Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 Specs and Launch Date Leaked
Nvidia's GeForce GTX 460 will arrive in early-mid July and has a 180W TDP and 768MB of GDDR5 memory. Pictured is a GTX 470, sorry.
The GTX 460 is set to have only 768MB of GDDR5 memory, rather than the 1GB of some HD 5770s and of all HD 5850 cards, and will use a 192-bit memory interface, which is wider than the 128-bit bus of the HD 5770 but skinnier than the 256-bit bus of a HD 5850.
The GeForce GTX 460 uses the newer GF104 Fermi die, and parts will only launch with the Nvidia reference-design cooler at first, with custom coolers coming later. This is unlike the recent GeForce GTX 465, where partners could do what they wanted from day one. The GeForce GTX 460 will be available early-mid July.
Are you looking forward to mainstream Fermi parts that 'overclock awesomely?' Let us know your thoughts, in the forums.
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Gah! Am I ever going to get used to GeForce 4-series naming? Thanks for flagging!
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.
Where's my MSPaint'ed GTX460? ;)
Might get this to replace my aging 9600GT.
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).
Make me one and ill update the photo. I dont have time - always writing here and it's 2am now. I need sleep :(
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.
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.) ;)
BTW, you should use either that GF104 core/pcb pic to replace the 470 one in the article...Just as it will in reality.
My CPU Spec: Core i7 860@3.80 GHz, 4 GB RAM, 8800 GTS 512
Nvidia have released another stinker :D
this thing better perform at least 20% better (from the 20% increase of 640 to 768MB) than my card...
AND
...priced no more than $199.
then its a deal. its a decent upgrade for me going to Dx11.
I admit I got it wrong and removed it. :) I heard 2-something and tried to work out the rest on little sleep. Others have reported 288 and an OEM part, but since I haven't had that confirmed by manufacturers here I won't put it in our article. I've heard nothing about the OEM side, but if that's the truth then good for them :)
Even if it were true, NVIDIA wouldn't do it. Then they couldn't see their existing models.
Far be it from them to do the customer a favor.
A Gtx 465 Sli set up is very nice and a Nvidia price drop would make GTx 465 sli the best choice.
can't wait to see the benchmarks of a GTX 460.
GTX465 SLI is hotter, noisier and slower than the much cheaper Radeon 5850 Crossfire. Yes, an nVidia price drop would make it look nicer but word is that nVidia are already selling their products at a loss (the cores are significantly more expensive and they're still rumoured to be at about a 10% yield).
We haven't seen it yet, don't judge until you know the performance and overclocking ability.
The GTX260-216 is actually about £145, depending on where you shop. Also, it's priced to clear - once they're gone, they're gone. It's like the Radeon 4890s on Scan a few months ago for £130 - great price, great product, MUCH faster than other cards for the similar price, but once they've been sold, no more are coming in.
The heat and noise can be fixed with custom cards but the high wattage for a Sli set up is too much for me as it adds $150 to $200 for a 1000 watt PSu vs 800 watt for a HD 5850 set up.
waiting to see a HD 5890 before I make my final decision.