit GeForce GTX 460 768M GDDR5 video card, we overclocked and accelerated the graphics core to 851 MHz (26% gain), and memory up to 4243 MHz (17% gain). And it seemed to us that this is a cool average-price result for a video adapter, but after such overclocking it provides just a huge level of performance. That in itself provides a reduction and raising to the same level as its older relatives, that is, modifications of the GeForce GTX 460. But all the same, overclocking almost does not compensate for the smaller memory size and narrower bandwidth. All this will limit performance in very heavy scenes in general, but not much. Conclusions: After our look at the Palit GeForce GTX460 768Mb GDDR5 video card, we got a lot of differences after comparing with the reference and other samples of the GeForce GTX 460 with 768 MB of video memory: this is a delightful PCB design, and an alternative cooling system (proprietary) and a different set of interfaces for displaying images on screen. But, in practice, after long testing, it seemed to us that the unique design of the printed circuit board for many users will hardly ever be very much in demand or noticeable, since all this will be hiding a computer. Although on the Palit GeForce GTX460 768Mb GDDR5 video card, the cooling system is installed quite similar in efficiency and performance as at the levels of the "reference" samples. With this video card, you can enjoy a modern game, although not always with the highest settings for performance and quality of graphics output to the screen. One of the decisive factors is its price, which does not bite so painfully. Advantages of the video card: Disadvantages: cooling after overclocking and long-term work does not quite cope.
