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Zotac whipping up dual-GPU GTX 460?

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On October 26, 2010, 9:23 PM

Chinese tech site Expreview.com has published pictures of a Zotac-branded video card that packs not one, but two GF104 GPUs -- the same chip that powers the GTX 460. It's unclear whether the company actually plans to sell the "GTX 460 X2" or if it's just a toy prototype, but given the GTX 460's success, we'd sure like to see a dual-GPU edition in action.

Specs are pretty limited but the card has 1GB of GDDR5 VRAM (256-bit interface) per GF104 and Expreview mentions the possibility of a 4GB model. The GPUs are connected internally through an NF200 bridge chip, so it should run fine on non-SLI motherboards. There's also an external SLI connector, meaning quad-SLI should be possible.


The card is powered via two 8-pin PCIe connectors and there's an extra chunk of PCB dedicated to the MOSFETS, solid capacitors and VRMs. Connectivity includes four DVI outputs and one mini-HDMI port. There's no word on pricing, but with Nvidia's recent cuts, we'd expect the dual-GPU GTX 460 to be reasonably priced if it makes it to market.

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  1. motrin said:

    IAMTHESTIG said:

    mmm that looks delicious! Does anyone else have an urge to lick the surface of those GPU's?

    lol ok a bit weird, but I like what I see.

    Olivia Munn comes to mind..

    I don't get the Olivia Munn thing--she's alright, I guess.

    -Z

  2. fadownjoo said:

    lol thats toooo much power, when will you actually use it all?

    Well, if I've heard a comment like that in the past years...

  3. It will definitely run Crysis 2 but may leave a financial crysis in my bank account.

  4. -she's alright, I guess.

    -Z

    Wow - I can't believe you called her just alright. She's... what comes after awesome?

  5. lmao, I love her. Huge reason why I use to watch aots.

  6. Can you say overkill? I want one of those!

  7. This does sound awesome, but as 460's are known to run hot wouldn't this just compound the problem?

    Of course cooling could be added to mitigate this.

  8. This does sound awesome, but as 460's are known to run hot wouldn't this just compound the problem?

    Of course cooling could be added to mitigate this.

    ???

    You must be mixing up cards as the 460 is a very efficient even compared to the latest 6850/70 in terms of temperature on stock cooling. Bring in some custom double-fan coolers and you have a great card running off air. Now for this card I'm sure they'll bring in some triple-fan like DBZ mentioned.

  9. It`s finally time to retire my 9800GT, which is renamed 8800GT. I like so much competition and multiple options, which will drasticly reduce prices.

  10. 460x2 > 460 SLi?

  11. Wow .. Man will we be able to use this much power....

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