Asus ENGTX460 DirectCU TOP/2DI/1GD5
Also listed at some vendors as the ENGTX460 DirectCU/TOP/2DI/1GD5, Asus’ flagship GeForce GTX 460 solution comes with exceptional GPU and DRAM data rates on a customized PCB, its twin six-pin PCIe power connectors moved to the top edge.
Asus’ unique cooler design still fits within two case slots, allowing SLI configurations on motherboards that have only one empty slot between primary PCIe x16 slots. Its top-mounted power connectors could, on the other hand, prevent installation into some compact gaming cases.
The ENGTX460 DirectCU TOP/2DI/1GD5 includes an HDMI Mini port, in addition to two dual-link DVI-I connectors, but bundled adapters rely on a DVI output to connect full-sized HDMI cables. A CD wallet accompanies an otherwise standard installation kit.
A 775 MHz GPU clock and GDDR5-4000 make this the second-fastest card in today’s lineup, though the included overclocking software is a little less aggressive than some competing vendors.
Asus does include the rare voltage control in its Smart Doctor tuning software, but a range of 1.00-1.087V allows a maximum increase of only 7%.
Various monitoring functions can be custom-set, and the fan can also be configured in four stages.
HyperDrive mode allows the ENGTX460 DirectCU TOP/2DI/1GD5 to be overclocked while games are running.
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Great article!
Good testing methodology, and useful conclusions.
This will be very helpful when trying to distinguish between the 460 1GBs.
Thanks!
Nice article.
Was going to purchase 2 of the palit 460's. I did not know of the 1 year only warranty.
Hmmmm food for thought, maybe Evga? Since their support is very good. Something to think about.
Im going to get 2 MSI cyclones
As said, excellent article. Inconveniently timed, as I order the MSI cyclone one a few nights ago, for the same price as the Palit one. Dammit!
Thanks a lot, Thomas!
Please note, that you actually get Metro 2033 with the EVGA 460 (US, Canada & EU), if you register it and are prepared to use Steam.
Source: http://www.evga.com/articles/00569/
EVGA or go home.
wow surprised by the palit.
Why does this site look so bad in Firefox? At first I though it was because I was running an Add Blocker, but even with that turned off it still looks terrible....Fine in IE, poorly formated in Mozilla, it's like a flashback to 1997! ;-)
Great info, but what about FANLESS cards? I'm always interested in these graphics cards (and many of Tom's Hardware) articles, but always disappointed that there never any fanless cards on the bench. There must be many of us who use PC's for music recording and production and demand silent systems. Getting a heads-up on new fanless (heatsink-only) cards would be very useful to the likes of us..
Got myself an ASUS GTX460 1gb today, great card so far, even if SmartDoctor is pretty crap compared to utilities such as EVGAPrecision.
Extremely quiet fan, idles at ~30c, got up 60c running Metro2033 Dx11 on high.
So nice to have a smaller card then my old GTX260 as well, was always a mission to squeeze it in.
Useful article, thank you.
Just as I decide to buy a GTX 460 and start wondering which incarnation of it to buy, you publish this article. Great timing! Thanks!!
If i was in the position to buy a 460 then it would have to be ASUS.
hmm why are all these cards only showing shaders @224 inified i have the zotac card and it shows shaders @336 unified and lucking at some web site that have Reviewed the card report the same ???